Zolar X was the first California glam rock band, best known for their costume gimmick and speaking their own invented space language whenever they were in public. Though Zolar X are often labeled glam rock, and they certainly share the androgyny and costume gimmicks associated with that genre, nonetheless, they have a lot of the scrappy DIY ethos and stripped down simplicity of very early Punk Rock. Though they played alongside Van Halen, Jobriath (the first openly gay recording artist on a major label), WASP, Stryper, Twisted Sister, and Quiet Riot, they were the biggest band in the Los Angeles scene to never get a record deal, though they frequently appeared on local LA TV. Most people coming up in the LA scene held them in awe. H/T>
The Lowrider Capital of the World
Wedged between two national forests and split by the Rio Grande sits Española, New Mexico. With a population just over 10,000, and an economic relevance
