Louder than bombas 2016

In 2016, the zinester, editor, and activist Brenda Montaño published the onezine Louder than bombas: On raza, Morrissey, and The Smiths as a way to "further understand the obvious relationship we Brown Folks, Xicanas y Xicanos, have to both the man and the music". Montaño highlights how the vocalist Morrissey and The Smiths have played a significant role in shaping the lives of many adolescents growing up in Southern California, who found comfort in the melancholy words of the British vocalist. The zine's title cleverly plays with the 1987 The Smiths album title Louder than bombs, reflecting the critical decolonial perspective on the iconic British band. Montaño draws on the distinctive aesthetic of rasquachismo within DIY punk culture. Before Louder than bombas, Montaño published in 2013 Xicanistas & punkeristas say it loud, also included in the RAPMM collection.