The U.S. government referred to Marquez and norteno singer Julio Cesar Alvarez ... before forming his own group 'Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda'. Flores Hernandez allegedly operated ...

I’m gonna have a full Norteño band with me.” He assembled a banda: Erasmo Herrera on accordion, Fernando Dominguez on bajo quinta, drummer Diego Garcia and bassist Marcos Bocanegra.

So it’s Mexican music, but it’s still different — it’s like punk rock and metal rock.” Norteño, sierreño, and other Mexican genres like banda and mariachi are extremely popular in the Santa Maria ...