Meet Diego, 20, a Mexico City psychobilly

Diego, wearing boots and a mohawk pompadour, is a psychobilly we met at the famous, slightly saturated Chopo market. It's a rocker's paradise where you can buy everything from raggae gear to anarchist patches to old records, leather jackets, and goth make-up. Diego comes to the market on Saturdays to listen to live music and hang out.

I asked if I could take his picture and he said, "Claro."

El Chopo has been around for more than 20 years. It's the meeting point for all music-based alternative youth movements in Mexico City, inspired heavily of course by movements in the U.S. and U.K. The scenes that gather here are divided into infinite subgenres that would take the patience of a seasoned anthropologist to properly sort out.

"Psychobilly is a little more about slamming, hitting, jumping, it's a way of getting everything out," Diego says. "There's a lot of pressure here, you need an escape." Diego is in a band himself, and is a huge fan of Los Pardos and Los Gallos.

This crew of friends were moshing to the live bands in lucha libre masks. They said they had a group MySpace page. In the late afternoon, I met an older woman standing just outside the market with her daughter. She told me she met her husband at El Chopo waaay back in 1982.

It's changed a lot, she said. "It used to be a lot more punk."

Comments

[denise]

que onda buey, i want to see a picture of YOU with a mohawk!

[Diego]

TOCAYO!!!

[Marlan Henderson]

Le gusta son fotos muy mucho. Los hombres son muy guapo y le gusta foto con mascara. Muy simpatico. Dios Blest.

[PULGUITA CORLEONE!]

YEAH! I KNOW THIS GUY! HE IS THE SHIT MEN!
JEJEJE
ALOT OF KISSES PULGOSOS!
ATTE:LA PULGUITA C.!

[rolex64]

me da un chingamadral de gusto ver que el chopo sigue dando de que hablar,es imprecionante como las nuevas generaciones se van acoplando cada vez mas al desmadre por que el rock and roll nunca muere,ni el chopo caera en las manos de gente sin cultura ni respeto por sus jovenes anarquistas,viva el ska! libertad...con respeto para todos aquellos que no comparten la misma opinion que yo pero nimodo asi son las cosas y se chingan cabron@s.atte.el rolex64,del d.f.

[javier]

Hola.. el chopo el mercado mas chingon de todos que cura ver a un pychobilly mexicano se ve raro

[bootboy]

well im from mexico too but i live in guadalajara jalisco so the point is that in my city has a chopo too but here we call it tianguis culturali hope you can come and visit this place ok see you later oi!

[fany]

jajaja el diego posando jajajaja

conoce a diego psychobilly!!!

[Egon]

not even a half psychobilly..
hair doesnt fit ... that isnt a flat..
he also should wear psychobilly clothes.. not these normal things

[chaos]

oi oi oi
hola

[chaos]

oi, oi, .. mi punk caos de Indonesia

cómo punk en mexico