Los Villains
Los Villains was an American punk rock band from Whittier, California formed in 1989. The band’s original two drummer lineup included Louis Pérez III on vocals and guitar, Anthony Todaro and Vincent Hidalgo on guitar, with William Harrigan on bass. On drums David Hidalgo Jr., who is best known as a member of Social Distortion  and The Drips. Also on drums, Alfredo Ortiz, who is best known as the percussionist for the Beastie Boys and current drummer for Los Lobos. Los Villains is known for being part of East Los Angeles’ punk rock scene. History 
Initially Los Villains was formed by Pérez, who is a current member of Manic Hispanic, and the son of Los Lobos guitarist and percussionist Louie Pérez. Vincent and David Hidalgo Jr., are sons of Los Lobos frontman David Hidalgo. The band opened for Los Lobos on several occasions. Los Villains released their first album, Punk Rock Pow-Wow, in 2000. It was produced by Paul du Gré who engineered Bad Religion’s Recipe for Hate. Los Villains also contributed a track on the tribute album Along the Way: A Tribute to Bad Religion, which was released in 2000. They also did a cover of the song “Chalk Dust Torture” on the compilation album, Sharin’ the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish, released in 2001 which featured David Hidalgo on lead guitar. In 2001, Los Villains also performed at the Rock With a Cause concert at Salon Corona, which was organized by Al Borde to raise relief funds for people affected by earthquakes in El Salvador. The band also performed at the Street Scene music festival in the same year. Los Villains performed with The Adolescents and T.S.O.L. at the House of Blues in 2002, a concert where two people were shot backstage during a dispute. The band released the two song 7”, 45 rpm vinyl single Cinco de Mayo in 2003. Members 

 Louis Perez III – vocals, guitar
 Anthony Todaro – guitar
 Vincent Hidalgo – guitar
 William Harrigan – bass
 David Hidalgo Jr. – drums
 Alfredo Ortiz  – drums

Discography

Albums

Other Appearances

TV Credits 

 In 2003, on season 2 of the TV show The Shield on the 18th episode, titled GREENLIT, the Los Villains song 'No Estas Solo' was used during the scene when Detective Vic Mackey smashes the jukebox. References 

Punk rock genres
Musical groups from California
Musical groups established in 1989