Biography
Chingon is a Mexican rock band started by director Robert Rodríguez to record songs for his 2003 film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. The band features members of the Latin Rock band Del Castillo and Rodríguez on guitar. Chingon contributed on Mexico and Mariachis, a compilation album to Rodríguez' Mariachi Trilogy, and released their debut album, Mexican Spaghetti Western, in 2004.
Chingon also contributed their song "Malagueña Salerosa" to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. Read more on Last.fm
Chingon is a Mexican rock band started by director Robert Rodríguez to record songs for his 2003 film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. The band features members of the Latin Rock band Del Castillo and Rodríguez on guitar. Chingon contributed on Mexico and Mariachis, a compilation album to Rodríguez' Mariachi Trilogy, and released their debut album, Mexican Spaghetti Western, in 2004.
Chingon also contributed their song "Malagueña Salerosa" to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 – which Rodríguez scored – and a live performance by the band was included on the film's DVD release. They had also contributed to the soundtrack for Planet Terror.
The band's name comes from a Mexican slang term, chingón, meaning "badass." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.