Lengua Armada Discos

Background

Lengua Armada started when Los Crudos chose to put out their own debut record rather than shop for another label. The band's first single became the label's first vinyl release. For the early years, it was a group effort: other Los Crudos members assembled covers, while Sorrondeguy ran mail order and paperwork. That arrangement lasted until roughly 1996. In a 2005 interview, Sorrondeguy estimated the label had put out about 39 releases. He described its outlook as global, not just Chicago-based, pointing to releases by bands from Mexico, Israel, and Spain. The label never used written contracts and generally worked with bands connected to Sorrondeguy or Los Crudos through touring, correspondence, or local punk scenes. Sorrondeguy said he treated the label as part-time DIY work rather than a conventional business. In 2012, the label released Las 4 Bandas, a remastered vinyl reissue of a 1985 cassette that compiled four Peruvian punk bands. In January 2019, it put out Mock Execution's Reality Attack EP. Later that year, Sorrondeguy said the label still issued records occasionally but was not run as a business.