
Starting in 1992, he and guitarist Peter Atanasoff celebrated with various friends at live weekly jam sessions in the cafes and clubs of Los Angeles, at big, spontaneous parties.
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The Cruzados also performed the song "Don't Throw Stones" at the beginning of the 1989 movie Roadhouse.Įarly years: Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn įrom there, Larriva continued writing film music, and also turned to acting. They released a self-titled album in 1985, followed by After Dark in 1987, but disbanded in 1988. The band was critically acclaimed and opened for big acts like INXS and Fleetwood Mac. With the Cruzados, Larriva's music began to move in a different direction, straying from his typical punk rock to a bluesier 1980s rock sound. Following disbandment, Larriva teamed up with former Plugz bandmates Charlie Quintana and Tony Marsico to form the Cruzados. Larriva released several albums with the Plugz before the group disbanded in 1984. He began his music career by playing in some of the first Latino punk bands such as The Impalas, The Flesh Eaters, and, most notably, The Plugz.

After high school he flirted with attending Yale University before landing in Los Angeles, California in the mid-1970s.

Tito Larriva was born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, but spent his early years living outside Fairbanks, Alaska his family later relocated to El Paso, Texas, where he studied violin and flute as a member of his school orchestra. "After Dark" was the track played during Salma Hayek's iconic exotic dance scene in that film, and later became the theme for From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. The band is best known for its songs, "After Dark", "Back to the House That Love Built", "Strange Face of Love", and "Angry Cockroaches", as well as for its role in Robert Rodriguez's film From Dusk till Dawn as the band performing at the "Titty Twister" nightclub. Tito & Tarantula is an American chicano rock/ blues rock band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1992 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tito Larriva.
