A stain is an unwanted localized discoloration, often in fabrics or textiles.
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The Stains is a hardcore punk band from the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. One of the first East Los Angeles punk groups, the band started playing punk in 1976. Their debut album, produced by SST Records house producer Spot, was recorded in 1981, and released by SST in 1983. The band has been on tours with Black Flag, Hüsker Dü and countless others. They were one of the bands that played at a 2001 "anniversary show" memorializing the landmark East Los Angeles punk venue Vex Populi (and music writer Josh Kun wrote in Los Angeles magazine that their set was "punk rock enough for the Stains to leave a pool of blood on the stage's wood beams").
On the album, the band's members were Robert Becerra, guitar; Ceasar Viscarra, bass; Gilbert Berumen, drums; and Rudy Navarro, vocalist. Their style is described as hardcore and speedy, and as an innovator in bringing elements of metal into hardcore. Guitarist Robert Becerra's performance style was a model for Greg Ginn's musical concepts for Black Flag. Viscarra and another Stains drummer, Louie Dufau, later played with Dez Cadena in his post-Black Flag band DC3, and Viscarra also played with cowpunk band Blood on the Saddle.
They brought you into this place, all scars and stains,
memories erased by the days that passed and the people
who replaced you. Alone, too afraid to continue, from all
the things that you've been through, and all the friends
that left you out in the cold. This is your last chance
to tell if you know them so well. Well, I've got your
burning hell out here in the rain. Time for your classic
betrayal, in this, your last chance to fail. She breaks,
a conscience so frail, let's see the remains. It took
that look in your eyes to make me realize just what
you're capable of, obsessive razor love. Time for your
final say, you take the stage. All smiles and sunny days
scattered among the graves. This is your last chance to
tell if you know them so well. Well, I've got your
burning hell out here in the rain. Time for your classic
betrayal, in this, your last chance to fail. She breaks,
a conscience so frail, let's see the remains. This is
your last chance to tell if you know them so well. Well,
I've got your burning hell out here in the rain. Time for
your classic betrayal, in this, your last chance to fail.