European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Child at work from left Fernando Ortiz Scott Sieva Rick Garcia and Mark Sands Hammer out a new routine in practice room. Is , Barham by . Barham Wurzburg Bureau " t s been said that everyone gets 15. Minutes of Fame. If that s True then the four band members of child a hot new group of soldiers from Kitzinger Germany has struck pay dirt and could hit the Mother lode at fort Belvoir  band will be competing there sept. 22-23 in the All army Battle of the bands and its Talent and stage presence Are Good enough to add another 15 minutes of Fame. We try to interact with the audience As much As possible. Sometimes we re All Over the stage and the people put there relate to that said spec. Scott Sieva vocalist for child Winner of Usa eur s Battle of the bands earlier this summer. -.spec. Mark Sands the drummer added  the band plays  Good and what we like to hear. We argue regularly and that keeps the garbage music out and the Good stuff i Sands describes child s sound As hardcore Power music. Its heavy Metal Punk style music is similar to the extreme sounds blasted by groups like megadeath with one difference it is , much More thought provoking and serious. One of our Best songs started when Scott Sieva and i were watching candyman a horror movie and we item to write a song around the in so we did . Later we were at a Castle fortress in mos a . Barham drummer and vocalist Mark Sands belts out children of the children one of child s original compositions Wurzburg and a sign said save the world for the children of  and that s How we got the title for the song children of the children. Children do what they see others do and when they grow up other children see them and do what they do. It s a Cycle everyone  other tunes by the group include reflection a song about How the group sees the world and reality. We get our ideas from life said Lead guitarist Rick Garcia who is 20 and the youngest of the group. I was at a train station and saw an old Man using his hand and fingers like a gun shooting at people and making shooting sounds As he did it no one really cared and he was by himself. It was strange to think he was shooting All these people without anyone taking notice of it. Reflection is about looking at what s happening around us and How people Don  _ the combined talents of child which also includes Bass player  Ortiz add up to about 36 years of musical experience. All of the band s members have played in other groups and Are capable of playing several instruments. When child takes the stage it hits it hard. We re Good for about an hour and 15 to 20 minutes . We try to play our original stuff and then fall Back on top 40 covers by. Other  child has six original songs and is working on some hew ones it s hard to find the time to practice and write music said Sieva. Being in the military we All have different schedules and although we have gotten a lot of support our commanders Aren t giving. Us much time to prepare for  but child s members believe in what they Are doing and manage to find practice  s Tough said Ortiz. We All know that it s got to be done if the band is going to be  everyone in the band recognizes that the Usa eur title is a giant step and. That winning All army would be Gravy. We just want people to enjoy our music As much As we do . We re going to do our Best and let them hear child like we hear it blasting music trends Spanish Rock makes inroads in America Bijani Dezuniga the associated press their parents listen to Salsa Barida or tejano their friends listen to grunge hip hop or pop. But More and More Young hispanics across America Are rocking to a sound that gives them the Best of both worlds. Rock in Espanol or Spanish Rock has become a fixture on latin music charts and has grown into a movement in such heavily populated hispanic areas As los Angeles Miami and new York. Even in Texas where tejano music is As popular As a Stetson hat for Young mexican americans a new generation bops to a new sound. I used to listen to tejano but now i like Rock in Espanol said Diana Campos a 19 year old College student whose family moved to Dallas seven years ago from Monterrey Mexico. It s loud and it s  it s also diverse Rock in Espano can encompass everything from soft and pop Rock to techno and Punk. There s always the familiarity of Rock n Roll and there s always a hint of a latin beat be it tejano Banda Salsa merengue or cumbia. Unlike More traditional latin american music there s no set dance step no partners like american Rock n Roll anything goes on the dance floor v Rock in Espanol is somewhat of a. Phenomenon in Mexico and is definitely catching on with hispanics across the United states said John Lannert who monitors latin american and Caribbean music for billboard Magazine v. " we be certainly seen an upswing on the charts Lannert said of the commercially. Successful pop Rock in Espanol groups. Rock n Roll reached latin America through Elvis Presley Chuck Berry and the beatles. Spanish language bands like los teen tops and los Locos Del Ritmo Rode the wave but at least until the 1960s, they did it by recording Spanish versions of British and american hits. Then the music died out and it was t until the mid-1980s that the Spanish Rock scene began to Rise again fuelled this time by an argentinian movement. The music found its Way to Mexico where the underground movement that has hit the United states was born. Ca fanes Maudita Veci dad bad neighbourhood and cafe Tacuban championed the mexican sound of the late 80s. Today those groups remain popular and Are joined at the top of the charts by the More commercial pop sounds of Mana Gloria Trevi Luis Miguel and the late Selena As Well As former men Udo member and general Hospital Star Ricky Martin. At a recent Dallas performance cafe Tacuban attracted some 900 screaming fans to a club that typically plays Salsa music. The crowd slam danced and crowd surfed to the band s frenzied sound of Punk mixed with Funk mixed with Traditi Najj mexican boleros. We Don t like to define our music said bassist Quique Rangel who with the three other band members toured As part of the second stage of lollapalooza in 1992. I we define ourselves we Start thinking one  Friday september 15, 1995 the stars and stripes 23