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Dec 1, 2023 · The seeds of what would eventually come to be began in 1962. Founding member Balderrama recalls the origin of their journey. “I started the band and Robert (Martinez), Question Mark’s brother, was my drummer,” explains the guitarist. “At the time my nephew Larry (Borjas) was the bass player, too.
Afterwards, Larry Borjas and Robert Martinez received draft notices and opted to enlist to avoid being sent to Vietnam. The remaining band members continued while Rodriguez improvised an organ riff, and "?" introduced a composition he had been developing for a while in his head.
Oct 13, 2023 · After Larry Borjas and Robert Martinez left the group for military service, the band recruited Eddie Serrato as a replacement drummer and Fernando Aguilar on bass, who was later replaced by Frank Lugo.
May 3, 2007 · Larry Borjas, who later left after being drafted, suggested the Mysterians, after a Japanese science fiction film of the same name.
Larry Borjas quit the band after a musical disagreement during a band rehearsal. Question Mark convinced him to return after a couple of weeks and, when Borjas rejoined, he gave them the name of a keyboard player that he felt would be good for the band.
When the Vietnam war escalated, bassist Larry Borjas was drafted and drummer Robert Marinez enlisted. They were replaced by Frank Lugo and Eddie Serrato. An urban legend has often surfaced that Question Mark told the band that he had written a poem and invited the group to help set his words to music and they did so.
We know that he is the frontman of a Michigan group called ? & the Mysterians, and that he is the only credited songwriter on "96 Tears," a song that defined garage rock, influenced punk, and was part of a Michigan rock revolution. Released as their first single, the song shot to #1 in October 1966.
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