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Los Frikis

This article is about the Cuban punk subculture. For the movie about said subculture, see Los Frikis (film). For the subculture referred to as "frikis" in continental Spanish, see geek.

Los Frikis or the Frikis is a Cuban punk subculture that originated in the 1980s.[1] As Cuban radio stations rarely played rock music, Frikis often listened to music by picking up radio frequencies from stations in nearby Florida.[2] While many Frikas in the early 1990s entered AIDS clinics by knowingly injecting HIV-positive blood into them, others began congregating at El patio de María, a community centre in Havana that was one of the few venues in the city that allowed rock bands to play.[3] Some Frikis also participate in squatting as an act of political defiance.[4]

In a 2017 article for Time Out, journalist Jake Newby described the movement as in decline, due to "only a handful of Los Frikis remain[ing]."[5]

  1. ^ Saeed, Abdullah. "Why a Community of Punks Chose to Infect Themselves with HIV in Castro's Cuba". Vice Media. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ Tim Howard, Luis Trelles. Los Frikis (Audio). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PRI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Los Frikis, ces punks cubains qui s'inoculaient le virus du sida pour vivre dans des sanatoriums". Vice Media. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ Newby, Jake. "From Shanghai with love: The story behind a China-produced Cuban punk compilation". Time Out. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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