Los Mier

Known as "The Princes of Chicano music," Los Mier is a longstanding, truly legendary band from Nuevo Leon. Their mix of norteño, cumbia, and ranchera helped establish them in the 1990s as one of the progenitors of the grupero movement. They are celebrated as traditionalists throughout Mexico and the Americas. Four brothers (Hector, Alejandro, Ricardo, and Oscar) and two cousins (Sergio and Eduardo) -- who share the last name Mier -- formed in the early '80s under the moniker Grupo Armonía and began playing the local party circuit. They changed the name shortly thereafter, wh...