Talk:Latin rock

Merge with Chicano rock
These are essentially the same genres, so I see no reason for separate articles. -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 03:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Chicano rock is just any kind of rock performed by Americans of Mexican descent, not necessarily in Spanish. So Chicano rock actually is within the scope of American rock .--Batamamma (talk) 17:08, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Merge with Rock en español
the merge with Chicano rock should be removed, and instead should point to Rock en español. Chicano Rock is a part of Latin rock, but Latin rock is not exclusively Chicano rock, as Chicano Rock has mexican or mexican-american roots. Latin rock includes rock made in many spanish speaking countries, and is a term of common use in english language media referring to spanish language rock. Windexwindex (talk) 01:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I would agree. --evrik (talk) 15:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Latin rock controversy
I'm not pretty sure that merging latin rock with rock en español is a good idea. First of all, latin rock could be in Spanish or Portuguese. It's true that latin rock may refers to Spanish-language rock in some contexts but what it actually suggest is a fusion of rock with Latin American folkloric elements. You can also find English-language acts performing latin rock (example: Santana) so lumping latin rock with Spanish-language is a bit misleading. I hear some people to claim that Spanish lyrics are someway influencing the sound, but you can extend that reasoning to all languages around the world. Are German-language rock, French-language rock, Italian-language rock, Russian-language rock actually considered as brand new genres? I don't think so. That's why I don't think treating both articles as the same is a good idea. Notice that latin rock is a musical genre and Spanish-language rock (rock en español) is much more like a scene. I can understand that latin rock is often used for the 'Rock in Spanish' scene in the US (or maybe the Anglophone world) but it doesn't mean that it should be the more proper usage of the term. Besides, other language wikipedias uses different articles for them. --Batamamma (talk) 19:42, 13 February 2016 (UTC)