I'M SUPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR FANS & THOSE WHO BUY OUR CD'S & BUMP OUR MUSIC, DONT KNOW WHAT "TEEN ANGELS" MEANS.

 WELL HERES A LIL CHICANO HISTORY LESSON,  TEEN ANGELS NAME COMES FROM "TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE", AN UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE BASED OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT FOCUSES ON THE GANGSTER "CHOLO" WAY OF LIFE. FILLED WITH PRISON STYLE TATTOO ART, GANG GRAFFITTI, POETRY & PHOTOS OF INMATES, HOMIES & HYNAS.

 TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE WAS FOUNDED BY PAYASO'S FATHER, NICK NAMED: "TEEN ANGEL". HE'S A VETERANO WHO WAS YOUNG WHEN THE OLDIE SONG "TEEN ANGEL" BY MARK DINNING WAS POPULAR, ABOUT A PERSON WHO DIES AS A TEEN & STAYS FOREVER YOUNG.

 LIKE PAYASO, TEEN ANGEL WAS AN ARTIST WHO LOVED THE CHICANO "CHOLO" WAY OF LIFE, BUT INSTEAD OF WITH MUSIC, HE WOULD DRAW & PAINT IMAGES OF YOUNG HOMEBOYS, HOMEGIRLS, LOWRIDERS & LOVERS. HIS ART & STYLE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD IN THE EARLY YEARS OF LOW RIDER MAGAZINE 1979-1981, & WHEN THE ORIGINAL LOWRIDER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, (BEFORE ALBERTO LOPEZ TOOK OVER) TEEN ANGEL STARTED HIS OWN MAGAZINE, WHICH DID NOT CENSOR OR WATER DOWN THE RAZA WHO MAILED IN THEIR PHOTOS, POEMS & ART.

 PAYASO GREW UP WORKING FOR HIS FATHER  & TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE, SELLING MAGAZINES, HE EVEN DREW & WROTE POEMS FOR THEIR ISSUES. IN 1999 PAYASO LEFT TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE & STARTED TEEN ANGELS RECORDS, WHILE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JOHNNIE AKA SMILEY (RAPPER FROM THE DUKES CLICK) TOOK OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FAMILY MAGAZINE BUSINESS.

FOR MORE INFO ON TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE AT : www.teenangelsmagazine.com