The Stains is an American hardcore punk band from the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
They were one of the bands that played at a 2001 "anniversary show" memorializing the landmark East Los Angeles punk venue, Vex Populi.
The music writer Josh Kun wrote in Los Angeles magazine that their set was "punk rock enough for the Stains to leave a pool of blood on the stage's wood beams".
[3] On the album, the band's members were Jesus Amezquita, lead guitar, Robert Becerra, guitar; Ceasar Viscarra, bass; Gilbert Berumen, drums; and Rudy Navarro, vocalist.
[5] Guitarist Robert Becerra's performance style was a model for Greg Ginn's musical concepts for Black Flag.