Magic Woman" laid underneath Rod Stewart's "Maggie May", which melded into "En el Barrio" (aka "In the Ghetto") and finished up with the mandolin line that concludes R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion". McLeod also described El Vez's lyrical style: Despite his use of humor, El Vez cannot be written off as a postmodern joke. His lyrics (many times rewrites of Elvis recordings or other popular songs) are very political and pro-Latino. Much like Rage Against the Machine, his songs are littered with references to the Zapatistas and other Mexican revolutionaries. Unlike the above-mentioned band, he does not beat the audience over the head with didactic polemics and testosterone-fueled monster chords. Instead, he relies on the obvious play on words ("Say It Loud, I'm Brown and I'm Proud" and "Misery Tren") and clever social satire (at the climax of "Immigration Time", sung to the tune of "Suspicious Minds", he shouts "I've got my green card...I want my gold card!"). Lopez's main persona and style is very similar to Elvis Presley, as his stage name suggests. However, he is not strictly an Elvis impersonator; on his recordings and in his live show, he covers many non-Mexican artists, such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, T. Rex, Queen and the Beatles. He is also known as the "Thin Brown Duke" (a reference to one of David Bowie's characters, the "Thin White Duke"), or "The Mexican Elvis". El Vez was once a contestant on the game show To Tell the Truth and starred in Wes Hurley's cult comedy musical Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel. He was also a contestant on The Weakest Link during an episode featuring Elvis impersonators. Discography {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Artist ! Title ! Type ! Format ! Label ! Catalog ! Notes |- | 1977 | The Zeros | "Don't Push Me Around" b/w "Wimp" | single | 7" | Bomp! Records | BOMP 110 | |- | 1978 | The Zeros | "Wild Weekend" b/w "Beat Your Heart Out" | single | 7" | Bomp! Records | BOMP 118 | |- | 1980 | Catholic Discipline | The Decline of Western Civilization | soundtrack album | LP, CD | Slash Records | SR 105 | track "Underground Babylon" |- | 1989 | The Zeros | The Zeros | EP | 7" | Munster Records | TFOSR 7006 | compilation of demos