Ayala singing in a L.A. venue. Photo courtesy of Jesse Valo.

Ayala died in Los Angeles, place where he spent the majority of his life in. Photo by Eli Solitas.

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Ayala died in Los Angeles, place where he spent most of his life in. Photo courtesy of Jesse Valo.

In the 70s and late 80s, Eddie Ayala was one of the biggest stars in East LA as a punk-rock musician and singer of seminal bands Los Illegals and The Odd Squad, marking the beginning of the underground L.A. punk rock scene, Chicano-style. On Friday, November 24, Ayala, a pioneer of the East Los Angeles Chicano punk movement, died at 63 years old.