Pachucos are
Mexican American youths who developed their own
subculture during the 1930s and 1940s in the
Southwestern United States. They wore distinctive clothes (such as
Zoot Suits) and spoke their own dialect (
Caló). Due to their double-marginalization stemming from their youth and ethnicity, there has always been a close association and cultural cross-pollination between the Pachuco subculture and the
gang subculture. For this reason, many members of the predominant (
Anglo) culture assumed that anyone dressed in pachuco was a gang member. A famous pachuco is the bass player and ex-
Mothers of Invention Roy Estrada.