The BRAT has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 11 episodes and was first played on 15 February 2017.

The Brat was an underground Chicano punk band from Los Angeles, CA, United States, active in the late-1970s and 1980s. Combining reggae, East L.A. grit and the bop of girl groups like Blondie and The Crystals, The Brat was hailed as one of the most important bands to emerge from the East Los Angeles underground. Formed in 1979 - after a chance meeting between Teresa Covarrubias and Rudy Medina at The Starwood in Hollywood - The Brat fell into the mesh of punk…