Rock music has been produced in Iberian America since the late 1950s. Some rock bands started to use unusual instruments such as
maracas and
quenas. In the late 1960s, artists like
Santana started using a different technique to make rock music; by incorporating influences of
Latin jazz. Its sound was incorporated by young Latino-players in the US, as an answer to the
rock en Español movement in Americas and Spain led by bands like
Héroes del Silencio,
Caifanes or
Los Prisioneros. In the early 1990s, it was used by Mexican bands such as
Maldita Vecindad and
Café Tacuba, they were accepted on the Latino circuit in the US, especially by the Mexican community. Subsequently, experimental musician
Lynda Thomas earned recognition and commercial success with alternative music in the same decade. With the passage of time and many musical styles in the US-Latin, Latin alternative has become as diverse as the rock music genre itself. Today, many music journalists and fans regard Latin alternative as a subgenre of
rock en Español, and like
rock en Español, it may be further divided into more specific genres of music. ==Events and media coverage==