Juan F Barajas

Poem: East Los Angeles – Motivation and happiness

by Juan F Barajas | Apr 19, 2019 | Creative Writing

I remember seeing a cop and gang shootout by my house and I can remember how scared and frightened I was. I remember thinking that these gangsters were bad people and deserved what happened to them. I remember hearing them argue about how they are going to pay their...

Review: Metallica’s “Metallica” (The Black Album)

by Juan F Barajas | Jan 23, 2018 | Opinion

In 1980, a man named Lars Ulrich would immigrate to the United States in hopes of forming a heavy metal band because he loved the British Heavy Metal scene which had bands like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead. In 1981 James Hetfield would see an...

Poem: My vision of L.A

by Juan F Barajas | Nov 17, 2017 | Creative Writing

I love L.A. I love L.A. because of its culture I love L.A. because it gave us Motley Crew, N.W.A, Metallica, and The Doors Even though L.A. has drugs, murders, unaffordable housing, and violent gangs I still love L.A. with a burning passion L.A. is my home I want a...

Modern artists that deserve to be in Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

by Juan F Barajas | Oct 2, 2017 | Arts and Entertainment, Opinion

Many legendary artists have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with all of its current members and ex-members of Metallica were inducted as well including Megadeth front-man Dave...

The story of a dreamer

by Juan F Barajas | Sep 26, 2017 | Features, Features, Uncategorized

Juan Barajas is just a simple guy just trying to make it through life and trying to accomplish his dreams. Barajas was born on Sept. 21, 2001 in East Hollywood and moved around quite a lot as a kid. One of the places he first lived in was Boyle Heights. He lived in a...