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Later, Chris befriended Rob Raymond on their first base assignment after training. Rob's talent with the guitar was just what Chris needed, and the two started playing together at nearly every squadron function. Eventually, when asked what the name of their band was, Rob impulsively said, "Dos Gringos!" Though Chris was initially concerned that they might get mistaken for a mariachi band, the name's stuck.

If you're planning on checking these guys out, though, be aware--most of what ''Dos Gringos'' does are [[Bawdy Song|Bawdy Songs]] ''full'' of [[Refuge in Audacity|audacity]]. Suffice to say, these guys wouldn't be [[Not Safe for Work|work safe]] to listen to at a lot of places. Second, as they were written for the fighter pilot community (and associated personnel), their songs will sound like a second language to civilian listeners, unless they know quite a bit about NATO brevity code, fighter pilot slang, and USAF jargon. Well, except for the [[Cluster F Bomb|profanity]]. That's a universal language.

If you're planning on checking these guys out, though, be aware--most of what ''Dos Gringos'' does are [[Bawdy Song|Bawdy Songs]] ''full'' of [[Refuge in Audacity|audacity]]. Suffice to say, these guys wouldn't be [[Not Safe for Work|work safe]] to listen to at a lot of places. Second, as they were written for the fighter pilot community (and associated personnel), their songs will sound like a second language to civilian listeners, unless they know quite a bit about NATO brevity code, fighter pilot slang, and USAF jargon. Well, except for the [[Cluster F-Bomb|profanity]]. That's a universal language.

Even though their tours and album-making are severely limited by being active duty pilots, they've become quite popular in the U.S. Air Force, other branches of the American military, and even with other national militaries--[[Small Reference Pools|Which of course means they're]] "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dos_Gringos non-notable]" at [[The Other Wiki]]. You can thankfully still read [http://web.archive.org/web/20071231070811/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_Gringos the article on them] at the Web Archive. They also have a site [http://www.dosgringosrocks.com/ here], where you can preview some of the songs (as well as read the lyrics).

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=== Provides Examples Of: ===

* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: ''The Predator Eulogy''. Fighter pilots '''hate''' [[The Scrappy|unmanned airborne vehicles]].

* [[Atomic F Bomb]]: Happens in ''2's Blind'':

* [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: Happens in ''2's Blind'':

{{quote| We got spiked, and Lead went to the notch / When he did I had my eyes down in my crotch ([[Not What It Looks Like|'CAUSE I HAD AN ITCH!]]) / When I looked up only jack shit did I find / '''''<big>GOD DAMMIT!</big>''''' "2's Blind!"}}

* [[Badass Nickname]]: F-16 Fighting Falcon? Pssh, we call that the ''Viper'', thank you very much.

* [[Bawdy Song]]: [[~~Mathematicians~~ Answer|Yep.]]

* [[Bawdy Song]]: [[Mathematician's Answer|Yep.]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: ''At Least I'm Not the Snacko''. [[New Meat]] in American fighter squadrons are tasked with restocking snacks and beer for everyone else. ''The Legend of Shaved Dog's Ass'' also implies that the titular pilot was a snacko himself.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: ''Dos Gringos''' favored ordinance.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: ''Dos Gringos''' favored ordinance.

* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: ''The O.N.E. Song.'' (Also an obvious subtext of ''My Wife's Vibrator,'' though suprisingly enough not directly implied in ''Squiggly Porn...'')

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: ''The Legend of Shaved Dog's Ass.'' Yes, the pilot in the song was nicknamed "Shaved Dog's Ass"--and yes, [[Real Life]] fighter pilot callsigns usually ''are'' [http://www.f-16.net/callsigns.html Embarrassing Nicknames] (though they're abbreviated if they're ''that'' long).

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* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: ''You Gotta Be in the Guard'' criticizes the increasing restrictions on pilot conduct in the U.S. Air Force--to the point that the Air National Guard is far more lax than the "real deal." There's a quote from the song in [[Political Correctness Gone Mad/Quotes|that trope's quote page]].

* [[Refuge in Audacity]] / [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]: A big ingredient in many, if not ''most'', of their songs.

* [[Self Deprecation]]: ''I'm A Pilot,'' which is a song written about pilots from the crew chief's perspective, and all the stereotypes that come with it.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: ''I'm A Pilot,'' which is a song written about pilots from the crew chief's perspective, and all the stereotypes that come with it.

** [[~~Its All About Me|~~It's All About Me]]: ''I'm A Pilot''.

** [[It's All About Me]]: ''I'm A Pilot''.

** [[Never My Fault]]: ''I'm A Pilot'', again.

* [[Shoot Everything That Moves]]: ''Going In For Guns''.