. . . "La Bamba would prove to be his most influential recording as by not only performing a rock song in Spanish but blending traditional Latin American music with rock he would be the first to use a formula that would be used by such artists as Selena, Caifanes, Cafe Tacuba,Circo, El Gran Silencio, Aterciopelados, Gustavo Santaolalla and many others in the Latin Alternative scene." .