 Their album, "Tex-Mex Rock & Roll", was self-released and later picked up by Big Beat Records.As Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns, Carrasco and his band released a self-titled album on Stiff Records in 1981.They then signed with major label MCA Records, releasing "Synapse Gap" in 1982 (with harmonies by Michael Jackson on one song), and "Party Weekend" in 1983.