Jad Abumrad / Chad (Radiolab host; primarily Jad Abumrad)

He's the self-injected punk rocker I visited in the abandoned sanatorium.

He's still living there, along with his partner, Yoandra.

He tells me that with Cuba's deep political and economic crisis, it's hard to be in a punk band.

His town has 18-hour blackouts, and even plugging in a guitar is tough.

But Gerson says he still thinks about Papo La Bala.

He says that in today's Cuba, Papo would be doing the same thing he did when he was alive.

He would be finding a way to stay true to himself and keeping it metal.