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Los Violadores are a rock band from
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, pioneers of the punk rock genre in
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History

Los Violadores ("The Violators", referring to 'breaking the law', as mentioned in one of their songs, "Violadores de la Ley") was founded in
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in 1981 by guitarist Hari "B" (born Pedro Braun). The rest of the band included Stuka (bass), Pil Trafa (vocals) and Sergio Gramatika (drums). In their first years, sometimes they had to perform under the name of ''Los Voladores'' ("The Flying Ones") because the censorship of the military government did not allow the original name of "Los Violadores". After a while, Hari left the band and Stuka took his place at the guitar, with El Polaco taking on the bass; the latter was presumably a relative or an acquaintance of Hari B's. (''El Polaco'' is Spanish for "the Pole". Hari was of
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descent). Their first hit was the song ''Represión'' ("Repression"), included on their first LP ''Los Violadores'' (1983), issued by the small label Umbral, and produced by
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drummer Michel Peyronel. In 1985 the band released a second album entitled ''Y ahora qué pasa, eh?'', including the song " Uno, dos, ultraviolento", a new hit which granted them considerable radio airplay. By 1985 some tension began to grow within the band, caused by differences about the musical style between Pil Trafa and Stuka. Stuka wanted to incorporate some
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and gothic rock influences, favouring the sounds of acts such as
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and U2 (which finally materialized in their 1986 album ''Fuera de sektor''). Singer Pil Trafa, on the other hand, wanted a more straightforward punk and heavier sound (evidenced in the 1987 album ''Mercado indio''). After some more albums released by CBS/Sony, such as ''Y que Dios nos perdone'' (1989) and ''Otro festival de la exageración'' (1991), they embarked on their farewell tour with young Argentine bands like
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and
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, ending in June of that year at the
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in a gig with British punk legends U.K. Subs. In late 1995 the band resumed its activity, they have reunited many times ever since, with different musicians, except singer Pil Trafa, who remained the only permanent member. With bassist "Polaco" Zelazek and
Anel Paz Jose Manuel "Anel" Paz is an Argentinian guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and recording and mix engineer. He has been a member of Los Violadores, and :es:Los Políticos, Los Politicos. Currently, he is the bandleader of El General Paz & L ...
substituting guitarist "Stuka", they recorded the album ''Otra patada en los huevos'', performing some comeback shows of the band at Cemento Discotheque, in December 1995. In 2000 Stuka rejoined the band but in 2003 left once again. Los Violadores have regained some popularity with their album ''Bajo un sol feliz'' (2006), and then participated in the festival ''30 años de Punk'', in 2009, with groups such as Cadena Perpetua and 2 Minutos, at Estadio Obras Sanitarias. That same year, the album ''Rey o reina'' was issued by means of Leader Music. Los Violadores disbanded in May 2011, with the split announced by frontman Pil Trafa. In 2015, Pil Trafa announced the reunion of the band once again, this time with the classic line-up, including Stuka, Gramatika, and "Polaco" Zelazek, recording the double live CD ''Luna Punk: Rompan todo''.


Discography


Studio albums

*1983 - ''Los Violadores'' *1985 - ''Y ahora qué pasa, eh?'' *1986 - ''Fuera de sektor'' *1987 - ''Mercado indio'' *1989 - ''Y que Dios nos perdone'' *1991 - ''Otro festival de la exageración'' *1996 - ''Otra patada en los huevos'' *2000 - ''Lo mejor de Los Violadores'' (re-recorded versions) *2006 - ''Bajo un sol feliz'' *2009 - ''Rey o reina''


Live albums

*1990 - ''En vivo y ruidoso'' *1996 - ''Histórico (La verdadera historia)'' 2 CD *2003 - ''En vivo y ruidoso II'' *2016 - ''Luna Punk: Rompan todo...''


EPs

*1986 - ''Uno, dos, ultravioladores'' *2004 - ''Y va... sangrando''


Compilation albums

*1992 - ''Grandes éxitos'' *2001 - ''Obras cumbres''


See also

* Argentine punk *
Latino punk Latino punk is punk music created by Latino people in Latin America and the United States. The angst and protest qualities of punk music and style have had a strong appeal to Latino youth in the U.S., and to the people in Latin America. It is im ...
*
Dirty War The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as ...


References


Further reading

Cavanna, Esteban M. ''El nacimiento del punk en Argentina y la historia de Los Violadores.'' Buenos Aires: Interpress Ediciones, 2001. Sainz, Alfredo. "Arde Belgrano: Los Violadores in la UB, 17 de Julio de 1981." In ''Derrumbando la Casa Rosada: Mitos y leyendas de los primeros punks en Argentina 1978-1988'', edited by Daniel Flores, 39-52. Buenos Aires: Pioloto de Tormenta, 2011.


External links


Official website

Los Violadores
at rock.com.ar

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Violadores, Los Argentine punk rock groups Rock en Español music groups Musical groups established in 1981 Musical groups disestablished in 2019 Musical groups from Buenos Aires 1981 establishments in Argentina 2019 disestablishments in Argentina