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Vive Latino
Vive Latino - Festival Iberoamericano de Cultura Musical is an annual music festival held in Mexico City. It is one of the most important music festivals in Mexico, featuring a great variety of groups of many genres. The event takes place in Foro Sol usually in the months of March and April. The duration of the festival has been one to three days, depending on the number of live acts, but since 2010 the festival's length has been 2 or 3 days. The first edition was in 1998, and has been repeated yearly ever since (except for 1999 and 2002). The number of stages has changed over the time, ranging from 2 to 4. The festival's concept is to every year gather important and newcoming bands from all over Ibero-America for three days to create a space for alternative music and new proposals from different Spanish-speaking bands. In the history of the festival there's been a series of important musical performances by many artists from Latin America and Spain, such as Café Tacuba, Enriqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ríos
Miguel Ríos Campaña (born 7 June 1944) is a Spanish singer, composer, actor. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain. Biography Ríos was born in La Cartuja, a neighborhood of Granada. The youngest of seven children, he went to work in a local bar at the age of fifteen after little formal education. His interest in rock and roll led him to participate in a song contest at Cenicienta 60 radio station, in which he and his friends won a prize for singing the Paul Anka song "You Are My Destiny". With his mother's permission (his father had died a few months earlier), he moved to Madrid in 1961 at the age of sixteen, where he recorded his first four songs. In popular circles he became known as ''Mike Ríos, the King of Twist''. As Mike Ríos he obtained some television popularity during the first half of the 1960s. In 1964 he resumed using his real name which cost him the support of his group, Los Relámpagos (the Lightning). He made his first incursion into cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Bunkers
Los Bunkers (Spanish for ''The Bunkers'') is an alternative rock band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 1999 by brothers Álvaro and Gonzalo López, Mauricio Basualto, and brothers Francisco and Mauricio Durán. They are well known in their country for their contemporary sounds of rock, based on sounds of the 1960s, from bands like The Beatles, and also including sounds from their folk roots. The band name is essentially a play on words that at the simplest level recalls Chilean rock groups of the 1960s like Los Jokers and Los Sonnys. The use of the letter B and K was also considered to be desirable by the band as it aligned themselves with some of their biggest music idols such as The Beatles and The Kinks. Finally the word Bunkers is also symbolic of the refuge that the band and music had become against all that surrounded them History United initially by their common love for The Beatles, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Control Machete
Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León. Its members are Fermín IV (listed as Fermin IV Caballero Elizondo in credits), Patricio " Pato Machete" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi (Antonio "Toy" Hernández). History The group moved to the mainstream after their song "Sí Señor" was used as backing in the Levi's Super Bowl television commercial "Crazy Legs". However, their debut album was already a bestseller, with 100,000 units sold in Mexico and 400,000 in all of Latin America. In 1998, Control Machete covered the song "Amnesia" included in the album '' Volcán: Tributo a José José'', a tribute to Mexican legend José José. Fermin IV left Control Machete in 2002 and released a solo album, ''Boomerang''. He also collaborated with Cypress Hill on the track "Siempre Peligroso" on their album ''Los grandes éxitos en español''. Control Machete's track "Danzón" was recorded in Cuba with Buena Vista Social Club's Rubén González. The songs "S� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Minutos
2 Minutos or Dos Minutos are a punk rock band from Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have released ten albums since first receiving a contract by Phonogram in 1994. The band have toured mostly around Latin America. Biography Singer Walter Velásquez first met bass player Aidnajan and guitarist Pedrozo at a Casanovas concert in 1987. The group they formed largely played the local circuit in the early 1990s. In 1992, the band participated in a collective album produced by an independent label called ''Mentes Abiertas'', with the songs ''"Ya No Sos Igual"'' and ''"Arrebato"''. It caught the attention of the local Polygram A&R men who would sign the band soon after. 1994 would be the studio album debut for 2 Minutos. ''Valentín Alsina'' was named in honor of their hometown, and it turned into a bigger hit than even the band or the label had expected on the back of the hit single "Ya no sos Igual" ("You're not the same anymore"), about a corner store clerk whom they f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángeles Del Infierno
(Spanish for Angels from Hell or Hell Angels) is a heavy metal band from Basque Country, Spain, formed in 1980. Signing with Warner Bros. Records in 1984, they achieved success in their home country and Latin America during the 1980s and the early 1990s. In 2003, the band reformed and signed back onto Warner Bros. Records, releasing ''Todos Somos Angeles'' later that year. Angeles Del Infierno was formed by Robert Alvarez and Santi Rubio in 1978 in San Sebastian with: * Juan Gallardo: vocals * Robert Alvarez: lead guitar * Manu Garcia: rhythm guitar * Santi Rubio: bass * Inaki Munita: drums Ángeles del Infierno released their first album, (''Pact with the Devil''), in 1984. They immediately had success in terms of both, record sales and critical reception. They scored several hits with songs like their anthem "Maldito sea tu nombre". Band members * Juan Gallardo: voice * Robert Alvarez: guitar * Foley: guitar * Emilio Villareal: bass * Eddie: Keyboard * Gerardo Garci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmetal (band)
Transmetal is an extreme metal band formed in Ciudad Azteca, Ecatepec, Mexico in 1987 by brothers Javier, Juan, and Lorenzo Partida. They are known as one of the most important metal bands in Latin America. Their most well known song is "Killers" from the ''Desear un Funeral'' EP (1989), which is a cover of French band . During their career, Transmetal have released over 30 albums which experiment in thrash and death metal, with the vocals styles based on growling. The band has also participated in shows with other notable bands such as Slayer, Sepultura, Overkill, and Kreator Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Fréd� .... Band members Current *Juan Partida – lead guitar (1987–present) *Lorenzo Partida – bass (1987–present) *Javier Partida – drums (1987–present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divididos
Divididos ("Divided") is an Argentine rock band.El Polaco Goyeneche fue el primer punk Biografia de Divididos The band was formed in 1988 after the death of and the consequent dissolution of the band . Ricardo Mollo (vocals, |
Sepultura
Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thrash metal and death metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal, Dimery 2006 pg 782, "''Drawing on Brazilian Latin and tribal music, nu-metal, and Sepultura's own thrash/death style, the results were unique,''" hardcore punk, and industrial metal. Archived aSepultura.be Sepultura has also been credited as one of the second wave of thrash metal acts from the late 1980s to early-to-mid-1990s. The band has had several lineup changes throughout its existence, with Max and Igor Cavalera departing in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Sepultura's current lineup consists of vocalist Derrick Green (who replaced Max in 1997), guitarist Andreas Kisser, ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nortec Collective
Nortec Collective was a musical ensemble formed by various individual one- or two-man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their genre mixes electronic music with musical elements and instrumentation of tambora and norteño music, resulting in the nortec ("norteño" + "techno") style. The various projects began producing and performing nortec music around 1999. In 2001, they were signed to a recording contract with Palm Pictures, and released their first album, ''Tijuana Session Volume 1'', under the name Nortec Collective. The line-up for that album included Bostich, Clorofila, Fussible, Hiperboreal, Panoptica, Plankton Man and Terrestre. The latter two would leave Nortec Collective in 2002. Nortec Collective's second album, ''Tijuana Sessions, Vol. 3'' (Nacional Records), received much critical praise and was nominated for two Latin Grammy awards in 2006. In 2008, Nortec Collective ceased to function as a proper collective, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratones Paranoicos
Ratones Paranoicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in 1983 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group is influenced by rhythm-and-blues music, and their prime influence were The Rolling Stones, with whom they have shared Andrew Loog Oldham as a producer. Members It was originally formed by Juanse (vocals and guitar), Pablo “Maldito" Memi (bass), Paul "Sarcófago" Cano (guitar) and Rubén "Roy" Quiroga (drums). In October 2007, Fabian "von" Quintiero split from the band after being a member since 1997. In his place came Pablo Memi, returning to the original line-up. The band was once supported by Charly García. Former Rolling Stone guitarist Mick Taylor has appeared with them. Discography * '' Ratones Paranoicos'' (1986) * ''Los chicos quieren rock'' (1988) * '' Furtivos'' (1989) * '' Tómalo o déjalo'' (1990) * '' Fieras lunáticas'' (1991) * '' Hecho en Memphis'' (1993) * ''Planeta Paranoico'' (1996) * '' Electroshock'' (1999) * ''Los chicos quieren más'' (2001) * ''Giran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
