History Colombian rock

1 history

1.1 elsewhere
1.2 metal medallo , ultra metal
1.3 colombian indie & alternative rock

history

in 1960s boom in rock music happened in colombia, result of globalization, influence of foreign music of decade, , opposition vietnam war. moment in time came first rock bands in country. famous band in years los speakers bogotá. last , famous album speakers en el maravilloso mundo de ingeson edited in 1968.

some bands of sixties: los speakers (1963 - 1968), los flippers (1965 - 1973), los yetis (1965 - 1969), los ampex (1965 - 1967), los young beats (1966), los streaks (1967), time machine (1967), walflower complextion (founded north-americans 1966 - 1967).

after founding los speakers, humberto monroy founded siglo cero (1969 - 1970) , legendary band géne-sis (1972 - 1992), produced works through 1970s , 1980s.

in 1980s, kraken became first known heavy metal band in colombia, oldest still active band of country, becoming progenitors of many rising bands until today. included ekhymosis, juanes split solo career.

bogotá, medellín , cali cities movement started grow, , remain today main cradles new groups , styles. colombian rock grouped rock en español, movement led argentinian rock , mexican rock.

elsewhere

in 1950s, medellín, antioquia, middle-sized city in fast process of industrialization. elvis presley , chuck berry first ambassadors of american rock music. society of region, more familiar 1 of main folk musics of colombia, bambuco, received mixed opinions until became established part of youth culture.

this musical movement unrecognized in other parts of country, due ongoing boom in literature marked new age in colombian culture next half century.

bands aterciopelados, superlitio, 1280 almas, la derecha, la pestilencia, ultrageno, la severa matacera, los de adentro, la prole, , leon bruno have famous achievements in latin-american music. rock scene beginning grow important part of latin american , world music industry.

metal medallo , ultra metal

along eighties emerged 1 of representatives colombian underground metal scenes known metal medallo , 1 arose in medellin colombia, creating representative kind of local metal known ultra metal (extreme , anti-technical metal music). musical scene characterized gathering several genres of metal music such death metal, thrash metal, black metal, , on; representatives bands of world-class scene parabellum, masacre , reencarnacion, among others. metal scene known in decade in europe, particularly in sweden, norway, finland , germany, parabellum , reencarnacion influenced norwegian black metal scene, , broadly known in japan , north america. nowadays, colombian scene respected in several countries particularly in underground , old school scenes.

colombian indie & alternative rock

since 2005, colombia has seen growth of new punk rock, pop punk, , alternative rock bands. despite problems of gaining radio play, bands blunt, tres de corazon, mills, hall effect, don tetto, area 12, donna joe radio, zarco, stayway, radio flyer, ghetto muppets, proper strangers (based in uk), la linea , atomic sound attack starting become more popular.

internationally, new artists such locos por juana (based in miami) nominated grammy award, , intrudia (based in texas) have gained notoriety , represent colombian rock in usa.