Name: Demolicion: The Complete Recordings
Brand: Los Saicos

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MR 329

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-03-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8435008832919

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Los Saicos

Genre US

Garage / Surf / Trash

Label US

MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN)

Los Saicos is a Peruvian Garage/Proto Punk band from Lince, Lima, Peru. They were active from 1960-1966, 1969, and since 2010. The band is known for their unique style of singing their own compositions in Spanish during a time when other groups were imitating British bands and singing in English. Los Saicos has been recognized as one of the most original and influential Latin American bands of the 1960s.

In the summer of 1960, Erwin Flores, Rolando "El Chino" Carpio, César "Papi" Castrillón, and Francisco "Pancho" Guevara met in a rock and roll gang called Los Cometas. They decided to form their own band and began meeting at Carpio's house to listen to songs. It was during one of these rehearsals that they came up with the name Los Saicos, inspired by the word "psycho" and Seiko watches popular at that time.

The band released their first song titled "Demolition" in May 1965 after their producer loved it during a rehearsal. They became associated with various record labels throughout their career but ultimately disbanded when they felt they would become just another band on the pile.

In 2010, three members of Los Saicos reunited in Lima to perform some of their classic songs. Since then, the group has come

With only 6 singles released between 1965 and 1966, and from Lima, Peru, Los Saicos created a raw, wild and visceral sound, the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the garage rock that was coming out of the U.S. Northwest at the same time. Theirs is the same DNA shared by The Sonics.

Demolicion: The Complete Recordings

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