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Montevideo, Uruguay · 1995 — present

La Vela Puerca

La Vela Puerca began in 1995, in a bar in Montevideo, with a group of friends who would gather to play music. On December 24th of that year, they held their first concert, and a friend recorded everything. With that video, they entered a contest called Generación 96, and they won. They were given a guitar, an amplifier, and 80 hours of recording time for an album. Thus was born their first album, Deskarado, in 1998.

The band's sound is based on Latin rock, with touches of punk and ska, and also mixes elements of Uruguayan folklore. Songs like Vuelan palos or Mi semilla became famous quickly. The song Mi semilla was key for Gustavo Santaolalla to hear them, and he invited them to join Surco, a label under Universal. With that, they started to leave Uruguay.

Rock 1990s
2 Albums

2 album|s · 2001 — 2007

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By the end of 1999, they were already a band with many people in the audience. They re-released Deskarado, but under the name La Vela Puerca, which was the name they had from the beginning. In 1999 they performed at the Teatro de Verano with five thousand people. The following year, they traveled to Argentina and joined bands like Bersuit Vergarabat and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

In 2001 they released De bichos y flores, their second album. The sound was similar to the first, but more polished. Songs like José sabía or El viejo became hits. The year 2002 was full of shows, many of them sold out. They performed two shows at the Teatro de Verano, sold out at the Cemento in Buenos Aires and a big show at Parque Rodó. They also traveled to Mexico. In 2003, for the first time, they went to Europe.

Their third album, A contraluz, was released in 2004. It received good reviews and marked a before and after. Although it had songs that reminded of the previous work, it also started to sound darker, something that would be noticeable in the following albums. The song Zafar became a band anthem.

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Nacimiento
1 dic 1995
País
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Género
Rock

Members

trompeta · actual
Alejandro Piccone
saxo · actual
Carlos Quijano
teclados · actual
Diego Méndez
batería · actual
José Canedo
bajo · actual
Nicolás Lieutier
guitarra eléctrica · actual
Rafael Di Bello
guitarra eléctrica · actual
Santiago Butler
voz · actual
Sebastián Cebreiro
voz · actual
Sebastián Teysera