Christian Machado
| Ill Niño | |
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Ill Niño in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Victory, Cement Shoes, Roadrunner |
| Associated acts | Merauder, Soulfly, Gothic Slam, Pro-Pain, M.O.D., Lȧȧz Rockit, Terror Universal, Cavalera Conspiracy, Machine Head |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Cristian Machado Lazaro Pina Diego Verduzco Ahrue Luster Dave Chavarri Oscar Santiago |
| Past members | Jorge Rosado Marc Rizzo Jardel Martins Paisante Roger Vasquez Daniel Couto |
Ill Niño is an American metal band formed in New Jersey in 1998. The group currently consists of lead vocalist Cristian Machado, drummer Dave Chavarri, bassist Lazaro "Laz" Pina, lead guitarist Ahrue Luster, guitarist Diego Verduzco, and percussionist Oscar Santiago. They are currently signed to Victory Records globally and AFM Records exclusively in UK & Europe. Ill Niño has always branded their original style as "Latin metal". They have released 7 studio albums, 2 EPs, and 1 greatest hits album, selling over 1.3 million albums worldwide.
The band was formed in 1998 by drummer Dave Chavarri as a "Latino Hardcore" group, then calling themselves "El Niño", with the initial line-up including Jorge Rosado (Merauder), guitarist Marc Rizzo, Christian Machado on bass, and drummer Dave Chavarri (Soulfly, Pro-Pain, M.O.D.). In 1999 the band parted ways with Jorge Rosado, with Machado taking over lead vocals, and brought in Chavarri's childhood friend Lazaro "Laz" Pina (BroomHellda, Shang Hi-Fi) to take over on bass guitar. As the band finished their first EP, produced & mixed by Dave Chavarri, and recorded at Laz's recording studio, Ill Niño was ready to ink their first recording contract.
The band soon looked to create the ideal line up, composed of local players, such as Newark's Brazilian guitarist Jardel Paisante, and NYC Latino percussionist Roger Vasquez. El Niño soon changed their name to Ill Niño and released a self-titled EP in 2000. The buzz on the NY/NJ metal scene was so strong that it scored them heavy rotation with multiple songs on Seton Hall University's WSOU Pirate Radio. The band was quickly signed thereafter by Roadrunner Records.
On September 18, 2001, Ill Niño released their debut album, titled Revolution Revolución. In support of the album's release, Ill Niño toured intensively for 19 straight months throughout America, Europe, the UK, and Japan, notably being a part of the U.S. Road Rage Tour with Fear Factory and Machine Head, and landing prestigious tours such as Ozzfest, Jägermeister tour, Germany's Rock Am Ring/ Rock Im Park, Spain's Festimad Festival, the UK's Download Festival, Holland's Dynamo Festival, and Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting. The album's single, "What Comes Around," received significant airplay on MTV and top 20 Active Rock radio charts, selling over 450,000 albums worldwide. In 2002, the band's vocalist Cristian Machado performed on Soulfly's song 'One', off the band's third album "3", sharing lead vocal duties with Max Cavalera.
In early 2003, right before Ill Niño was set to record the follow-up to Revolution Revolución, the band parted ways with guitarist Marc Rizzo and percussionist Roger Vasquez. Soon after, Ill Niño recruited lead guitarist Ahrue Luster (ex-Machine Head) and Brazilian percussionist Danny Couto.
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