Los Tres

Los Tres
Parra, Lindl, and Henríquez.
Background information
Also known as	Los Dick Stones
Origin	Concepción, Chile
Genres	Jazz rock, Alternative rock, Rockabilly
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Double bass, Drums
Years active	1987–2000, 2006–present
Labels	Alerce, Sony
Associated acts	Ángel Parra Trío Los Titulares Pettinellis
Website	http://www.los3.cl
Members	Álvaro Henríquez Roberto Lindl
Past members	Francisco Molina Ángel Parra

Los Tres ("The Three (men)") are a Chilean rock band composed of three members: a rock/folk singer and two jazzmen. It was one of the noted bands in the Chilean nineties, together with La Ley and Lucybell.

Los Tres recorded nine albums during their first period, from 1989 until 2000, starting with Los Tres: a jazz/folk/rock blending, in 1991. The band dissolved in 2000 and its members continued their musical careers in personal projects, during the following five years.

In February 2006 Álvaro Henríquez, Ángel Parra, and Roberto Lindl announced the reunion of the band without former drummer Francisco Molina and the recording of their 2006 studio album; Hágalo Usted Mismo.

The band's newest album is Coliumo. It was released in October 2010.

During the nineties, massive commercial entertainment (and only bits of culture and art) rose immensely in Chile; prior to that most "left-wing" or anti-military cultural expressions were repressed for almost 20 years (see Chile under Pinochet). In this context appeared Los Tres whose work is based, in contrast to most rock/pop groups from this era, on the folk and popular music of Chile with added rock and jazz influences. The band's attitude was to reject commercial pop/rock and easy trends. Furthermore, their music and mostly their lyrics, though not following the style, can be considered as "grunge" in spirit. Given this, it was against all odds for them to succeed.

In 1982, three guys from Concepción, Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Titae Lindl, and "Pancho" Molina started a band called Los Dick Stones, whose set list was based on songs by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Gene Vincent. They quickly became very popular in universities, bars, and peñas around the southern city of Concepción. Given their ambition, to achieve success in the Chilean mainstream, they decided to move to the capital city of Santiago and changed their name to Los Tres. In 1988, Ángel Parra joined the band, and even though Los Tres is Spanish for "the three", they decided to keep the name.