Los Violadores
| Los Violadores | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1981-1992 1995-2011 |
| Labels |
CBS Leader Music |
| Associated acts | Attaque 77, 2 Minutos, JAS |
| Members |
Pil Trafa Tucan Carlos "El Niño" Khayatte Sergio Gramatika Sergio Vall |
| Past members |
Hari "B" |
Hari "B"
Robert "El Polaco" Zelazek
Gustavo "Stuka" Fossa
Adrian Blanco
Anel Paz
Los Violadores was a punk band from Argentina and the pioneers of the genre in Latin America.
Los Violadores ("The Violators", referring to 'breaking the law', as mentioned in one of their songs, "Violadores de la Ley") was founded in 1981 by guitarist Hari B (born Pedro Braun). The rest of the band included Stuka (bass), Pil Trafa (vocals) and Sergio Gramatika (drums). In their first years, sometimes they had to perform under the name of Los Voladores ("The Flying Ones") because the censorship of the military government did not allow the original name of "Los Violadores".
After a while, Hari left the band and Stuka took his place at the guitar, with El Polaco taking on the bass; the latter was presumably a relative or an acquaintance of Hari B's. (El Polaco is Spanish for "the Pole"—Hari was of Polish descent).
His first success was the song Represión published in his first LP Los Violadores (1983), produced by Michel Peyronel. In 1985 the band released the song "Uno, dos, ultraviolento" which immediately bought attention to them as one of the pioneer of punk rock in Argentina.
By 1985 some tension began to grow within the band, caused by differences in the band's direction between Pil Trafa and Stuka. Stuka wanted to incorporate some post-punk and gothic influences, favouring the sounds of The Cure and U2 (this materialised in the 1986 album Fuera del Sektor); Pil Trafa wanted a more straightforward punk sound, like Ramones (evidenced in the 1987 album Mercado Indio).
In 1992 he began his farewell tour with bands like Attaque 77 and 2 Minutos, to end in June of that year at the Estadio Obras Sanitarias with U.K. Subs.
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