Aterciopelados Music

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Decades: 1990's and 2000's

Calling Aterciopelados one of the most important rock en espanol innovators since the mid-'90s would be an accurate summation but merely scratching the surface. Formed as a quartet around the songwriting duo of former Delia y los Aminoacidos singer/guitarist Andrea Echeverri and bassist/producer Hector Buitrago in Bogota in 1993, Aterciopelados, whose name translates loosely to "the velvety ones," was one of the first rock bands to emerge from Colombia. In subsequent years, they remained one of the most con... Read More