Colombian Rock isrock music fromColombia. The most common styles of Colombian rock are based onRock en Español,indie rock, as well as the traditional focus ofhard rock Colombian bands.
In the 1960s a boom in rock music happened in Colombia, as a result ofglobalization, the influence of the foreign music of that decade, and opposition to theVietnam War. From that moment in time came the first rock bands in the country. The most famous band in those years whereLos Speakers from Bogotá. Their last and most famous album wasThe Speakers en el maravilloso mundo de Ingeson edited in 1968.
Some bands of the sixties: Los Speakers (1963–1968), Los Flippers (1965–1973), Los Yetis (1965–1969), Los Ampex (1965–1967), Los Young Beats (1966), Los Streaks (1967), Time Machine (1967), The New Movement (founded by Colombo- N.Americans 1966–1968), The Walflower Complextion (founded by North-Americans 1966–1967).
After foundingLos Speakers, Humberto Monroy also founded Siglo Cero (1969–1970) and the legendary bandGéne-sis (1972–1992) that produced works through the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
In the 1980s,Kraken became the first knownheavy metal band in Colombia, as well as the oldest still active band of the country, becoming the progenitors of many rising bands until today. Those includedEkhymosis, from whichJuanes split for a solo career.
Bogotá,Medellín andCali were the cities where this movement started to grow, and they remain today as the main cradles for new groups and styles. Colombian rock is grouped with allRock en español, a movement led byArgentine rock andMexican rock.
In the 1950s,Medellín,Antioquia, was a middle-sized city in a fast process ofindustrialization.Elvis Presley andChuck Berry were the first ambassadors of American rock music. The society of theregion, more familiar with one of the main folk musics of Colombia,bambuco, received it with mixed opinions until it became established as part of youth culture.[2]
This musical movement was almost unrecognized in other parts of the country, due to the ongoingboom in literature which marked a "new age" in Colombian culture for the next half century.
Bands likeAterciopelados,Superlitio, 1280 Almas, Agata, Apocalipsys, La Derecha, La Pestilencia, Ultrageno,La severa matacera, Los de Adentro, La Prole Rock, and Leon Bruno have some famous achievements in Latin-American music. The rock scene is beginning to grow as an important part of the Latin American and world music industry.
Along eighties it emerged one of the most representatives Colombian Underground metal scenes known as "Metal Medallo", this one arose in Medellín, creating a representative kind of local metal known asultra metal (Extreme metal music). This musical scene was characterized by gathering several genres of metal music such asdeath metal,thrash metal,black metal, and so on; the most representatives bands of this world-class scene wereParabellum, Masacre and Reencarnacion, among others. This metal scene was widely known in this decade in Europe, particularly inSweden,Norway,Finland andGermany, even Parabellum and Reencarnacion influenced theEarly Norwegian black metal scene, moreover was and is broadly known in Japan and North America. Nowadays, this Colombian scene is respected in several countries particularly in underground and old school scenes.
Since 2005, Colombia has seen a growth of newpunk rock,pop punk, andalternative rock bands. Despite the problems of gaining radio play, bands like Blunt, Tres De Corazon,The Mills,The Hall Effect, Don Tetto,Area 12, Donna Joe Radio, Cygnus,[3] Zarco, Stayway, The Radio Flyer, the Ghetto Muppets, Proper Strangers (based in the United Kingdom) are starting to become more popular.
Internationally, artists such asThe Monas and Locos por Juana (based in Miami) recently nominated to a Grammy award, and Intrudia (based in Texas) have gained notoriety and represent the Colombian Rock in the United States.
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