Los Pericos

Los Pericos is an Argentine band formed in 1987. The band has enjoyed international success, especially throughout South America. In 2006, the band received some notable exposure for North American audiences when featured on an episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. The band was also featured in the 2000 documentary, Botín de guerra (Spoils of war).

History

Los Pericos started as a group of friends who used to get together to play music, and became the first reggae band in Argentina to reach a mass audience.

Their first record, El Ritual De La Banana, produced by Javier Calamaro, was released by EMI in December 1987. It sold 150,000 copies in six months, became the best-selling album of 1988 and went triple platinum. One year later, they recorded King Kong, produced by Herbert Vianna (leadman and songwriter of the Brazilian group Paralamas Do Sucesso). Maxi Anfitreu followed in 1989, but neither it nor Rab a Dab Stail (1990) lived up to expectations, commercially or musically.

In 1990, Los Pericos launched their third studio album, Rab a Dab Stail, and they went on tour, performing several live concerts around Argentina, highlighting the two shows at the Luna Park Stadium...

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