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San Miguel, Santiago, Chile (1982 – 1992, 2001 – 2006)

Los Prisioneros was a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, Chile in 1982 by Jorge González (bass & vocals), Claudio Narea (guitar) and Miguel Tapia (drums). They began as a local band during the early 1980s, playing small shows in their neighborhood and high school. After selling a limited press number of their first album in Chile under the independent Fusión producciones label, they signed to EMI in 1985, re-releasing the same album on an LP record and Cassette. From that point on they reached mainstream success in Chile, then Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Eventually in the early 90’s their albums were re-released completely in remastered Compact Disc form, this is when Chile was no longer run by a military regime which oppressed their music in the late 1980s. Throughout the 1990s their music spread out, reaching all of South and Central America as well as some parts of the U.S., Canada and Europe.

The band started when Jorge González and Miguel Tapia decided to start their own band while being high school students. They were inexperienced but enthusiastic, after many practices and writing songs, they asked Claudio Narea if he would like to join them, and impressed by the music they were making, he accepted. Towards the early 80’s they went through some name changes and before settling on “Los Prisioneros” they had the name “Los Vinchukas” as their original name. In 1983, they had played a number of local shows and that’s when they met Carlos Fonseca, their future manager. Through him, they managed to score a record deal with Fusión Producciones.

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  • Arqdiles

    http://www.lastfm.es/group/Chile A Chile le gusta Los Prisioneros

    16 hours ago
  • jornacio

    Tren al Sur la mas escuchada? Al menos un himno como El Baile de Los que Sobran esta segundo, pero por ahi deberia aparecer "Latinoamerica es un pueblo al sur de EEUU" y varias emblematicas mas.

    22 days ago
  • michelangelo_

    estos conchaesumares son legendarios hueón !

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  • MANICSUBCIDAL

    Quieren Dinero

    March 2012
  • renatomaestro

    junto a los jaivas las bandas mas grandes de la historia de chile

    March 2012
  • FuckerDance

    mi banda CHILENA PREFERIDA, todas sus canciones temazos

    February 2012
  • ceratitekken

    Amiga mia , , cuentame una historia original, para amar, con suavidad,

    February 2012
  • renatomaestro

    Geeeneracion ! de mieeerdaaa !

    February 2012
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