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The band Amen is a rock

Peruvian rock

Rock entered the Peruvian scene in the late-1950s, through listening to performers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Bill Haley, who popularized rockabilly in the United States. The first Peruvian rock bands appeared during this time...

band from Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, Peru. In 2001 Amen started earning local fame through their song "Decir Adios" (Say Goodbye). Until now the band participate in numerous big national performances in the hole country. Amen and its vocalist Marcello Motta won several contests and the Peruvian Association of Authors and Composers (APDAYC) music award.

Band members

Marcello Motta: voocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Henry Ueunten: keyboards
Nathan Chara: bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Manuel Chávez: drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

Biography

In the year 1995 Marcello Motta, Steve Suárez y Renán Díaz have their first gig as a band in a festival organized in the district "Ventanilla", place where they live.

In 1997 AMEN takes part in two contests of new bands of rock. The first one organized by the Peruvian label “Discos Hispanos”, the award is the recording it is the recording of a CD and an artistic contract for 10 years. The second contest is organized by Channel 9, the award is the recording of a video. AMEN wins these two contests and initiates the big dream of having a video, his first CD and being represented by a label.

At the end of 97 Amen records his first disc titled "Free" (Libre) that contains 12 songs. Henry Ueunten takes part in the recording of the keyboards and from this moment he begins to integrate Amen.

In December 2004 the band releases the second disc named AMEN, this cd contains 12 songs that are composed (letter and music) again by Marcello Motta (apart from the song “Miracles“ composed by Freddy Velarde Marcello's uncle).

In December 2008 AMEN releases his third disc “Times of Resurrection” that contains 13 topics and two bonus tracks. Of this cd there has already been listened the first single “La chata” that reached the first place in the different radios at national level. As second promotional single it was chosen the song “Violar las leyes” (To violate the laws). AMEN made a video directed by Percy Cespédes http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terra.com.pe%2Fentretenimiento%2Fnoticias%2Foci212979%2Fpercy-cespedez-destaca-paris.html, the recognized Peruvian winning director of many awards.

External links

Some Spanish links

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