Avanzada Regia
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Avanzada Regia was a musical movement in the mid 1990's from Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

. The movement began professionally in 1995 but its pioneers began playing in bars in the city in 1994, receiving attention and popularity in their hometown.

Origins

In 1995, the group Zurdok Movimiento
Zurdok
Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

 won the Battle of the Bands at the Rockotitlan music festival, becoming the first band not from Mexico City to win it, thus creating such expectations towards the city that the record companies began to move there to search for groups. La Ultima de Lucas, made ​​up of young people all under twenty years but who had talented musicians in their lineup, was the first band from Monterrey to sign a record contract.

However, excessive paperwork and the inexperience of the record companies in dealing with matters not located in Mexico City, together with the personal interests of musicians, made it so that on the day when the release of this group's first disc was announced, their breakup was also made official.

Again, the picture became somewhat gloomy, but something had awakened in Monterrey musicians. Now they knew it was possible to capture the attention of record companies, even from Monterrey. The different groups did not relent and continued playing on various stages across Northern Mexico.

It was not until 1996 that another group, this time a hip-hop group, finally signed a contract with a transnational company. The trio Control Machete
Control Machete
Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...

 was the first from Monterrey to achieve the dream of having a record on the market, supported by the entire infrastructure of a record company. And it was not just a fluke, it sold nearly half a million copies its first title: Mucho Barato. Contrary to what one might expect from a hip hop group, Control Machete's rhymes did not talk about gang
Gang population
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 life or crime. They made ​​a clear allusion to fellow Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...

 who were victims of racism
Racism
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 in the United States
United States
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. Their lyrics were full of forced references to the city they were born in: Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

.

The Latin American phenomenon of Control Machete was followed by, by way of a domino effect, more bands. Zurdok Movimiento
Zurdok
Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

 (which started it all) was finally signed by Discos Manicomio, an imprint of PolyGram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

, as well as the rapcore
Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with punk rock .-History:...

 group called La Flor de Lingo.

Consolidation

The fact that Monterrey had become a hotbed of rock bands soon became more evident. Several names appeared among critics and journalists to call this movement. Ironically, almost all came from Mexico City. "Avanzada regia" and "Movida regia", were perhaps the more enduring names. There were those who even dared to call Monterrey "the Seattle of Mexico" for its similarity to what happened almost a decade earlier had happened in that place.

Reasons for success

The reasons why so many talented and prolific groups emerged in Monterrey are many: first, the proximity to the border and thus the musical influence of American and even British bands. This coupled with the ability to buy often cheaper instruments in the neighboring state of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. Among several others, the surprising fact that, having been ignored for so many years by record executives, young artists began to make music without any limitation (marketing or commercial
Comercial
Comercial—the Spanish and Portuguese word for "commercial"—can refer to:*Esporte Clube Comercial , a Brazilian football club from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul...

), which allowed them to develop a freer and more original style, also the support of local entrepreneurs as well as the support of radio stations like D99 and Planet 104.5 that gave them airplay even if they weren't signed to a record company, the television host Juan Ramon Palacios and journalists like Xardiel Padilla.

Style

To catalog all Monterrey rock within a single facet, would be not only unlikely, but naive. Among the different styles there are clear influences from brit-pop (Jumbo
Jumbo (band)
Jumbo is the name of an Avanzada Regia Alternative rock band from Monterrey, Mexico.They were founded in May 1997 with the following lineup:*Alejandro Clemente Castillo Guerra, known simply as "Castillo";...

, Zurdok
Zurdok
Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

, Volován
Volovan
Volován is a pop-rock Mexican Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon that was formed in 1998.-Biography:It is internationally well-known for its collaborations with the American Andy Chase , the English man Joe Robinson and the Mexican Alejandro Rosso...

), somewhat harder rock (Genitallica
Genitallica
Genitallica is a band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia.- Musical proposition :According to the band's MySpace page, its musical proposition is to fuse different styles...

, Panda
Panda (band)
Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

), hip-hop (Control Machete
Control Machete
Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...

, Cartel de Santa
Cartel de Santa
Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo , MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia and DJ Agustín...

, La Flor de Lingo), electronica
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

 (Plastilina Mosh
Plastilina Mosh
Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...

, Kinky
Kinky (band)
Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...

) and original creations, such as ragga
Ragga
-Origins:Ragga originated in Jamaica during the 1980s, at the same time that electronic dance music's popularity was increasing globally. One of the reasons for ragga's swift propagation is that it is generally easier and less expensive to produce than reggae performed on traditional musical...

muffin (El Gran Silencio
El Gran Silencio
El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

, La Verbena Popular) to name a few. The fusions and mixtures of musical styles that have been made by the young musicians in Monterrey have not only brought them fame and recognition. They also opened the door for a whole new generation of bands that would come later, making new roads over the one that was already traced.

Despite the absence of any constant in the various musical styles that identified the Monterrey bands, there is a factor that was always present: the camaraderie and solidarity
Solidarity (disambiguation)
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 between the bands. Thus, it was not surprising to find parts of one group playing with another or collaborating to produce a new album. Old friends and colleagues from previous musical projects, Monterrey musicians were always distinguished by their strong friendly ties.

Albums released by Avanzada regia bands

  • De pueblo en pueblo, Cabrito Vudú, 1995
  • No hay moral, La Última de Lucas, 1996
  • Mucho Barato, Control Machete
    Control Machete
    Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...

    , 1996
  • Antena
    Antena (album)
    Antena is the first album of Mexican Avanzada Regia rock band Zurdok Movimiento.-Track listing:#Platique con mi pistola - 3:00#Tiempo D#Derrumbe del desfile - 2:39#Nadie te quiere ver - 3:12#Chambi - 2:25#Tropecé - 3:35#Dragón - 2:53...

    , Zurdok
    Zurdok
    Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

    , 1997
  • Aquamosh
    Aquamosh
    Aquamosh is the title of the first studio album by the Mexican Avanzada Regia group Plastilina Mosh. It was released on June 30, 1998 in Mexico. The songs "Monster Truck" and "Encendedor" were featured in the skateboarding game Street Sk8er, while "Afroman" was featured in True Crime: Streets of...

    , Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...

    , 1997
  • Libres y lokos, El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 1998
  • Guadalupe Flava, Flor De Lingo, 1998
  • Restaurant, Jumbo
    Jumbo (band)
    Jumbo is the name of an Avanzada Regia Alternative rock band from Monterrey, Mexico.They were founded in May 1997 with the following lineup:*Alejandro Clemente Castillo Guerra, known simply as "Castillo";...

    , 1999
  • Artillería pesada, Control Machete
    Control Machete
    Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...

    , 1999
  • Hombre Sintetizador
    Hombre Sintetizador
    Hombre Sintetizador is the second album released by Mexican Avanzada Regia rock band Zurdok. They left behind the heavy sounds of Antena to a more experimental tunes, adding classical instruments and folk sounds. It is considered one of the best albums of rock en español of all-time and made Zurdok...

    , Zurdok
    Zurdok
    Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

    , 1999
  • Tatuajes de pólvora, Cabrito Vudú, 1999
  • Juan Manuel, Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...

    , 2000
  • Chúntaro Radio Poder, El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 2000
  • ¿Picas o platicas?, Genitallica
    Genitallica
    Genitallica is a band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia.- Musical proposition :According to the band's MySpace page, its musical proposition is to fuse different styles...

    , 2000
  • Galería, Turbo 7, 2000
  • Arroz con leche, Panda
    Panda (band)
    Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 2000
  • D. D. y ponle Play, Jumbo,2001
  • Maquillaje
    Maquillaje
    Maquillaje is the third and final album for Mexican rock band Zurdok.-Track listing:# "Para siempre"# "Así es"# "De afuera hacia adentro"# "Estático"# "Interludio I"# "Ligero como el viento"# "Bien o mal"...

    , Zurdok
    Zurdok
    Zurdok was a Mexican rock band based in Monterrey. It was formed in 1993 under the name Zurdok Movimento, changing it several years later to simply Zurdok. It was one of the most important bands in the Mexican rock band scene at the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s.The band recorded 3 studio...

    , 2001
  • Kinky, Kinky
    Kinky (band)
    Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...

    , 2001
  • Volován, Volován
    Volovan
    Volován is a pop-rock Mexican Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon that was formed in 1998.-Biography:It is internationally well-known for its collaborations with the American Andy Chase , the English man Joe Robinson and the Mexican Alejandro Rosso...

    , 2002
  • El canto que espanta la pena, La Verbena Popular, 2002
  • Alma en fuego, Inspector
    Inspector (band)
    The band Inspector fuses classic Jamaican rhythms with the feel of Mexican pop.Their style is a blend of ska, reggae, nostalgia for the 60's rock-n-roll and the great romantic groups of the 70s, in addition a romantic style of their own...

    , 2002
  • Sin vaselina, Genitallica
    Genitallica
    Genitallica is a band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia.- Musical proposition :According to the band's MySpace page, its musical proposition is to fuse different styles...

    , 2002
  • Cartel de Santa, Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo , MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia and DJ Agustín...

    , 2002
  • La Revancha del Príncipe Charro, Panda
    Panda (band)
    Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 2002
  • Ella es azul, Volovan, 2003
  • Teleparque, Jumbo, 2003
  • Uno, Dos, Bandera, Control Machete
    Control Machete
    Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...

    , 2003
  • Hola Chicuelos
    Hola Chicuelos
    Hola Chicuelos is the third album of Plastilina Mosh, an Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Mexico, released in 2003.- Track listing :# Cosmic Lelos# Peligroso Pop# Naranjada# Decatlón# Pekin Jazz# Garret Club# Magic Fever# Houston# Grooveman...

    , Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh
    Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...

    , 2003
  • Atlas, Kinky
    Kinky (band)
    Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...

    , 2003
  • Ni lados B, ni lados A, Cabrito Vudú, 2003
  • Super Riddim Internacional Vol. 1, El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 2004
  • Cartel de Santa Vol II, Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo , MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia and DJ Agustín...

    , 2004
  • ConSEXcuencias, Genitallica
    Genitallica
    Genitallica is a band from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia.- Musical proposition :According to the band's MySpace page, its musical proposition is to fuse different styles...

    , 2004
  • Unidad, Cerveza y Ska, Inspector
    Inspector (band)
    The band Inspector fuses classic Jamaican rhythms with the feel of Mexican pop.Their style is a blend of ska, reggae, nostalgia for the 60's rock-n-roll and the great romantic groups of the 70s, in addition a romantic style of their own...

    , 2004
  • Boomerang, Cabrito Vudú, 2004
  • Cuarto Gris, Mares de Nepente, 2005
  • Gran Panoramico, Jumbo, 2005
  • Vaquero
    Vaquero (album)
    The debut album from the Mexican Avanzada Regia Rock band Vaquero.-Track listing:#All Day Dreamer#Dying to Live#Space is Fake#From Nowhere#Yesterday's Song#Building an Army#Head Down#No Sense#Sunshine#The Lost and The Chosen#Money...

    , Vaquero
    Vaquero (band)
    Vaquero is a Mexican Avanzada Regia rock band from Monterrey. It was created by Chetes and Mauricio Terracina, after their previous band Zurdok broke up.-External links:***...

    , 2005
  • Monitor, Volovan, 2006
  • Reina, Kinky
    Kinky (band)
    Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...

    , 2006
  • Volumen Prohibido, Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo , MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia and DJ Agustín...

    , 2006
  • Tasty + B-Sides, Plastillina Mosh, 2006
  • Comunicaflow Underground, El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio
    El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...

    , 2006
  • Blanco fácil, Chetes
    Chetes
    Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...

    , 2006
  • Amar o morir, Inspector
    Inspector (band)
    The band Inspector fuses classic Jamaican rhythms with the feel of Mexican pop.Their style is a blend of ska, reggae, nostalgia for the 60's rock-n-roll and the great romantic groups of the 70s, in addition a romantic style of their own...

    , 2006
  • Monitor (edición especial), Volován, 2007
  • Segundo Round, Flor De Lingo, 2007
  • Efecto Dominó, Chetes
    Chetes
    Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...

    , 2008
  • Volumen IV, Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa
    Cartel de Santa is a Mexican band from the "barrio de la Aurora", Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. The band started playing in 1996 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and is currently composed of Eduardo Davalos de Luna, also known as MC Babo , MC Dharius, Rowan Rabia and DJ Agustín...

    , 2008
  • Barracuda, Kinky
    Kinky (band)
    Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...

    , 2008
  • Hogar, Volován, 2009
  • Solo con plumón, Filozofia pAnk, 2010
  • Canciones de amor para un mundo imperfecto, Jaúregui, 2010
  • Hipnosis, Chetes
    Chetes
    Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...

    , 2010
  • Primer acto, Clave57, 2011
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