Los Pasteles Verdes was a Latin pop

Latin pop

Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

 group most popular in the 1970s. They originated in Chimbote

Chimbote

Chimbote is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District.The city is located on the coast in Chimbote Bay, south of Trujillo and north of Lima on the North Pan-American highway. It is the start of a chain of important cities like...

, Peru

Peru

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, but performed for many years in Mexico

Mexico

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History

Los Pasteles Verdes was founded by guitarist Víctor Hugo Acuña and keyboardist Cesar Acuña, who are brothers; they had previously played together in The Jeekstones and Los Benkers. In 1973 they formed Los Pasteles Verdes with singer German Laos, drummer Jorge Luis Principe, bassist Miguel Moreno, and percussionist Juan Vásquez. In 1974, another singer, Aldo Guibovich, joined the group. Their first hit, a success across Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, was "Angelitos Negros", which preceded the release of their debut Recuerdos de Una Noche. Among their later hits were "Hipocresia" and "Esclavo y Amo".

The group made a significant impact on the Mexican and Mexican-American musical markets in the late 1970s. For part of the 1970s and 1980s they were based out of Mexico. They toured Japan

Japan

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in 2007.

Members

Current

• Hugo Acuña
• J. Victor Montes De Oca
• Dubbie Acuña
• Richie Acuña
• Kike Gamez
• Victor Hugo Acuña Jr.

Former

• German Laos
• César Acuña
• Tommy Lamas
• Tito Cerna
• Jorge Luis Príncipe
• Miguel Moreno
• Juan Vasquez
• Adan Zavaleta
• Raul Padilla
• Aldo Guibovich
• Fernando Arias