The SAIC is a group of rock & roll Proto-punk and Peru formed in 1964 in Lima. Despite its short existence, was one of the most successful of its time. It was the first South American band to record only their own composicionesy one of the first to write their own songs in English. They had a visceral style but also fun. In the singles the best known is "Demolition", which has become an anthem of punk Peru (although the funny thing is that punk as a genre appeared ten years later), and which is currently played by various bands (as has its own voice, Phaco & their Pibinhos of Varsobia and Leusemia, among the most representative). Over time the group has acquired a reputation of being mysterious and underground, although at the time appeared on every radio and television programs locales.Los SAIC was the first band to kick off the punk genre title that is played with The Trashmen Surfin due to its single 'Bird was released a year before the creation of the Peruvian band.
The best known version is that the group's original name was "sadistic", which subsequently changed Saicos because the original could be very offensive. Another reason is often argued that Saico sounded like Psycho, which was the name of Alfred Hitchcock's film. But according to members of the band, that was not the origin of the name. The word "SAIC" would be a scream "indicates that we must continue with all forward, thrust is a call indicating that you have to go all positively and without anything to stop us, that is to be a" SAIC " be someone who is not afraid of anything. "[3] The name would have been idea for Erwin Flores.
In the interview guitarist Rolando Carpio granted the fanzine Basement Beat in 2003 that the name of the group also responded to the inspiration of Seiko watches, which at that time, the mid-60's had much impact among young Peruvians. History
The band was formed in 1964 when Erwin Flores Pancho Guevara and Cesar Castrillon, old friends who had been part of a gang rocanrolera "in Lince called" Lince comets ", decided to get together to write songs. Flores took the guitar and voice, while Castrillón Guevara would play the bass and drums. Soon they were joined Rolando Carpio who took his first guitar.
Contrary to the claims of some myths, they had not listened to American or British bands of the garage band genre. His influences can be found at The Beatles and The Ventures and other bands of what became known as the British Invasion. For 1965 were considered as the revelation band in the Peruvian press [4] because of constant concerts and presentations made on radio and television. Pioneered write rock songs in English, all written by Erwin Flores and Rolando Carpio. Probably have been the garage band or garage band's most successful media, reaching his own show on national television, "The Show of Saicos" during 1965.
for 1966 were separated only having recorded six albums of 45. His sudden separation, as well as his short career, were the cause of many myths surrounding the band, which helped to give it a legendary status. According to the band members were separated to live normal lives. Cesar Castrillon and Erwin Flores moved to the United States and continue living there until today. Rolando Carpio died in 2005. While drummer Pancho Guevara continues to live in Lima.
Its twelve songs were reissued by the English label Electro Harmonix on the compilation album "Wild Teen punk from Peru, 1965" (2000) [5] from the disks 45. In 2006, the Peruvian Repsychled Records label releases a new version on CD of the same issues, with the novelty of having located the original tapes, until then allegedly lost, which were remastered, and featuring also two unreleased versions of "Shirt Force "and" Cemetery "without the effect of reverberation with a few seconds of the sound check before recording.
In 2006, the surviving members of the band were invited by the Municipality of Lynx for a ceremony by placing a plaque on the street where the band emerged, in which they are recognized as the first band "punk rock 'the world, this being an obvious anachronism because in any case, had said "proto-punk." The next day, a band concert in the bar Manganzoides Barranco Backpackers, Erwin Flores took the stage to sing again, after four decades, his classic song "Demolition."
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