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Gerardo Manuel and El Humo
10+ albums
psychedelicPsychedelic Rock70speruvianheavy psych
about
This group had an important pre-dating history for the Peruvian psychedelic Rock scene. In 1966 Los Shain's were formed, with guitarist Enrique "Pico" Ego Aguirre. This group released three LP's in garage psych style. After some line-up changes in 1968 the group split. One part formed Los Nuevos Chain's, which recorded one cover album and some 45s, and another part The (St.Thomas) Pepper Smelter, which recorded one LP, another important Peruvian Rock album, and some 45s on the El Virrey label, before they broke up. Gerardo Manuel got a job at the label and formed his own band (influenced by Question Mark & The Mystirians, Grand Funk and Hendrix), with two ex-Los Shain's members : Enrique "Pico" Ego Aguirre on guitars (and organ) and Jorge "Coco" Pomar on bass mostly (and rhythm guitar) with Freddy "Puro" Fuentes on drums. Quickly after this Pico formed his own band Pax, a hard rock blues group which released one album. The group made a second album called “Machu Picchu 2000" (Polydor - 1971) and a third, ¿Quién es el Mayor? (1973). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
