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Pestaña
12+ albums
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Pestaña is an electropop band from Lima, Peru. It consists of Leonardo Bacteria (lead vocals, programming) and Adri Vainilla (vocals), supported during live shows by Fad 21 (synthesizers). They define their music as "electrostupidity", due to their basic arranging & programming, their parodic lyrics and their "anti-artistic" philosophy. The band was formed in 2004, after frontman and producer Bacteria quit his previous industrial/grindcore solo project (called 'Insumisión'), while exploring a more commercial, techno-pop sound. He recluted female vocalist Diana Exorcism and keyboard player Niño Bolsita, and inmediatly started performing in Lima's alternative & subcultural scene. They first released a self-titled EP in 2005, containing 5 tracks, under Bacteria's independent label, Ya Estás Ya Producciones. The EP was literally destroyed by academic music reviewers, but gained them sympathy from a non-classic audience of pop listeners. Some tunes gained a huge fan-base amongst the peruvian upperclass, specially "Alcurnia", a catchy industrial/pop track with racist lyrics, like most of his songs, their most popular song to date, and the most requested to be played on live concerts. At the end of the year, keyboard player Niño Bolsita left the project, and a new programmer/keyboard performer, Dante Droid 2600, joined the band for future releases and live acts. On that same year, they released a cover from an Aerolineas Federales song, "Lárgate", featured on a tribute album that
