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unusual facts about Latin rock



Michael Carabello

Michael Carabello (born November 18, 1947) was one of three percussionists in the latin rock group Santana, along with Michael Shrieve and Jose Areas between 1968 and 1971, during the recording of their first three albums, Santana, Abraxas and Santana III.

Miss Mujerzuela

Miss Mujerzuela is the third album of the Venezuelan Latin Rock group Caramelos de Cianuro.

Tribe of Gypsies

Tribe of Gypsies is a San Fernando Valley, California-based Latin rock group, best known for band leader/guitarist Roy Z who has produced, written for, and played with such well-known artists as Judas Priest, Rob Halford, and Bruce Dickinson who has used various members of Tribe of Gypsies to record his solo albums starting with 1994's Balls to Picasso.


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FĂ­jate Bien

The album was produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, who is known for his contributions to Latin rock tracks.

Locos Por Juana

The release earned them acclaim the following year from media, including a nomination in Univision Network's Permios Lo Nuestro 2003 for Best Urban Band, an award for Best Record in Premios Paoli Puerto Rico 2003, and being named Best New Latin Rock Band by BBC America.

Ralph Mercado

Mercado started RMM Records in 1987, which had in excess of 130 artists performing across the Latin music spectrum, representing merengue, salsa, Latin jazz and Latin rock.

Union 13

Union 13 improved their musical act through relentless touring with bands such as Voodoo Glow Skulls, Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, U.S. Bombs, Gutter Mouth and H20 (on the first Punk O Rama tour), while also sharing the stage with Latin rock acts Molotov and Cafe Tacuba on the Watcha tour.