CAVEMAN ROCK'NROLL FROM PERU!

Manganzoides was formed in Peru in 1996 and since then has become one of Latin America’s top garage punk/rock'nroll bands. The discography began with two self-produced cassette releases ("Manganzoides", 1998, and "Mas dosis!!!", 2000) in Peru, and also includes a split LP with Sir Dance A-Lot in the U.S. (Repent, 2000), a compilation CD of the 2 cassette releases in Peru’s small independent scene (2001), another Peruvian CD with live and studio tracks (Ciudad del Horror, 2002) and the CD Sobredosis de horror on the US/Argentina label No Fun Records.  This was the band’s first internationally distributed full-length CD, with 6 brand new songs, 2 unreleased tracks and all 12 songs from their 2000 release “Mas dosis. Their second international CD was 2004's "Radio Komodo", also on No Fun (USA), with new songs combined with material from the 1998 debut.!!!”

Besides becoming notorious in Peru for their wild live shows and unusual mix of 60’s influences, Manganzoides has also received international recognition, including an interview on Maximum Rocknroll magazine (August 2001), frequent airplay on such stations as New York City’s WFMU, a place on several international CD compilations in the US, Japan, Spain, Argentina and more, and even a 10/10 point review from rollingstone.com (?!) of the “Mujer boa” mp3, calling it “tremendous power pop!” (May 2000).

Manganzoides (Rafo: vocals, Gonzaleo: guitar, Cachimbo: keyboards, Ali: bass, Tito: drums) now look to spread their sick music throughout the international garage punk-rock’nroll scene with the Rastrillo Records (Argentina) CD El Entierro de los Manganzoides, released October 2006.

 For more information, please contact the band at komodo666@hotmail.com, or, for info on the latest release, Rastrillo Records at  rastrillorecords@yahoo.com

Photo: Miguelón