Venezuelan rock

Venezuelan rock is rock music from Venezuela, the most common being based on Rock en Español.

History

Rock music in Venezuela took its first steps in the late 50s and can be traced to the band "Los Dangers", where after Rudy Márquez, it would be part of "Los Impala", a band from the oil city of Maracaibo and the first South American group with a reputation that had a considerable impact outside the continent (making much of his career in Spain). In Caracas "Los Holidays" released several albums, and were the first Latin-American rock band to travel and work in Europe (Mostly Spain's Costa Brava, July 1966-October 1966). Los Holidays main vocalist, Wolfgang Vivas went on to a solo career, as did guitarist/vocalist Franklin Holland (Van Splunteren) who later formed part of the American band Gary and the Playboys, and created a new and very original "Proyecto Franklin Holland" in Caracas, 1984, releasing several well received albums on the Sonografica label. Then there appeared bands like "Los Darts", "Los 007", "Los Supersonicos" and "Los Claners" who followed the rock pattern established by the British. Bands such as "Ladies WC" or "Azúcar, Cacao y Leche" focused on what is progressive even entering the fusion stage of rock. "Las Cuatro Monedas" introduced in Venezuela the Jamaican rithms as Reggae and Ska.