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Argies
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History:
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ARGIES is a band formed in Rosario (Argentina), and since 1995 it is settled in Buenos Aires.
The name "Argies" is the pejorative apocope for "argentine", expression extensively used by the English soldiers during the war in Malvinas Islands in 1982. Even though their musical root is the British punk from the seventies (read The Clash), with tendencies to ska, reggae and Rock and roll.
Its lyric has a testimonial style and, nowadays, turning to a deeper search into the inside of human ethic.
Argies is:
David Balbina: Vox + guitar
Juanfe: guitar + chorus
José Ares Fernández: bass + vox
Héctor Pampa: drums + chorus
Some bands with Argies on stage:
Since Argies has been many years on the stage, it is not easy to determine the exact number of concerts they offered. With Die Toten Hosen in six shows: three in Argentina and three in Austria in 2002. Argies played too with GBH, TV Smith (ex-Adverts), Last Resort, The Exploited, Poison Idea, MDC (Millons Dead Cops), Anti Nowhere League, The Vibrators, The Lurkers, Total Chaos, Disorder, Conflict, US Bombs, Turbo AC's, Attila the Stockbroker, Terrorgruppe, No Respect, Klasse Kriminale, Los Fastidios, Sick on the bus, Guitar Gangsters, The Bones, Mad Sin, Scrapy, Vanilla Muffins, Aurora, Konflikt, NVU, NY Rel-X, Bambix, Eastern Standard Time,
MCD, Distemper, Purgen, Fermín Muguruza (ex Kortatu), etc.,
Some festivals:
Force Attack 2003 (Rostock, Germany)
Endless Summer 2004 (Torgau, Germany)
Anti Fest IX 2003 (Prag, Czech Republic)
Wanted Festival 2004 (Mezotur, Hungary)
Wilwarin Festival 2004 (Kiel, Germany)
UJZ Peine Festival 2004 (Peine, Germany)
Eisenstätt Festival 2004 (Eisenstätt, Germany)
Uj Hullam 2004 (Györ, Hungary)
Uj Hullam 2003 (Györ, Hungary)
Rafanass Festival 2003 (Rovereto, Italy)
Monteparadiso Festival 2003 (Pula, Croatia)
Punk Island Fest 2003 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Free & and Easy Festival 2003 (Münich, Germany)
São Paulo Punk 2001 (São Paulo, Brazil)
Martin Open Air Festival 2004 (Martin, Slovakia)
Woodrock Festival 2004 (Bludenz, Austria)
Cuneo Festival 2004 (Cuneo, Italy)
Schwanden Festival 2004 (Schwanden, Switzerland)
Countries where Argies has played:
Americas:
Brazil 31 shows
Venezuela 8 shows
Perú 6 shows
Chile 5 shows
Ecuador 3 shows
Paraguay 2 shows
Uruguay 2 shows
Colombia 1 show
in Europe:
Germany 81 shows
Italy 27 shows
Switzerland 23 shows
Austria 21 shows
Poland 18 shows
Czech Republica 14 shows
Croatia 12 shows
France 9 shows
Hungary 8 shows
Holland 7 shows
Slovakia 7 shows
Romania 6 shows
Slovenia 5 show
Spain 4 show
Portugal 3 shows
Basque Country 3 shows
Lithuania 2 shows
Serbia 1 show
Belgium 1 show
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 show
Latvia 1 show
Denmark 1 show
Totality of 311 international shows across of 30 countries between 1999-2004:
255 shows in Europe
with four tours: 2001, '02 and '03 and '04
58 shows played in America
in tours: 1999, 2000, '01 and '02
Argies played in special schools for children with Down Syndrome, participated in charity projects for homeless children and organized ecological walks to collect all kinds of man-produced residues in semi-wild areas
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Discography:
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"Historias & Corridas", 1996 Combative Records Argentina
"A media asta", 1998 Combative Records Argentina & Vampyr Discos
"La Frontera", 2001 Combative Records Argentina & Cabriten Panchen Discos
"Great Combat Performances", 2002 Mad Butcher (Germany) & KOB Records (Italy)
"Himnos de combate", 2003 Cochebomba Records (USA)
"Fake Reaction", 2003 Combative Records Argentina & Feier Mettel (Germany)
"Al límite de las utopías", 2005 Combative Records Argentina & Fire and Flames (Germany)
Releases in Poland, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Malaysia, Chile, Perú, Costa Rica, México, Venezuela and Colombia.
The Argies' discography is distributed across of all the world.
Also, Argies has participation in several samplers, national and international.
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Website:
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http://www.argies.net
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