Pedro Suárez Vértiz

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Suárez-Vértiz and the second or maternal family name is Alva.

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz
Pedro Suarez Vertiz in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva
Born	February 13, 1968 (1968-02-13)
Origin	Callao, Peru
Genres	Pop, Latin, Pop rock, Ska
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Labels	Sony Music (1993–2003) Solver Label (2004-2006) Warner Spain (2007–2009)
Website	http://www.pedrosuarez-vertiz.com/
Notable instruments
Guitar, Vocals

Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva (born February 13, 1968 in Callao, Peru) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter-guitarist. He learned to play the piano and the guitar before he began school. At the age of 18, he attended the University of Lima, graduating with a degree in communications. In 1985 he formed his first band, "Paranoia", together with his brother Patricio Suárez Vértiz and school friends Edward Malaga Trillo, Arturo Pomar, Eduardo Quevedo and Alex Kornhuber. In 1987, he formed the popular local rock band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier. A few years later the band broke up because Vértiz began a solo career. He is the winner of Orgullosamente Latino 2004 (Proudly Latin 2004) and winner of the Best Latin Soloist of the Year in Mexico.

Discography

with Arena Hash

• Arena Hash (1987)
• El Rey Del Ah Ah Ah (1991)
• El Archivo De Arena Hash (1995)

Solo career

• No Existen Técnicas Para Olvidar (1993)
• Póntelo en la Lengua (1996)
• Degeneración Actual (1999)
• Anecdotas (2003)
• Play (2004)
• Talkshow (2006)
• Pedro Suárez Vértiz (2007)
• Amazonas (2009)
• Amazonas Uncut (2010)

External links

• Official website
• http://scolas.skyrock.com/article_942487856.html
• http://bonnetmedia.com/_wsn/page9.html