Kenny y los Eléctricos
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Kenny y los Eléctricos is a rock group created in Mexico in 1980 by Kenny Aviles, still the current leader of the band. The band got started in Los Angeles, where they made their first public appearance under the name Kenny and The Electrics.
Through its history, members of the band continually changed. In 1990 the band broke up completely, leaving Aviles as a solo act. Then, in 1995 a new band formed called Kenny y los nuevos eléctricos. The band took back its original name in 2000.
Biography
1980: Appear for the first time in Los Angeles as Kenny and the Electrics. That year they moved to Mexico, where the band members had been born, to seek their roots and to be able to express themselves in Spanish.
1981: Recorded their first record, Electrimanías, with the independent label New Age Records. They change their name to Kenny y los electricos.
1983: Have the opportunity to record a collaboration on the independent Comrock label, with Chela Braniff, Juan Navarro and Ricardo Ochoa (former member of Peace & Love, now Kenny's guitar player); the album was produced by Ochoa.
1986: produce Juntos por el Rock, and issued the singles Me Quieres Cotorrear and A Woman in Love. They change their name to Kenny y los eléctricos.
1988: Eyeing the success of Rock en espanol, big labels begin to seek out groups who represent [Mexican rock|Rock en Mexico]. The record No huyas de mi they recorded for Discos Melody was engineered by Juan Switalski and produced by Ochoa, with lyrics by Ochoa, Kenny and Aleks Syntek with the participation of es, Sabo Romo, Aleks Syntek, es and Federico Fong as musicians. This record became a classic of Mexican rock and is today one of the most-played selections in bars, clubs and disco parties.
1992: put out a record for Discos Denver, Toda la noche sin parar, on both CD and vinyl discs, containing a selection of cuts from previous albums.
1993: Kenny records the album Si no estás aquí, for which the first single was Si no estas aquí, followed by Satisfáceme si puedes.
1995: Kenny meets Edgar Carrum and forms the first lineup of Kenny y Los Nuevos Eléctricos.
1999: the band recorded an electical acoustic concert, Sensaciones Electroacústicas, and with this concert closed a circle and opened a new stage for the new decade.
2000: Produce Alma Beta. The cover art was created by José Fors. From this album they released Dicen por ahí, which quickly hit the charts on the radio. It was named the best rock ballad of 2000 and is one of the band's most representative songs.
2002: release of La Historia 1980-2000 embodied twenty years of rock in an album which gathered into a remastered music journey the most important songs of Kenny's career.
2003: recorded the Kenny Fest album live at Rockotitlan south in Mexico City with special guest musicians:
- the sax player from Maldita Vecindad, Leonardo de Lozanne
- Piro from Ritmo Peligroso
- es of Caifanes, among others.
2004: release of the DVD La Reina del Rock includes the Sensaciones electroacústicas and Kenny Fest concerts as well as other video.
2005: release Sicodelia with the song Puro amor as a single.
2008: Mid-year put out the disk Con Tequila en la Sangre a tribute to Mexican music, for a new record label, a fusion of mariachi music with rock which did well in Mexico and various other countries. This album was distributed throughout Mexico, Canada, and the US, online and in stores. The tour covered Mexico, the US and Germany, including concerts in Hamburg and Berlin.
2010: In August a new record appeared: Sex y Rock & love, a rock record with 100% original compositions.
2013: Release in México of the album Otra sensación Concierto electroacústico. The album was recorded April 26 at the Guadalajara Electroacústico concert and featured different versions of classical guitar themes, part mariachi-rock, part guest rockera from the classic Mexican rock such as Javis from La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata, from Tijuana's Baby Batiz and to on the other hand Crescencio Hernández, the Mexican mariachi trumpet legend, among others.
2014: launched the double album Los jefes del rock mexicano volume 1 in the United States, which included a recompilation and the unplugged Otra Sensacion concert. This album was distributed in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico by Opcion Sonica, and is considered the country's most representative record of the indie latin movement.
2015: 35th anniversary; concerts with guest musicians from different periods of Kenny's 35-year career, plus a series of concerts in the US.
Concerts
Discography
- Electrimanías, 1982
- Juntos por el Rock, 1983
- No Huyas de mí, 1988
- Toda la noche sin parar, 1992
- Si no estás aquí, 1993
- Sensacones electroacústicas, 1999 concert
- Alma Beta, 2000
- La Historia, compilation of the best songs of Kenny y los eléctricos 1980-2000, 2002
- Kenny Fest, live album, 2003
- Sicodelia, 2005
- Con Tequila En La Sangre, 2008
- Sex y Rock & Love, 2010
- Otra sensación: Unplugged, 2013
Video
- La Reina del Rock, DVD, 2004.
Members
- Kenny Aviles- Vocals
- Edgar Carrum- Bass
- Alejandro Monfort- Guitar