Album Art Fiel a La Vega Fiel a La Vega
| Fiel a La Vega | |
|---|---|
 Fiel a La Vega - Pedro Arraiza, Jorge Arraiza, Ricky Laureano, Tito Auger | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Vega Baja and Vega Alta, Puerto Rico |
| Genres | Stone en Español |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Members |
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| By members | Papo Román |
Fiel a La Vega is a Rock en Español band from Puerto Rico formed in 1994. The band consisted of members Tito Auger and Ricky Laureano (vocals and guitars), who come from the northern urban center of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, along with brothers Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (drums and bass), who come from the neighboring city of Vega Baja. Their hometown is what gave proper name to the band. Since 1996, they were joined past percussionist Papo Román, who left the band in 2006 to spend time with his family.
The ring rose to prominence with their eponymous debut album, which was released in 1996. The album was a hit, spawning several hit singles similar "Salimos de Aquí" and "El Wanabí", and turning the band into one of the nigh popular musical groups in the island at the moment. Fiel a la Vega followed their debut anthology with four more than studio albums, 3 of which were released independently. Despite not having the support of a multinational record label or wide publicity, after 20 years, the ring is still considered by many as "the most important rock band in the history of Puerto Rico".[1]
In recent years, the band has left the hectic production/gigging schedule, with its members being involved in personal projects. Singer Auger has been touring the island solo, and with a musical troupe called La Banda Acústica Rodante, while guitarist Laureano has been pursuing a solo career, while also touring the island with fellow guitarist Joel Rodríguez. Brothers Pedro and Jorge continue to work as a professor and chef respectively, while likewise working on their ain band, Los Arraiza Voladores and featuring with the acoustic embrace band Adept Acoustics. In Oct 2016 the band performed at the Coliseo of Puerto Rico to celebrate their 20th anniversary accompanied by old member Papo Román and keyboards played by Francisco "Quito" González. The concert had an omnipresence of 7,000 people and lasted 3 and a half hours commemorating their 2 decades playing music.
Band history [edit]
Early years (1994-1995) [edit]
Childhood friends Ricky Laureano and Tito Auger formed the band in 1994 after looking for success in the U.s.. Returning to Puerto Rico, they joined long-time friends Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (with whom they had played before in Los Arraiza Voladores) and officially started the band. Afterward playing local gigs through the isle, they started gaining the attention of the public and became one of the most sought bands in the island. Their television receiver debut was in Voces en Función.
Commencement Albums and Success (1996-1998) [edit]
In April 1996, the ring released their eponymous album Fiel a la Vega, adding percussionist Papo Román to its line-up. The anthology spawned hits like "Salimos de Aquí" and "El Wanabí", both of which were released with videos. According to local newspaper El Nuevo Día, the album was among the Height 10 sellers of the yr. In August 1996, the band played at Hard Rock Cafe in Sometime San Juan. In 1997, their commencement album was certified golden for selling 50,000 units.
Following the success of the album, the band held iv sold-out concerts in July 1997 in the Performing Arts Middle of Guaynabo. The concert was released months later as the ring's follow-up anthology, titled El Concierto Acústico. In the concert, the ring played acoustic versions of the songs in their first anthology too every bit covers from Latin American artists that influenced them such as Roy Brown, Leon Gieco, Silvio Rodríguez, and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son.
The ring continued to enjoy the success playing in front of xxx,000 people at the Claridad Festival. That night an attendance tape at the festival was set. That same twelvemonth, they participated in the annual special show of Banco Popular dedicated to Bobby Capó. The band performed the song "Sale el Sol" in the evidence.
In 1998, amid relentless touring, they released A Quien Pueda Interesar. The album was accompanied with videos for the songs "Bla, Bla, Bla", "Al Frente", and "El Panal". Following the success of this second album, they became the starting time Puerto Rican band to headline and sell out the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. The concert was held on June 6, 1998.
In November of the same year, they returned to the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, sharing the stage with local bands Haciendo Punto en Otro Son and Moliendo Vidrio. During the concert, the bands alternated sets performing the hit songs of each other, ending with a huge "junte" of all of the musicians singing several songs of each ring. The concert was recorded and released afterwards as an anthology titled Un Junte para la Historia.
Deal with EMI Latin (1999-2001) [edit]
In March 1999, the ring organized a serial of concerts at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Eye where they performed their music with a symphonic orchestra, not The Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra, as it is sometimes stated. In the concert, they played their hits likewise as covers from Rubén Blades, Danny Rivera, Silvio Rodríguez, and Puerto Rican Salsa superstars El Gran Combo. At that time, the band finished negotiating a record deal with EMI Latin. Soon after, they released Tres existence their just CD with a major label. The band produced the hitting singles "Canción en la Arena", "Solamente" and "Desde el Comienzo".
In April 2000, the band toured the Due east Declension of the Usa with shows in Miami, Orlando, New York City, and Washington, DC. In June 2000, upon returning to Puerto Rico, the ring held a concert at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. In August 2001, they collaborated with other artists in a song titled "Canción para Vieques", about the Navy-Vieques protests.
Concluding albums (2001-2010) [edit]
In November 2001, they parted means with EMI Latin. A calendar month afterwards, they released their second live anthology titled El Concierto Sinfónico. They followed it with presentations in the isle and in Florida, while they began to work in their quaternary studio album. The album La Prosperidad was released independently in December 2002 with the single "Hay que Edificar". They supported it with a national tour through all the isle finishing on May 31, 2002, with a concert at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.
In 2005, they released a greatest hits anthology to coincide with the ring'southward tenth anniversary. Desde el Comienzo: 1994-2004.
On October eleven, 2006, percussionist Papo Román communicated by letter to his " friends, press, musicians and beloved fieles" that he will be quitting the ring after 10 long years with them. He stated that, despite not regretting the time spent with the band, he needed to slow downward and dedicate time to his family. Román is the male parent of six children, two of them teenage daughters.
In 2007, the band was selected along with several Latin rock groups to be part of a marketing entrada from Absolut Vodka. The campaign features the pop Absolut bottle silhouette using the motif of Fiel a la Vega's beginning album. The other bands selected were Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela), Charly García (Argentine republic), Los Jaivas (Chile) and Aterciopelados (Colombia).[two]
In March 2007, the band recorded a live concert at the Ambassador Theater in San Juan. At the cease of the year, the concert was released in a DVD titled Sesiones: 10 Años Acústicos y Eléctricos. Also, co-ordinate to their website, they started working on a new anthology.
In April 2008, the band played at the Movistar Music Fest 2008 in Panama, with Tego Calderón, Calle 13, and Zion.
In early on 2010, the ring released the first unmarried from their next album. The anthology, titled Equilibrio, was released on February 9, 2010.[3] [4] On December of that year, the band started a series of concerts on the cities of San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez. The concert in San Juan was supposed to be held at the Academy of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, but due to ongoing strikes and protests at the university against the government, the band moved information technology to the Centro de Bellas Artes in Caguas. During the concert, atomic number 82 singer Tito Auger heavily criticized the government for its handling of the crisis at the university and the current state of the country. "In recent years, information technology has been fabricated more evident that the alleged democracy that protects u.s. is simply a mask for the media, a simple slogan. We are dominated past a plutocracy, which is an industrial, business organization, and political class, that is getting stronger and richer" said Auger.[five]
Recent years [edit]
In recent years, the members take all been involved in their own projects. Singer Tito Auger has been performing with La Banda Acústica Rodante, which features fellow singers and musicians Mikie Rivera, Rucco Gandía, Walter Morciglio, and Nore Feliciano,[6] while guitarist Ricky Laureano has launched a solo career, releasing two albums and occasionally touring under the name of Laureano & Rodríguez, along with Joel Rodríguez.[7] [8] [9] Laureano explained in an interview that "maxim we [Fiel a la Vega] will go on to make music together is more complicated than ever because everybody is doing his ain thing. Tito and I are dedicated full-time to music, Jorge is a chef, and Pedro is a professor; so it wouldn't exist impossible, simply information technology's an uphill battle."
On October 18, 2014, Fiel a la Vega held a sold-out concert at Bahía Urbana in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in front of nearly five,500 people. During the concert, which lasted more than than 3 hours, the band played songs that spanned their eighteen-year trajectory. The concert was also broadcast through the Net.[x] [xi]
On October 2016 the band performed on the Coliseo of Puerto Rico to celebrate their 20th anniversary accompanied past quondam member Papo Román and keyboards played past Francisco "Quito" González. The concert had an attendance of vii,000 people and lasted three and a half hours commemorating their two decades playing music.[12]
On Baronial 18, 2018 they sold out hotspot venue VIVO Beach Club with a show including hits from all their albums. The show featured giant project screens on which videos allusive to the songs were shown. [13]
On October 2019 they sold out two shows at San Juan"s Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center of their acoustic bear witness accompanied by a string quartet directed by Ricardo "Papoi" Dávila and with pianist Jorge "Bebo' Rivera. [fourteen]
They followed up in November 2nd with "Rocktoberfest @ VIVO Beach Club" aslope Puerto Rican rock bands Vivanativa, La Secta and Millo Torres y el Tercer Planeta. hosted by comedian Chente Ydrach. For this show Ocean Lab Brewery (located at VIVO Embankment Club) produced 1 singled-out beer for each of the bands and the host, to their specifications and those were the only beers available during the Fest.
On July 27, 2020 they broadcast a live, socially distanced prove over social media platforms which collected nigh half a million views in two days. In this prove they played their 1998 album "A Quien Pueda Interesar" entirely. They as well announced new material in the works. [15]
Band members [edit]
Current members [edit]
- Tito Auger - Vocals, rhythm guitars
- Ricky Laureano - Vocals, lead guitars
- Jorge Arraiza - bass guitar, keyboards, background vocals
- Pedro Arraiza - drums, background vocals
Former members [edit]
- Papo Román - percussion (1996–2006)
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
- Fiel a la Vega (April 1996)
- A Quien Pueda Interesar (May 1, 1998)
- Tres (November 1999)
- La Prosperidad (December 2002)
- Equilibrio (February 2010)
Live albums [edit]
- El Concierto Acústico (November 1997)
- El Concierto Sinfónico (Dec 2001)
- Sesiones: 10 Años Acústicos y Eléctricos (DVD, December 2007)
- El Concierto (CD/DVD, October 2015)
- En Vivo Desde El Teatro Administrator (Marzo 2019)
Compilations [edit]
- Desde el Comienzo: 1994-2004 (2005)
Other collaborations [edit]
- Siempre Piel Canela: La Música de Bobby Capó (1997, released by Banco Popular)
- United nations Junte para la Historia (Nov 1998)
Singles [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Vocal | Anthology |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Salimos de Aquí" | Fiel a la Vega |
| "El Wanabí" | ||
| 1998 | "Bla, Bla, Bla" | A Quien Pueda Interesar |
| "Al Frente" | ||
| "El Panal" | ||
| 1999 | "Canción en la Arena" | Tres |
| 2000 | "Solamente" | |
| "Desde el Comienzo" | ||
| 2002 | "Hay Que Edificar" | La Prosperidad |
| 2003 | "A Quien Pueda Interesar" | |
| "Maniqueismo" | ||
| 2010 | "Turísticamente Bien" | Equilibrio |
Awards [edit]
1997 [edit]
- Farándula Honor: Best Local Stone Band.
- Artistas Accolade: Nigh Outstanding Band of the Twelvemonth.
- Tu Música Award: Best National Rock Ring.
- Tu Música Accolade: Carol/Popular Song of the Year ("El Wanabí")
1998 [edit]
- Tu Música Laurels: Best National Rock Ring.
- Tu Música Honor: Song of the Twelvemonth ("Boricua en la Luna")
- Tu Música People's Choice Award.
2000 [edit]
- Tu Música Award: All-time National Video ("Solamente")
2001 [edit]
- ASCAP Honor: Best Stone en Español Song ("Canción en la Arena" written by Auger and Laureano)
Volume [edit]
In 2005, author Edgardo Soto released a biography of the band titled Salimos de Aquí: La Biografía de Fiel a la Vega. The book includes facts almost the band's formation and their ascent to fame in the mid-1990s.
Release Information [edit]
- Soto, Edgardo. (2005) Salimos de Aquí: La Biografía de Fiel a la Vega. Terranova Editores; 1st Edition (ISBN 0976015897)[xvi]
Come across also [edit]
- Music in Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican rock
- List of Puerto Rican songwriters
Notes [edit]
- ^ "Regreso triunfal de Fiel a la Vega". El Nuevo Día. October eighteen, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ http://www.casamerica.es/es/otras-miradas/fama-y-sociedad/fiel-a-la-vega [ permanent dead link ]
- ^ http://www.fielalavega.internet Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Motorcar
- ^ Fiel a La Vega encuentra su equilibrio on Primera Hora; Santiago Torres, Amary (February 17, 2010)
- ^ Fiel a la Vega evidencia su compromiso social durante concierto on Primera Hora
- ^ Marrero-Rodríguez, Rosalina (August 24, 2014). "El experimento boricua de la Banda Acústica Rodante". El Nuevo Día . Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ Santiago, Amary (August 8, 2014). "Maratón musical en el festival "Todo acústico"". Primera Hora . Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ ""Los fieles" están listos para revisitar su historia". El Nuevo Día. September 24, 2014. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved October xiii, 2014.
- ^ Portela, Rita (October 12, 2014). "Los Fieles celebran los riesgos de la juventud". NotiCel. Retrieved Oct 13, 2014.
- ^ Torres Gotay, Benjamín (October 19, 2014). "Lo único que tiene Fiel a la Vega es lo único que debería importar". El Nuevo Día.
- ^ Torres Gotay, Benjamín (Oct 19, 2014). "Regreso triunfal de Fiel a la Vega". El Nuevo Día.
- ^ "Fiel a la Vega tan vigentes como hace twenty años". 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Fiel a la Vega, 2018 | jenid9 | VSCO".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Motorcar: Fiel a La Vega, acústicamente patrióticos. YouTube.
- ^ Concierto / Fiel a La Vega - A Quien Pueda Interesar / Concierto en La Montaña. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- ^ Amazon.com: Salimos de Aqui: La Biografia de Fiel a la Vega: Edgardo Soto: Books
External links [edit]
- (in Spanish) Fiel a La Vega
- CD Desde El Comienzo online
- CD El Concierto Sinfonico online
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiel_a_la_Vega
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