Los Violadores

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Los Violadores

Background information
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre(s)	Punk rock
Years active	1981 - 1992
Members
Pil Trafa (Vocals) Stuka (Guitar) El Polaco (Bass) Sergio Gramatika (Drums)
Former members
Hari B. (Guitar)

Los Violadores is an Argentine punk band, and the pioneers of the genre in Latin America.

[edit] History

The band was founded in 1981 by guitarist Hari B. The rest of the band included Stuka (bass), Pil Trafa (vocals) and Sergio Gramatika (drums). In their first years, sometimes they had to perform under the name of Los Voladores ("The Flying Ones") because the censorship of the military government did not allow the original name of "Los Violadores" ("The Violators").

After a while, Hari left the band and Stuka took his place at the guitar, with El Polaco taking on the bass.

The band stayed together until 1992, and since then they have reunited many times with different musicians, Pil Trafa being the only member on all of them. In 2000 Stuka joined the band again, and in July 2006 they plan to celebrate the 25 years of the band.