Cuisillos de Arturo Macias

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Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, formerly known as and still referred to in informal speech as Banda Cuisillos, are a Mexican banda group from the pueblo of Cuisillos, Jalisco. They are well known for being one of the few highly-successful bandas not to originate in the state of Sinaloa^{[citation needed]}, considered the birthplace and epicenter of banda music. In addition, they are also well known for wearing Native American costumes in their stage performances and album photographs as a tribute to their ethnic heritage.

[edit] History

The band was formed in 1987 by Arturo Macias, a clarinetist, who was still a teenager at the time. He invited several of his friends to join the group, and they had to work hard in order to buy all the instruments. The original name of the group was Banda Cuisillos Musical de Arturo Macias. In 1993, they recorded their self-titled debut album, which contained their first big hit, "El Perro Aguayo". Perhaps the most notable aspect of the group at this time was their youth^{[citation needed]}; most of the band members were still only in their early 20s. In contrast with their later heavily balada-based sound, this first album was comprised of primarily cumbias.

1994 brought their second album "Las Mil Y Una Noches" with the title track being the major hit^{[citation needed]}. In 1995 they released their third album, "Déjate Llevar". With this album, they dropped the word "musical" from their band name and became known as just Banda Cuisillos de Arturo Macias. The first single was the cumbia "Déjate Llevar", but the big hit became the second single, "Déjame Entrar", a balada. It was around this time that the band began experimenting with different costumes, although they still had not finalized into wearing the Native American costumes they have become famous for.

Their fourth album, 1996's "Como Sufro" was the band's first gold record for selling more than 100,000 copies^{[citation needed]}. This disc also brought major changes to the band. With this album, the group began wearing the Native American costumes full time in their performances and album covers. Also, previous vocalist Ramiro Cuarenta left the band before the recording of this album and was replaced by Bruno de Jesús (his Cuisillos name being Voz de trueno), who is still with the band to this day. The big hit was the title track, a balada.

1997's "Te Amo" was up to this point the band's biggest selling album, earning the band another gold record. Three of the four singles from this album were baladas-"Te Quiero", "Te Amo", and "¿Por Que Te Fuiste?". (The third single, Muñequita, was a cumbia). Due to the huge success they were having with the baladas, the band decided to start focusing more on baladas and less on cumbias, which had been the mainstays of their albums up to this point.

The band's sixth album "Acuérdate de mi!" is to this day the band's second-biggest selling album of all time, earning the band double gold status (meaning more than 200,000 copies were sold in the United States). The major changes on this album include more baladas (six out of the twelve tracks on this album are baladas) as well as the inclusion of electric guitar and a drum kit. Also, the band again changed their name, this time dropping the word "banda" to become simply Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, the name by which they are still known to this day. The major singles were "Acuérdate De Mi", "Ya No Me Mires Así" and "Es Amor Lo Que Hay En Ti".

Their seventh album "A Veces Lloro", released in 1999, is still to this day the band's biggest selling album. It is the band's only platinum album. The major hit was the title track. This was followed up by "Hasta La Eternidad" in 2000, which would be the band's final gold record for seven years, which contained the big hit "No Se Lo Digas A Ella".

In 2007, Cuisillos made their comeback in massive popularity with the title track from their 21st album, "Mil Heridas" written by Espinoza Paz, which became a huge hit in Mexico. As a result, Mil Heridas became the band's first gold disc in seven years. Five out of twelve tracks were written by popular songwriter Espinoza Paz, and it is believed that this is the reason for this album's huge success.

On April 29, 2008, Cuisillos released their 22nd album, "Vive y Déjame Vivir".