PCN (band)

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PCN
Also known as Payasos Come Niñas
Origin Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Genre(s) Groove metal Thrash Metal
Years active 1999-Present
Associated acts A.N.I.M.A.L., Sepultura, Machine Head, Slipknot
Website http://www.pcnmetal.com/
Members
Alejandro Fabela
Xavier Terriquez
Felipe Valdez
Javier Chacon
Karla Navarro
Former members
Pablo Aripez
Carlos Anaya
Diego Covarrubias
Martin Alvarez
Felix Islava

PCN (Payasos Come Niñas) is a Mexican metal band formed in 1999 By Xavier "Terry" Terriquez And Pablo Aripez As a Metal Band, with growling death metal vocals and clean overtones, musically the band goes from death metal to prog. metal and thrash rhythms, often in the same song. some time after the band formed, Alejandro Fabela "Daldo" came in as vocalist, around this time "taco" became the bass player and soon pcn merged with "Los Restos" with "Achu" on 2nd guitar and "Alain" as lead vocalist, Daldo left the band in 2001 to form tRazGo Where he met Felipe Valdez, in 2003 Felipe left tRazGo as soon as the 2nd album was finished, Terry Joined the band in his place, in 2004 Daldo and Terry Leave the band do to musical differences, they later reform PCN with Felipe and Pablo, PCN reformed with less clean vocals and more guitar oriented heavier music, the 2005 release of "Payasos Come Niñas" Gave the band a chance to be part of argentina's and Latin America's biggest metal band; A.N.I.M.A.L. on their "Combativo World Tour" and also won them Enredox Magazine's"Independent Metal Album Of The Year" and "Best Metal Song" for "En Busca de Mi" in the same year, as of current time the band is still writing and recording a new album due later this year.

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[edit] Members

  • Xavier "Terry" Terriquez (Electric, Acoustic guitars and Programing) 1999-2001/2004-Present)
  • Felipe "Felo" Valdez (Electric, Acoustic guitars and Programing) 2004-Present)
  • Javier "Chancla" Chacon (Drums) 2006-Present
  • Karla "Ardilla" Navarro (Bass) 2008-Present
  • Alejandro "Daldo" Fabela (Vocals and Programing) 1999-2001/2004-Present

[edit] Former Members

  • Pablo Aripez (Drums) 1999-2005
  • Carlos Anaya (Bass) 2004-2005
  • Diego Covarrubias (Drums) 2005
  • Martin Alvarez (Bass) 2006-2007
  • Felix Islava (Bass) 2007

[edit] Discography

[edit] Payasos Come Niñas

  • Edited in 2005
  • Recorded By: Alejandro Fabela, Xavier Terriquez, Felipe Valdez, Pablo Aripez, Carlos Anaya.
  • Recorded In: Estudios Payaso (Ensenada BC. Mex)
  • Mastered In: Estudios Payaso (Ensenada BC. Mex)
  • Track List:
  1. - Intro
  2. - Argucia
  3. - Requiem
  4. - Esquizofrenia
  5. - Dulce Obsession
  6. - Coagúlo
  7. - En Busca De Mi
  8. - Lo Que Nunca Fue
  9. - Fe
  10. - Dulce Adios
Bonus Tracks Where given for free on the bands web page

[edit] Awards and recognition

PCN have won the Enredox Magazine's Independet Music Award for:

  • 2005: Best Metal Album.
  • 2005: Best Song (Metal) Ën Busca De Mi

[edit] External links

   * Offical PCN Webpage
   * PCN Myspace page