Guitar player Rolando Carpio, who died in early 2005, had made a point of not telling his children about his musical past until they discovered the fact by themselves. Drummer Pancho Guevara died in May 2015, in Lima.
However, as their popularity began to wane in 1966, and exhausted from the pressures of constant activity, they decided to break up. Their members went on to pursue more conventional careers. Singer/rhythm guitarist, Erwin Flores and singer/bass player César “Papi” Castrillón, eventually moved to the United States. Flores recorded two…
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The band began by playing mostly local venues. On one occasion they played to a packed crowd as one of the acts on the bill of a show being held at the Tauro Cinema, in which they caught the attention of some of the numerous journalists and music industry executives…
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The single became a big hit in Peru. Later in 1965, they released the single, “Demolición,” which became one of the biggest radio hits on the national charts that year. The song featured humorously anarchistic lyrics celebrating the demolition of a railway station. Los Saicos, released three more singles for…
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The band was formed in the middle class Lince district of Lima in 1964 by guitarist and vocalist, Erwin Flores and drummer, Francisco Guevara, who were just out of high school. They asked Roland “El Chino” Carpio, previously of the group Los Steivos to join them on lead guitar and…
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