The band formed in 2001 featuring Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst and several touring musicians from the same band and other life-long friends of Oberst’s. The band name, Spanish and Portuguese for “disappeared ones” is inspired by those from the forcibly disappeared under Augusto Pinochet ‘s right-wing military dictatorship in Chile between 1973 and 1990. Contrary to popular belief, guitarist Denver Dalley was the band’s primary songwriter, and not Oberst.
The band formed in 2001
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