Blops

Chilean rock, psychedelic & progressive band founded in 1964 as a cover band first influenced by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and then by The Doors and Eric Clapton. In late 1969, following the path marked by Violeta Parra and the Nueva Canción Chilena they decided to play only original music. They performed and recorded with many artists of this period, including Victor Jara, Angel Parra and Patricio Manns. They splited in 1973 and brief reunited in 1974, 1978 and 2001. Members were: Julio Villalobos (guitar, tiple, vocals, piano, accordion 1964-1972), Alejandro Greene (guitar, vocals 1964-1967), [a4010698] (drums 1964-1970 and 2001), Andrés Orrego (vocals 1968-1969), Juan Pablo Orrego (bass, guitar, vocals, xilophone 1968-2001), [a336485] (guitar 1968-1969), [a1174138] (guitar, tiple, vocals, keyboards 1969-2001), Juan Contreras (keyboards, flute 1969-1973), Sergio Bezard (drums 1970-1973), Juan Carlos Villegas (keyboards, 1972-1973), [a1011324] (guitar, harmonica, violin 1972), Juan Agustín Jimenez (percussion 1972), [a1568548] (guitar 1974 and keyboards 2001), [a4146106] (drums, percussion 1978-1981) and Andrés Pollak (keyboards 2001).