Origins
The band was formed in Lince, Lima in 1964 by four amateur musicians just out of high school. Contrary to some myths, they were not aware of US garage rock or of the other British bands like the Downliners Sect; yet, even though they listened mostly to the best-known British Invasion bands (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals), they came up with a wild garage/surf sound that is unlike anything else recorded in Latin America at the time, and perhaps only paralleled by bands like The Sonics and MC5 in North America.
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