Chilean Rock in Late Dictatorship 1980-1990
After this period, Chilean rock declined until the 1980s, when the scene became more closely associated with politics, especially opposition to Augusto Pinochet and his then ongoing military regime. One of the most well-known and influential bands from this period was Los Prisioneros, especially due to their outspoken leader, composer and vocalist, Jorge González. The progressive rock branch was taken by the band Fulano, who made jazz-rock fusion, playing in many countries around the world.
Others groups of the decade, heavily influenced by electronic music and Argentine rock escene, includes Aparato Raro, Upa! and Electrodomesticos. In the Late 1980s and Early 1990s an underground punk rock scene began showing up with bands like Fiskales Ad-Hok, Los Miserables and Bbs Paranoicos. Around this time, with the dictatorship coming to an end, thrash metal bands such as Squad, Massakre, Necrosis, Pentagram and Criminal become well known in Chile and managed to reach international levels.
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