Early Life
Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero grew up in middle class families in Mexico City. Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music but they were both exposed to heavy metal rock music like Metallica, were inspired by it, and played in this genre.
Rodrigo and Gabriela met as teenagers, at the Casa de Cultura (House of Culture), in Mexico City, where Rodrigo’s brother was Director.
In the early 1990s, Sanchez formed a heavy metal band called Tierra Acida ("Acid Land") with his brother. Quintero joined them in 1993. When a record deal for the band fell through in 1997, Sanchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort town of Ixtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico. They played in beach side bars and practiced for long hours.
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