Charlie Parra del Riego

Charlie Parra del Riego is a Peruvian composer born March 5, 1985. He is also known as Charlie Parra del Riego or Charlie Parra.

Bands

Difonía

With this band he composed and recorded the guitars of their 3 albums: “Camino Difícil” (2004),^[1] “Tarde o Temprano” (2007)^[2] and “Génesis” (2010).^[3] As a member of Difonía Charlie took part of several festivals in the independent rock circuit of Perú, and shared stage with international bands as “Silverstein”, “Alesana” and “Tres de Corazón”. In 2010 they played in the Colombian festival “Altavoz Festival 2010”^[4] at Medellín, together with “The Skatalites”, “Robi Draco Rosa”, “Dante Spinetta”, “Reincidentes” and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín.^[5]

6 Voltios

With peruvian band “6 Voltios” Charlie recorded the guitar solos for their album “Descompresión” (2006).

Serial Asesino

Charlie became member of this “New Metal” band in 2008.

M.A.S.A.C.R.E.

In year 2009, Charlie was recruited to be a part of the band as a replacement of their lead guitar Jaqo Sangalli.^[6] With M.A.S.A.C.R.E., in 2009, he opened the concerts of the Argentinian bands “Los Violadores” y “Ratablanca” at Lima - Perú.

Solo career

In the year 2010 Charlie starts his solo career uploading a first series of videos in his YouTube channel, including a heavy metal version of Peru’s National Anthem, the first version of this song in heavy metal style. This version was covered in TV, radio and local newspapers.

In January 2011 he releases his first solo album “Procrastinación/Procrastination”, together with another series of YouTube videos. These videos got different YouTube awards, including “Most viewed (today)”. By this time his videos got more than 3.8 million visits and his channel subscribers passed the 25000.^[7] After the release the disc was sold out in a few weeks due to the high international demand.

Controversy

Although the Heavy Metal version of Peru’s National Anthem was successful, it also got detractors, mainly because it was done in a non-peruvian musical genre.^[8]

Charlie is also criticized by his detractors because of his relation with musical genres other than Heavy Metal. Charlie has done, in his style, Salsa, Cumbia, Pop and Classical Music songs. He also played a guitar solo with the pop band “Adammo” in the release of their album “Amber” (2010).^{[9][10][11][12][13]} This presentation angered some of his Peruvian fans.

References

1. ^ http://www.lastfm.es/music/difonia
2. ^ http://www.krmusic.pe/bandas.detalle.php?id=68
3. ^ http://www.krmusic.pe/bandas.detalle.php?id=68
4. ^ "Charlie Parra, el rockero de las Redes Sociales". http://www.peru.com/entretenimiento/portada20101108/126340/Charlie-Parra-el-rockero-de-las-Redes-Sociales. 
5. ^ http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/L/listas_las_agrupaciones_para_altavoz_2010/listas_las_agrupaciones_para_altavoz_2010.asp
6. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.S.A.C.R.E
7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieparradelriego
8. ^ http://www.peru.com/noticias/portada20100720/108898/Rockero-peruano-Charlie-Parra-creador-del-Himno-Nacional-en-version-metal-Creen-que-mi-tema-es-sacrilego
9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5tDaUl8Mg
10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT_iQgRwEHc
11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hEWpjW-2Hk
12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqRGFBvNDaQ
13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bokqOGTEaVc

External links

• Official Website
• YouTube Charlie Parra del Riego

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