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ARTIST
TITLE
Demolicion! The Complete Recordings
FORMAT
Cassette

LABEL
CATALOG #
MR 493CS MR 493CS
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/8/2026

With only six singles released between 1965 and 1966, and from an apparently remote place such as Lima, Peru, Los Saicos created a raw, wild and visceral sound, the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the garage rock that was coming out of the US Northwest at the same time. Theirs is the same DNA shared by The Sonics, Rocket From The Tombs, The Cramps, and Black Lips. This release compiles all their recordings, including some later rarities available here on cassette for the first time.

"I'd never heard Los Saicos until a few days ago but had experienced the Wau y Los Arrrghs!!! version of 'Demolición.' Whilst appreciating the inherent wildness, I never for a minute considered that the original could have been even more deranged. More importantly, this snarling maelstrom of nihilism was cut in Lima when the rest of the world was wetting itself over The Beatles. I hear direct links to both The Stooges, The Crampshere, and several more equally enthralling combos. The latter spawned several generations of individuals who would dig deep to previously (mostly) unheard seams of music and other forms of culture that have since become part of the mainstream fabric. The unhinged nature of the song title is one thing but after you become acclimatized to the inherent strangeness, other aspects become apparent. The rhythms and the way the guitars chime and twang to offset the howling are no mere approximations or interpretation. Chemistry is by far a more important factor in the gestation of sound than proficiency or ability. There's a point where nature takes over and kicks in the call of the wild. The individuals have no other option than to just go with it. I asked Erwin how aware he and his friends were of what was happening in Britain and the US at the time and here's what he had to say: 'We knew the Beatles, they were our idols. We heard the Rolling Stones after recording 'Demolición' and also Bob Dylan and others. The primitive nature of our songs is something that came spontaneously out of my head. The band had no problem with assimilating and arranging it. The titles and themes are more humorous than violent and actually, the only song that talks about violence is 'El entierro de los gatos.' However, we thought of ourselves as bad boys and that must have been a driving force. After Los Saicos I wrote some really violent stuff, but I would not play it now and I don't think I was comfortable playing it then either.'" --Lindsay Hutton