Ushuaia Rocks!

Ushuaia Rocks! was an Indie rock band of San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

History

In Early 2002, Ezequiel Deregibus (Guitar and Vocals) and Juan Manuel Bordón (Bass), former members of the Argentine Emo-Pop band known as The Angry Surfers, decided to start a new project. The same night they came up with the idea, they invited Lucas Canosa (Guitar) and Oscar Castro (Drums) to join the band. After two practices they decided to call the band "Ushuaia Rocks!", as a tribute to the 80s Glam Rock band Hanoi Rocks, and to what is often considered the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia. During the rest of 2002 they kept practicing and recorded the first lo-fi record of the band, "Es la idea" ("Is the idea"), issued in February, 2003. That same year, Ushuaia Rocks! played a series of shows in the city of San Miguel, that gathered a rather small but stable fans basis. Later on was released the EP "Un Frío Infierno" ("A cold hell") In 2004 the band played also a few shows in the city of Buenos Aires. 2005 was a very difficult year to Ushuaia Rocks!. Playing was rather difficult due to the Cro-Magnon tragedy and the band almost break up due to tensions between Ezequiel Deregibus and Lucas Canosa. By early 2006 the band started to play very often with a small change in the line-up: Ezequiel Deregibus left the guitar to concentrate on the singing. In 2007, after another change on the line-up (Juan Bordón was replaced by Patricio Pomies) a second lp was recorded. This one remains unreleased. Patricio and Oscar left the band soon after. In 2012, the band performed a comeback show at xlr club in San Miguel, recording maybe its largest attendance ever. After this show, the band remained disbanded, with Lucas playing guitars in Miravientos and Ezequiel concentrating efforts in TMFD.

Influences

Main band influences may include: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pavement, The Dandy Warhols, The Strokes, The Killers, The Who, T Rex, Joy Division, Almendra, Massacre, Slade, Pedro the Lion, Misfits, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, The Shins, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Zombies, Small Faces, The Stooges, New Order, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols, Pescado Rabioso and Vestida de Cono, among many others.

Latest lineup

• Ezequiel Deregibus: Vocals.
• Lucas Canosa: Guitar.
• Fernando Varela: Drums.

Former members

• Juan Manuel Bordón: Bass.
• Oscar Castro: Drums.
• Luciano Perucchi: Keyboards.
• Patricio Pomies: Bass.

Discography

• Es La idea 2003
• Un Frío Infierno (Ep) 2003
• It's only indie rock but I like it (Rolling Stones Tribute) 2006
• Es la idea de un frío infierno (2002–2003) (Re-edit) 2007