* update September 2008
ARGIES is a band formed in Rosario, Argentina.
The name "Argies" is the pejorative apocope for "argentine", expression extensively used by the English soldiers
during the war in Malvinas (Falkland) in 1982. Even though their musical root is the British punk from the seventies, with tendencies to ska, reggae, Latin Music and good part of Rock and roll.
Its lyric has a testimonial style and, nowadays, turning to a deeper search into the inside of human ethic.
The difference between Argies and another rock band, they aren´t a
typical band with all fixed members.
Argies is working like a cooperative of independent musicians. Every member come in the
band, playing until
his personal and free decision, helping to create a cultural movement across the years.
Today David -vocal and guitar- he still in the band since the first moment, keeping the leader voice, also he is author for a big part of music and lyric.
Argies are:
David- vox + rtm guitar
Damian- leader guitar + background vox
Ignacio- bass + chorus
Sebastian- drums + chorus
Some
bands with Argies on stage:
Since Argies has been many years on the stage, it is not
easy to determine the exact number of
concerts they offered.
With Die Toten Hosen in six shows: three in Argentina and three in Austria in 2002.
Argies played too with GBH, TV Smith (ex-Adverts), Last Resort, The Exploited,
Poison Idea, The Slackers, The Business, Oi Polloi, MDC (Millons Dead Cops),
Anti Nowhere League, The Vibrators, The Lurkers, Total Chaos, Disorder, Conflict,
US Bombs, Nomeansno, Against Me, Turbo AC's, Attila the Stockbroker, Distemper, Restarts, Terrorgruppe,
Die Lokalmatadore, Los Fastidios, Sick on the bus, Guitar Gangsters,
Fermín Muguruza (ex Kortatu), etc.
Some festivals:
Force Attack 2003 (Rostock, Germany)
Anti Fest IX 2003 (Prague, Czech Rep)
Endless Summer 2004 (Torgau, Germany)
Back to the future 2005 (Glaubitz, Germany)
Sound of the Suburbs 2006 (Essen, Germany)
São Paulo Punk 2001 (São Paulo, Brazil)
Fire and Flames Fest 2007 (Goettingen, Germany)
Monteparadiso Festival 2007 (Pula, Croatia)
Antifa Day Fest 2007 (Novi Sad, Serbia)
AK 47 Festival 2007 (Duesseldorf, Germany)
Esperanza Antifa Fest 2007 (Schwabisch Gmuend, Germany)
JuZ Goettingen Fest 2007 (Goettingen, Germany)
Noise for ametyst Fest 2007 (Litvinov, Czech Rep)
Fire and Flames Fest 2006 (Mannheim, Germany)
Open Air Burgdorf 2006 (Burgdorf, Switzerland)
Usti Festival 2006 (Usti nad Labem, Czech Rep)
Punk Festival Part 9 2006 (Nantes, France)
Antifa Day Fest 2006 (Novi Sad, Serbia)
UJZ Peine Festival 2005 (Peine, Germany)
Arenapalooza 2005 (Vienna, Austria)
Sick Of Silence 2005 (Davos, Switzerland)
Kamocsa Festival 2005 (Kamocsa, Slovakia)
Wanted Festival 2004 (Mezotur, Hungary)
Wilwarin Festival 2004 (Kiel, Germany)
UJZ Peine Festival 2004 (Peine, Germany)
Eisenstätt Festival 2004 (Eisenstätt, Germany)
Uj Hullam 2004 (Györ, Hungary)
Martin Open Air Festival 2004 (Martin, Slovakia)
Woodrock Festival 2004 (Bludenz, Austria)
Cúneo Festival 2004 (Cúneo, Italy)
Schwanden Festival 2004 (Schwanden, Switzerland)
Uj Hullam 2003 (Györ, Hungary)
Rafanass Festival 2003 (Rovereto, Italy)
Monteparadiso Festival 2003 (Pula, Croatia)
Punk Island Fest 2003 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Free & and Easy Festival 2003 (Münich, Germany)
Countries where Argies has played:
Americas:
Brazil 31 shows
Venezuela 8 shows
Perú 6 shows
Chile 5 shows
Uruguay 4 shows
Ecuador 3 shows
Paraguay 2 shows
Colombia 1 show
in Europe:
Germany 171 shows
Switzerland 47 shows
Italy 34 shows
Austria 32 shows
Poland 31 shows
Czech Republic 27 shows
Croatia 24 shows
France 22 shows
Hungary 14 shows
Serbia 12 shows
Slovenia 11 shows
Slovakia 11 shows
Holland 9 shows
Spain 7 shows
Romania 6 shows
Denmark 4 shows
Lithuania 4 shows
Basque Country 3 shows
Portugal 3 shows
Belgium 2 shows
Latvia 2 shows
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 show
Greece 1 show
Macedonian 1 show
539 international shows
across 32 countries between 1999-2007
479 shows in Europe -seven tours- 2001, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06 and '07
60 shows played in America on tours: 1999, ´00, '01, '02 and ´06
Argies played in special schools for children with Down Syndrome,
participated in charity projects
for homeless children and organized ecological walks to collect all kinds
of man-produced residues in semi-wild areas
Official discography:
"Historias & Corridas", 1996 Combative Records Argentina
"A media asta", 1998 Combative Records Argentina & Vampyr Discos
"La Frontera", 2001 Combative Records Argentina & Cabriten Panchen Discos
"Great Combat Performances", 2002 Mad Butcher (Germany) & KOB Records (Italy)
"Himnos de combate", 2003 Cochebomba Records (USA)
"Fake Reaction", 2003 Combative Records Argentina & Feier Mettel (Germany)
"Al límite de las utopías", 2005 Combative Records Argentina & Fire and Flames (Germany)
"Lista Negra, historia de Argies", 2007 Oui Oui Records (Argentina)
"Quien despierta", 2008 ANR Music, Fire & Flames, Eisbär Rcds, Anfibio Records & Combative Rcds
Releases in Poland, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Malaysia, Chile, Perú, Costa Rica, México, Venezuela and Colombia.
The Argies' discography is distributed across of all the world.
Also, Argies has participation in several samplers, national and international.
Today the band keep on planning tours and recordings
-Planning tours to Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Perú, Europe and Russia
-Shows in Argentina
