* 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

 

 

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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

 

 

www.argies.net

www.myspace.com/1argies

www.fotolog.com/argiesontour

 

 

infoargies@argies.net

 

 

 

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