Artist description Alternative Rock, Dark Latin, Obscure bases, Ethnic vocal arrangements, Non-propagandistic ideology, Is very difficult to put Viva Zapata into words… Maybe the best way of telling you what it is about is through some commentaries from who has already listened to us: � “It sounds like Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Dead Can Dance” Listen.Com Official Review. � “El zapping aterriz� en el canal TVA (programa Ruta Rock), y el grupo de marras realiz� una performance digna de tener en cuenta (y estaban en vivo). ...encontraran en Zapata un s�mil Cranberries... lo que no es nada sencillo. Letras dignas, m�sica digna, una sorpresa.” Gloria Guerrero, Revista Humor (Argentina), Julio, 1995 � “I'd like to say that you're, undoubtedly, one of the bests bands of South America at the moment. You're not only the latin Portishead, you're also an humanistic voice expressing all the feelings that lives in the heart of every being in this world. “ E-mail from: Syk, 26/7/2000 � “Hello! I have added one of your songs to my new station. The station is called The Best Bjork*Sugarcubes Influenced Artists!” E-mail from: Becca (MP3.COM) 13/8/2000 � “ ...el material m�s interesante de la cocina de las producciones independientes. Viva Zapata es la combinaci�n explosiva de la virtuosa voz de Paula Maff�a y las ideas de Fernando Bustos.” Internet Press Review from Faro Buenos Aires (www.faroba.com) 21/5/2001 � “…el cd de Viva Zapata, and it has been added to the Latino music collection at KDVS. I enjoyed very much listening to it, and I am curious to see how the two Latino rock dj's react to it.” Mail from: Steven A. Scott KDVS Radio 90.3 FM University of California, Davis, CA, 26/5/99 � “I really like it... Blends of psychedelic/progressive and bossa nova and really sultry vocals! A really good CD… Get ready for an onslaught of request once CD comes out…” Chris Mcbeth (ND Magazine Journalist) 17/11/99 � “...su m�sica trae consigo el palpitar revolucionario de una manera suave y densa.” E-mail from: Sniders 6/6/2000 � “...desde que compre el CD no paro de escucharlo, son realmente refrescantes, desde los REDONDOS que no escucho algo bueno, musicalmente, filos�ficamente y todas las yerbas juntas. Lo mejor, y VIVA ZAPATA !!!!!” E-mail from: DR X 4/10/99 � “Soy un admirador de la forma en que est� encarado su proyecto musical... esa banda tan sentimental de la que tanto yo he hablado... las canciones que han regalado todav�a quedaban en mi memoria desde aquella vez.. esas VOCES, esas LETRASSSS����. Que bueno����Son una verdadera fuente de inspiraciones tanto musicales como literarias “E-mail from: Fernando Luciani, 9/4/2000 � “Un mail desde M�xico: Aqu� nos complace saber que frente a la globalizaci�n del capital, tambi�n se opone la globalizaci�n de los corazones. Felicidades por el concepto!!!” E-mail from: Marco Tuliano, 8/8/2000

Music Style Alternative

Musical Influences The Cure- Dead can Dance- Peter Gabriel- Ella Fitzgerald

Similar Artists Portishead- Bjork-David Bowie

Artist History 7 years of Viva Zapata � September 1994 – Fernando Bustos starts working with Roxana Amed on a new musical project. � January 1995 – In the search of a name for the project that has already taken form in more than 15 original songs they define for Viva Zapata. Just a year later from the zapatist raising in Chiapas. � April 1st, 1995 – With the incorporation of other musicians, and converted into a band Viva Zapata performs its first live show. � Since then, the presentations include shows in different places from the city of Buenos Aires such as La Trastienda, Liberarte, Azteca, El C.O.D.O., El Dorado, El Podest�, Centro Cultural Rojas, etc., with an amazing repercussion from the public. Also diverse shows for the TV, like City Limits (Much Music), Ruta Rock (TVA), La P�gina del Rock (ATC), El Aguante (Much Music) � January 1996 – Contract with the representative of the mexican beer Corona which includes shows in Buenos Aires and a tour though different cities of the Atlantic coast from Argentina. � February 1996 - Hour and a half duration acoustic show on Much Music. � January 1997 – Because of trouble that stopped Roxana from keeping on with the contracts programmed, she leaves the band. This prevented the establishment of an arrangement with the label Universal that was about to be signed. From here and on continues a transition where Viva Zapata will count with the participation of different invited singers. � September – December 1998 – They record independently Pueblos en Armas (Armed People), a CD that reunites the most dense material of the band. � July 1993 – Official presentation of Pueblo en Armas, patronized by Faro Latino.com on El C.O.D.O., with a great reception from the public and the press. Viva Zapata’s website kicks off. � Summer 2000 – Great success of the band on internet, where the first single of the CD, Almas Encadenadas (Chained Souls) climbs the charts of Mp3.com till placing itself 27th in the International Alternative Ranking, among more than 100,000 other songs. Average of 100 daily visitants to the band’s homesite. � May 2001 – Relaunchment of the band with the incorporation on Paula Maff�a as the lead singer, one of the best voices from the new wave of the Argentinean underground, who is very well received by the Zapata fans. This allows the group to position itself as one of the independent bands with the most repercussion in Argentina. � December 2001 – The making of the video of Ella Vol� (She Flew Away) fids the band in its heyday. � Summer 2002 – The band is rehearsing, creating new material and preparing its launch on the exterior (USA and Latin Am�rica).

Group Members Fernando Bustos: bass, guitars, machines programing and arrangments.Alejandro Gonzalez: guitars.Daniel Molinari: drums- Paula Maff�a : vocals & keyboards-

Instruments drum-bass-percusion-guitars-keyboards-vocals

Albums People in Arms

Location Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires - Argentina

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