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Discography
Members featured in the album
ALEJO URBANI - Bass and chorus
SEBASTIÁN ÁNTOLA - Guitars and vocals
GUILLERMO WIEMEYER - Drums
Members featured in the album
SEBASTIÁN ÁNTOLA - Guitars and vocals
PATRICIO CLAISSE - Bass and chorus
GUILLERMO WIEMEYER - Drums and chorus
Guest musician:
JORGE SARDO - Keyboards
Members featured in the album
SEBASTIÁN ÁNTOLA - Guitars and vocals
PATRICIO CLAISSE - Bass and chorus
LIONEL FORTUNATO - Drums
ANDRÉS RAFFO - Rhodes piano and keyboards
Members featured in the album
SEBASTIÁN ÁNTOLA - Guitars and vocals
PATRICIO CLAISSE - Bass and chorus
LIONEL FORTUNATO - Drums
ANDRÉS RAFFO - Rhodes piano and keyboards
Members featured in the album
SEBASTIÁN ÁNTOLA - Guitars and vocals
PATRICIO CLAISSE - Bass and chorus
LIONEL FORTUNATO - Drums and chorus
ANDRÉS RAFFO - Rhodes piano
Biography
Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Galápagos started as a guitar-based power trio in March 2003 with an aim toward Retro-Psychedelic Rock. Right from the start, the band was very sensitive to the influences from old rock names such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, as well as compatriot acts past (Invisible, Pescado Rabioso) and present (Pez, Los Natas), and why not, also influences from Progressive pioneers such as Pink Floyd and King Crimson.
Guitarist-singer Alberto Ántola, bassist Alejo Urbani and drummer Guillermo Wiemeyer completed the line-up that recorded the debut album "1 9 7 9" in 2004, which was released one year later. This album was ostensibly focused on contrasting the Heavy Stoner pieces with other softer compositions. After the debut album's release, the band's live activities became more consistent, which made them gain a cult following in their native city's underground scene. During 2006, a line-up change occurred in the bassist's role with Urbano being replaced by Patricio Claisse (who was already involved in the band as a slide projectionist in live shows). January 2007 saw the release of the sophomore album entitled "Galápagos". For this one, the band went headlong for a heavier sound: its rough approach was helped by the sparse use of additional overdubs and studio effects. Things kept changing in the Galápagos ranks and so it came to be that Chacho Falcón would settle in as the keyboardist (making the band a quartet) and Wiemeyer would leave the band to be replaced by Lionel Fortunato. Gigs went on and on as the band continued to progress on their own sound. In June-July 2009, the foursome recorded "Desierto Avant Garde", eventually released by Viajero Inmóvil Records in 2010. This album shows the band working hard on the development of their Prog-friendly side, as if their particular musical evolution had met its definitive expression. By the end of 2009, Andrés Raffo replaced Falcón on the keyboardist's role.
Two years later, in 2012, comes the fourth disc of the band called "Supernova".
Again, in early 2016, they contact Viajero Inmóvil Records for edit their fifth album "La era de la Cobra," which was recorded at the end 2015 and a few months later has its edition on CD.
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