Frágil (band)
{{Mcn|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Frágil
|image = FRAGIL.JPG
|caption = Frágil in 2007
|background = group_or_band
|genre = Progressive rock, symphonic rock, hard rock
|years_active = 1970–present
|label =
|website = {{URL|http://www.fragilperu.com}} (defunct)
|current_members = César Bustamante
Octavio Castillo
Andrés Dulude
Jorge Duránd
Luis Valderrama
|past_members =
}}
Frágil is a Peruvian rock band.{{Cite web |title=Frágil Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} A... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fr%C3%A1gil-mn0001898487 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} Named after an eponymous Yes album (Fragile), Fragil started as a symphonic progressive/hard rock band influenced by Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, and Rainbow. They earned local fame through their single Av. Larco in the early 1980s.
Band members
- César Bustamante: (Rickenbacker 4001S bass, 12-string guitar, Peruvian percussion, piano, synthesisers, Korg MS-20, organ, mellotron, ARP OMNI, acoustic guitar, keyboards and backing vocals)
- Octavio Castillo: Keyboards (Korg MS-20, Ensoniq, Arp OMNI, Piano, Hammond B3), flute, bass, steel guitar, mandolin, quena, ocarina, Peruvian percussion and backing vocals)
- Andrés Dulude: (vocals, 12 and 6-string guitars, acoustic guitar)
- Jorge Duránd: (Yamaha drumset, percussion, Peruvian percussion and backing vocals)
- Luis Valderrama: (Gibson Les Paul guitar, mandolin)
- Alex Rojas: lead and backing vocals.
Former members and freelancers
- Jose Eduardo Coello (drums, percussion) (1970–1972)
- Arturo Creamer (drums 1978–1983) – 1 album recorded
- Harry Antón (drums 1972–1978 and 1984–1985) – 1 single recorded
- Armando Pattroni (drums 1986, 2010, 2019)
- Luis Salazar (guitars 1984–1985)
- Giuliana Villanueva (lead vocals 1985–1986)
- Franjo Antich (vocals 1982)
- Piñín Folgado (vocals 1984–1985) – 1 single recorded
- Jorge Pardo (vocals 1994–1995)
- Santino De La Tore (vocals 1996–1998) – 1 album recorded
Discography
- Av. Larco (Arturo Creamer / Drums and Percussion) (1980)
- La nave blanca / Alrededor - 45 RPM single - (Piñín Folgado, Vocals / Harry Antón, Drums)
- Serranio (1989)
- Frágil (Compilation) (1990) Remastered (2007)
- Cuento Real (1992) Remastered (2007)
- Alunado (Santino de la Torre / Vocals) (1995)
- Sorpresa del Tiempo (Live with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima) (2003)
References
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External links
- [http://www.fragilperu.com www.fragilperu.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827083550/http://www.fragilperu.com/ |date=2008-08-27}} Fans Web Site (defunct)
- [http://www.myspace.com/fragilband myspace.com/fragilband]
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Category:Rock en español music groups
Category:Peruvian rock music groups