Narcosis

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Narcosis (Peruvian band)

Narcosis was one of the foundational bands of the Lima, Peru, punk and "underground" music scene. Despite being active for little more than a year, Narcosis is regarded as one of the most influential of Peruvian rock bands. Their debut album, a self-produced cassette tape, has been called a "banner" and "point of reference" for Peruvian rockers, and the "most copied, recopied, and pirated album in the history of Peruvian rock."

History

The band has its origins in contacts made between Fernando Vial, Jorge Madueño and Alvaro Carrillo, when the latter two answered an ad placed in Segunda Mano ("Second Hand") magazine by Vial in late 1983. Carrillo later brought along a friend, Luis Piccini, who had a drum set. They originally named themselves "Los Descartables" (The Disposables or The Throw-Aways), and later "Los Descartados" (The Thrown-Away). Madueño soon took over as drummer, as Piccini was too often unavailable for practice as he had a girlfriend. The band then settled on the name Narcosis, which Vial has said was taken from the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse