Fughu the Argentinian bunch that will take a polyhedron created in Villa Pueyrredon to Loreley, Germany.
The group prepares the ships for their second European raid, this time with Renzo Favaro roaring the rocket engines. Every action is followed by a reaction and that is what these generation X will be doing, sending back the rock that came from England impregnated with the mystique of Atahualpa and the ballad of a crazy Piazzolla. There are still things to say, there is magic and there is Rock to say it out loud, these five trumpets from the end of the world seem to say.
BIOGRAPHY
In 1999 at a school in the neighborhood of Saavedra in Buenos Aires, two strangers met on an improvised stage. After playing some Megadeth and Deep Purple tunes, they drove the crowd crazy. Ariel Bellizio (guitar) and Alejandro López (drums) would never separate afterwards, even though they were thrown out of school after this episode.
A ten year old Marcelo Malmierca, son of an unknown jazz drummer, went mad while listening to King Crimson, ELP, Van Der Graaf and Astor Piazzolla. Then lost his mind – years later – making his own synthesizers hoping to reproduce the sounds that they left in his head.
Juan Manuel López, known as the Argentinian with the widest knowledge about KISS, lost his composure after listening to “Sheer Heart Attack” by Queen. He’s currently studying life and work of David Bowie while playing bass.
In 2017, after listening to 102 singers, Fughu found his voice and heart again in Renzo Favaro.
Renzo still remembers the sound of the audience roar on Iron Maiden live cassettes, which he
listened to as a child. Likewise, he recalls standing in awe when listening to Halford’s final high notes in “Between the Hammer & the Anvil” for the first time.
Today he seeks to generate in others similar emotions.
LANDMARKS
In March 2005, Fughu played with Ritchie Kotzen in Nd Theater.
In March, 2008, Fughu played at the legendary Luna Park Stadium as the opening act of Dream Theater, after having been selected by Mike Portnoy himself. Then, finish that year playing shows in the prestigious Sala Zitarrosa in Uruguay.
In 2009, Fughu released their first album “Absence,” produced by the band itself, receiving countless praises in Argentina and all over the world.
On May 25th, 2013 Fughu made a strong bet and launched two albums simultaneously: “Human – The Tales” and “Human – The Facts” (conceptual piece). With guest artists like Jeff Kollman (Cosmosquad, Glenn Hughes), Damian Wilson (Threshold, Headspace) Darío Schmunk (Tenor), GEA.
Both works received excellent reviews and opened the door to Fughu to the next step: Travelling abroad.
In 2015 Fughu made an European tour playing in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Serbia and Austria, making a lot of new fans and friends who enjoy and support the band. Not long afterwards, vocalist Santiago Burgi decided to leave the band to focus on his opera career. After a tough search, the empty spot was filled in 2017 by Renzo Favaro.
Much work and many shows later, including being the support act for italian legends PFM and a Mexican tour in 2019, Fughu released their last album (yet) “Lost Connection” in 2020. With 10 eclectic and well crafted songs and special guests like Göran Edman, Claudio “Tano“ Marciello, Ernesto Romeo, among others, the album was chosen among the best albums of 2020 by the specialized press.
2022 is seeing Fughu composing new material, with a major highlight in July, when they will tour Europe, playing the mighty Night Of The Prog Festival in Loreley, Germany, among others. As the icing on the cake, the band will return from their tour to share the stage with Sons Of Apollo.
Fughu moves forward no matter what, always looking for new horizons, always looking to set the bar higher (and weirder).