Cirse is an Argentine

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band from

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. Before disbanding, the group consisted of vocalist Luciana Segovia, guitarists Gabriel Leopardi and Christian Bonelli, bassist Sebastián "Ziva" Leopardi and drummer Martin "Tato" Magliano. Since today the band released five full-length-albums, two EPs and eight music videos. Cirse toured extensively through Argentina, played at

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in 2011 and 2012 and played with bands like Duran Duran, Paramore, Avril Lavigne,

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, Carajo and DENY.

History

2003-2009: Early work

Cirse was founded in

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near Argentina's capital

in 2003 by vocalist Luciana Segovia and brothers Gabriel (Guitar) and Sebastián "Ziva" Leopardi (Bass). Soon after the band was formed, Luisao Fernández joined the trio as a drummer. Cirse started writing material for a first demo release that they ended up developing into their first EP. Together with Cesar Andino from

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the group worked on an EP which was released in 2006. The EP ''Algo Quedará'' was self-released. Andino decided to work with the band again for their first full album. The band covered the

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song "Alma De Diamante" which was featured on their debut album. ''Bi-Polar'', the debut album, was released on December 14, 2007 nationwide. The band filmed a music video for their song "Muy Tarde" which aired on MTV, MuchMusic and Argentine national music television channel
CMTV

2009-2013: ''Imaginario''

Luisao Fernández left band in 2009 and was replaced by Geronimo Pastore. The band worked on new material for their second album which is entitled ''Imaginario''. Pastore who joined the group in 2009 died surprisingly during the work on the new record in 2010. The band recruited Diego Lucas as new drummer. Listeners of radio station FM Rock & Pop voted Cirse as winner of ''Bombardeo del Demo'' so the group was allowed to share stage with national well-known band

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at Teatro Colegiales in

. After a summer tour the band was asked to be opener for Paramore at their show in Buenos Aires at

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on February 24, 2011. This concert was part of the

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. Through the success the band's second music video was aired at MTV. In May and July 2011 the band toured the region

and South West of Argentina including shows in

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, Santa Fe and

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. Short after that tour the band supported Avril Lavigne at

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in Mendoza on July 24, 2011. Two month later the band won a slot at 2011s edition of

through a competition hosted via social network

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. In November 2011 the band premiered their third music video ''Juré'' on a concert at

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. The band toured at Argentinas´ coast again, including shows in Mar del Plata and

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. On May 4, 2012 the band opened a show for Duran Duran. Diego Lucas left band and recruited Martin Magliano in 2012 and Christian Bonelli joined band as second guitarist. Cirse released a new music video for ''Apuesta'' on July 7, 2012. On October 21, 2012 Cirse was confirmed to play again at

. The band played on the Main Stage with bands like Carajo and

who performed on Main Stage the same day. A few weeks later the band released their 3-track-EP called ''Apuesta''. On April 23, 2013 the band played a gig for the ''Resistance Tour'' in

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with DENY and

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. The album was released on August 23, 2013 officially during a release party at ''Teatro Vorterix'' in

. This show was a celebration show for the ten years anniversary of the bands´ existence. Although they released their music independently, this album was distributed by Argentine record label

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. On June 3, 2019, after completing a tour in Mexico, the band announced that they would be separating and moving on to different projects. The Leopardi brothers and Magliano went on to form a new group with singer Ana Devin, called "Ramen", and Segovia chose to move into a solo career.

Discography

Studio albums

EP

Music videos

Members

;Current members *Luciana Segovia - lead vocals (2003–2019) *Gabriel Leopardi - guitar, backing vocals (2003–2019) *Sebastián "Ziva" Leopardi - bass, backing vocals (2003–2019) *Christian "Nek" Bonelli - rhythm guitar (2012–2019) *Martin "Tato" Magliano - drums (2012–2019) ;Former members *Lucas Diego - drums (2010–2012) *Gerónimo Pastore - drums (2009–2010; died 2010) *Luisao Fernández - drums (2003–2009)

References

External links

Cirse.com.ar
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