La Ley (; ) were a Chilean rock band formed by Andrés Bobe, Rodrigo Aboitiz, Luciano Rojas and Mauricio Claveria with Beto Cuevas.

History

After an unsuccessful first album, '' Desiertos'' (1990), they released ''

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'' (1991), which appears as the official first album of the band. Singles like "Desiertos," "Tejedores de Ilusión," and "Prisioneros de la Piel" made them stars in Chile, Argentina and Mexico, especially after the release of '' La Ley'', their second recording (1993). After Bobe's death in 1994, La Ley continued with a new guitarist, Pedro Frugone, and released two more albums; in 1995, the band released '' Invisible'', the album was their international breakout record and provided to the band their best-selling studio album to date, it included the number ones "Dia Cero" and "El Duelo". Before the release of '' Vértigo'', Rodrigo Aboitiz left the band. In the middle of the tour, bassist Luciano Rojas left the band as well, and together with the Aboitiz formed a new group named

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. Their music became more rock and less experimental, and the musicians dropped their dark image. Not all of their fans were on board with the new style, but the last La Ley albums, '' Uno'' (2000) and '' Libertad'' (2003), consolidated the band as one of the most important in Latin America, earning it a Latin Grammy award for each of the two albums. La Ley also performed on '' MTV Unplugged'' in 2001, and released an album of the performance, which went on to win a Grammy award. In 2004, they released a greatest hits compilation (featuring three new songs: Mírate, Bienvenido al Anochecer, and Histeria) titled '' Historias e Histeria.'' In 2005 Rodrigo Aboitiz and Luciano Rojas performed with the band at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) and after a tour around Latin America, the band dissolved in Buenos Aires on September 29, to work on their personal projects, leaving open the possibility for a return in the future. Most of the original members have since formed a group known as Dia Cero with Chilean singer Ignacio Redard.

Members

* Beto Cuevas - Vocals (1988–2005, 2013-2016) * Mauricio Claveria - Drums (1988–2005, 2013-2016) * Pedro Frugone - Guitars (1994–2005, 2013-2016) * David Chirino - Bass (2013-2016)

Former members

*Andrés Bobe - guitars/vocals (1987–1994) died in a motorcycle accident *Rodrigo Aboitiz - keyboards (1987–1991); (1994–1998) *Luciano Rojas - bass (1988–1999) *Shia Arbulu - vocals (1987–1988) *Ivan Delgado - vocals (1988)

Discography

* '' Desiertos'' (1990) * ''

'' (1991) * '' La Ley'' (1993) * '' Invisible'' (1995) * '' Vértigo'' (1998) * '' Uno'' (2000) * '' Libertad'' (2003) * '' Adaptación'' (2016)

References

External links

Official Twitter
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