Sexual Democracia are a

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an folk-rockSexual Democracia
Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-05-27. band, active in the late 1980s until the early 2000s. Sexual Democracia is among the commercially most successful bands from

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. Its second album ''Buscando Chilenos 2'' reached platinum status due to strong sales.

History

The band was created in 1988 by Miguel Barriga, Iván Briceño, Samuel Gallardo, Juan "Cordero" Paredes, Vicente Aguilera, Alberto Larraín and Alexi Cárdenas during final years of the

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, all members were students of

Universidad Austral de Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, Chile, Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight or ...

at time. The band took name after a show presented by Miguel Barriga at the universities Cine Club where the tense atmosphere of the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988 was

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. After a failed censorship attempt due to their perceived obscene band name the band was allowed to play in university events. By 1992 Sexual Democracia reached major exposition when it performed in

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. After that the band evolved to a more Latin-American style leaving behind much of its Chilean lyrics, expression of this is the

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song "

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". The band had a profound impact on Valdivian society when, as one of the most known bands of

, they joined the efforts to establish a new region and withdrawing

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from

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. In this spirit they created the song "Regionalización" which advocates against centralism and for the creation of a new region with Valdivia as capital. Finally, in 2007, when

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was created "Regionalización" had become the hymn of that movement. A

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of their song "Regionalización" is played in the home matches of the basketball team

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Club Depotivo Valdivia

References

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