Flavio Oscar Cianciarulo (born July 26, 1964), Sr. Flavio, is the electric and

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player from the reunited Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Latin American supergroup De La Tierra. Sr. Flavio (as called by fans and members) has been the bass player from the beginning of the band when they were called Cadillac 57. He also sang many of the songs, and was one of the main songwriters of the band along with singer

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. After the unofficial separation of the band Sr. Flavio began a solo career, first with Flavio Calaveralma Trío and later with La Mandinga. He has also released a folklore and heavy metal album in collaboration with Ricardo Iorio and an album with Misterio, a band he formed with his son Ástor (drums) and Nico Valle (upright bass). In 2012 he joined Latin American groove metal quartet De La Tierra with members of Sepultura,

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and

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. In 2017, Sr. Flavio along with his sons Ástor and Jay formed the

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band Sotana and released their first album in 2018 called Secta del Acantilado.

Solo albums

# ''Flavio Solo, Viejo y Peludo'' (2001) # ''Welcome to Terror Dance'' P(2006) # ''Nueva ola'' (2011)

Iorio-Flavio

# ''Peso Argento'' (1997)

Flavio Calaveralma Trío

# ''El marplatense'' (2003)

The Flavio Mandinga Project

# ''Cachivache'' (2004, as Flavio y la Mandinga) # ''Sonidero'' (2005) # ''Supersaund 2012'' (2007)

Misterio

# ''Beat Zombie'' (2006)

References

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* 1964 births Living people Argentine musicians Latin Grammy Award winners 21st-century double-bassists De La Tierra members Latin music songwriters {{double-bassist-stub