Biography
Cimento it's a chilean rock band origined from Santiago Centro. Was found improvisetely in the 2002 by Juan Pablo López (drums) and Sebastián Vidal (guitars) for a gig at the University of Santiago, where they jammed some songs live.
Late in the 2004, the band rearmed and took serious paths with the incorporation of Rodrigo Castro on bass and Luciano Ponce on lead vocals. That year the band does two succesfull live gigs, both in the same university.
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At the end of that year Rodrigo decides to leave the band, because of musical diferences with the band.
The 2005 would start slow for the band, on the absence of a rehearsal place and bass player, the band's performance will decrease. This until in february will join the bass player José Santibañez and then, in march, Cimento would join the ACMI organization (Independent Chilean Musicians Asociation) where they would rehearsal the entire 2005. During that time the band made several live gigs, emphazising their success in Planobar and the live presentation with the Difuntos Correa at Pubmusic.
However, the luck will no longer be in the side of the band. In december Luciano is taken apart from the band and José must go because academics issues.
In a few time Jaime Reyes enters the band as a singer, who propose new members and a new sound for Cimento. With this, in 2006 Pablo Dominguez (bass) and Cristobal Dominguez (guitars) joined the band.
In June of 2007 the band split due personal issues in the band. Now they all remain silent in the streets of Santiago
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CIMENTO. is also a power-pop trio from Lisbon known for wearing hoods while sleeping.
http://www.myspace.com/cimento
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.