Los Rabanes is a Latin Grammy winning Ska-Rock-fusion band from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panama. With a career spanning two decades and eight albums, they are considered pioneers in the region, and are the first band from Central America to win a Latin Grammy in the Best Rock Album Category. Style: The lyrical style of Los Rabanes is a mix between Panama Spanish and English. Even if some choruses are fully or partly in English, most of the ... See more [+] lyrics in the songs are in Spanish, using English only to express sarcasm, satire or parody. History: After the breakup of their bands "Rum & Coke" and "El Decimo Piso".in the early 90's, childhood friends Emilio Regueira, Christian Torres and Javier Saavedra began playing in small pubs and bars during the weekends in Chitre, Herrera, in 1992. Those early shows made a big impact in the local scene, for their energy, and their extravagant stage appearance. In 1993, Alvaro Acevedo, former drummer and current manager of Los Rabanes joined the team. This brought a reorganization that included demos and presentations in Panama City, which produced even a stronger impact than they had in the Central Provinces. In 1994, with only one demo and one song on the radio. they joined the first ever "Rock Nacional" tour, which included all the biggest rock bands in Panama. In 1995, their increasing popularity gave them the opportunity to tour Panama and even open for major acts like Maná. By the end of the year, they released their debut album "¿Por Qué Te FUiste Benito?", with the video for the title track playing heavily on MTV Latino. In 1996 Los Rabanes toured Latin America sharing the stage with bands like Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Autenticos Decadentes, Todos Tus Muertos, Aterciopelados, Maldita Vecindad, and were chosen by the press of California as the Best New Rock Band in Spanish. In 1997 they release their second album, "Los Rabanes All Star - Volumen 2". The album, recorded in Panama and mixed in Argentina, had Flavio Cianciarulo from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs as producer, and Ruben Blades as a guest on vocals. The three singles from this album were, "Reggae Punk Panamá", "De Colores", featuring Ruben Blades on the video, and the song "Tú Me Disparas Balas", for which the video received major airplay on MTV Latino. In 1998 they play major festivals like Festimad, which featured Metallica, and played shows in Latin America and the US with Café Tacvba, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and Control Machete. During the first half of 2000, Los Rabanes recorded their third album with Roberto Blades on artistic production and Emilio Estefan Jr. in general production. The album, recorded in Crescent Moon studios in Miami Florida, combines Punk, Calypso, Reggae, ska, and hip hop, with a lot of spanglish and meringue house, adding some wind instruments and Latin percussion. The video for the first single "My Commanding Wife" was shot in Miami and directed by Emilio Estefan Jr. In 2002 the band releases their fourth album, "Money Pa' Que", their second album with Emilio Estefan Jr. as producer, for Crescent Moon Records. The album was also co-produced by Emilio Regueira and Sebastián Krys. The first single, "Everybody", is a mix between rap, hip-hop, meringue huse, reggae and samba, and it had two additional remixes. The song was also a part of a compilation of Latin artists released in Asia for the Korea-Japan World Cup in 2002. The album also earned Los Rabanes their first Latin Grammy Nomination in the Best Vocal Rock Duo or Group category. The award went to Maná. In 2006, the band ends their contract with Crescent Moon and Emilio Estefan Jr. and release a greatest hits box set calles, "10 años sonando", with two CDs, and a DVD. In 2007 they sign to Universal Music and release their sixth studio album, "Kamikaze", produced by Sebastian Krys. In November 8, 2007, Kamikaze wins the band the Latin Grammy Award for rock album by a duo or group with vocal. The álbum was also nominated for the general Grammys as Best Latin Album. After the Grammy, they release two more singles from "Kamikaze", "La Ganja" and a remake of the Eddy Grany classic "Electric Avenue".Recently, Los Rabanes have worked with reggaeton artists like Don Omar, Aldo Ranks and Ñejo & Dalmata and with Dancehall artists like Kafu Banton & Fidel Nadal They also worked with reggaeton producer El Chombo in a song that was featured in the album Los Cuentos De La Cripta. In 2013 they release their seventh studio album, "Urban Rock", featuring collaborations with Flex for the single "Why Not?" and Miguel Angel Tesis in "Dime Que Tu Quieres". Members: Emilio Regueira Pérez - Vocals, guitar, Christian "Pipón" Torres - Vocals, bass guitar, Javier Saavedra - Drums, Randy "Salsa" Cuevas - Keyboards, Christian Pro - Percussion
