Gonzalo Farrugia

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Luis Gonzalo Farrugia (* in Treinta y Tres ; † January 9, 2009 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan drummer . He was a member of the groups Psiglo , Níquel , Porsuigieco and Crucis .

career

Together with César Rechac, Luis Cesio, Jorge García Banegas and Ruben Melogno, he founded the group Psiglo around 1971 , which became one of the most important in South American rock music. European media even classified them among the 20 most important groups in the "Progressive Hard Rock" genre, alongside bands such as Uriah Heep and Deep Purple . After the coup in Uruguay, he moved to Buenos Aires. Here he joined both the Porsuigieco project and the band Crucis . At the end of 1978 he went to the Mexican city of Tijuana. Here he founded the municipal band (Banda Municipal de Tijuana) together with Francisco Javier García in 1980. In the course of his musical career he also appeared on stage with the artists Eduardo Mateo and Jorge Nasser or the Argentines León Gieco , Charly García , David Lebón , Pappo Napolitano and Alejandro Lerner . On January 9, 2009, Farrugia put an end to his own life. In his honor, the musician Jorge Barral ( Opus Alfa , Días de Blues ) composed the song "Es pa 'tí" in collaboration with Farrugia's bandmates Rubén Melogno and César Rechac.

Discography

With Psiglo

Gonzalo Farrugia in Buenos Aires, 1977.
  • En un lugar un niño / Gente sin camino (July 1972)
  • No pregunten por qué / Vuela a mi galaxia (December 1972)
  • Ideación (1973)
  • Cambiarás al hombre / Construir, destruir (1974)
  • Psiglo II (1981)
  • Psiglo I y II (Sondor, 1993)

With crucis

  • Crucis (1975)
  • Los Delirios del Mariscal (1976)

With PorSuiGieco

  • Porsuigieco ( 1976 )

As a soloist

  • Stellium ( Sondor 8.136-2, 1999)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Psiglo - Héroes de papel ( Memento of the original of April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deluruguay.net
  2. ↑ No pregunten por qué (Spanish)
personal data
SURNAME Farrugia, Gonzalo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farrugia, Luis Gonzalo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Treinta y Tres , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2009
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay