Frágil is a Peruvian rock band. Named after an eponymous Yes album (Fragile), Fragil started as a symphonic progressive/hard rock band influenced by Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, and Rainbow. They earned local fame through their single Av. Larco in the early 1980s.
Band members César Bustamante: (Rickenbacker 4001S bass, 12-string guitar, Peruvian percussion, piano, synthesisers, Korg MS-20, organ, mellotron, ARP OMNI, acoustic guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) Octavio Castillo: Keyboards (Korg MS-20, Ensoniq, Arp OMNI, Piano, Hammond B3), flute, bass, steel guitar, mandolin, quena, ocarina, Peruvian percussion and backing vocals) Andrés Dulude: (vocals, 12 and 6-string guitars, acoustic guitar) Jorge Duránd: (Yamaha drumset, percussion, Peruvian percussion and backing vocals) Luis Valderrama: (Gibson Les Paul guitar, mandolin) Alex Rojas: lead and backing vocals.
Former members and freelancers Jose Eduardo Coello (drums, percussion) (1970–1972) Arturo Creamer (drums 1978–1983) – 1 album recorded Harry Antón (drums 1972–1978 and 1984–1985) – 1 single recorded Armando Pattroni (drums 1986, 2010, 2019) Luis Salazar (guitars 1984–1985) Giuliana Villanueva (lead vocals 1985–1986) Franjo Antich (vocals 1982) Piñín Folgado (vocals 1984–1985) – 1 single recorded Jorge Pardo Valdespino (vocals 1994–1995) Santino Delatore (vocals 1996–1998) – 1 album recorded
Discography Av. Larco (Arturo Creamer / Drums and Percussion) (1980) La nave blanca / Alrededor - 45 RPM single - (Piñín Folgado, Vocals / Harry Antón, Drums) Serranio (1989) Frágil (Compilation) (1990) Remastered (2007) Cuento Real (1992) Remastered (2007) Alunado (Santino de la Torre / Vocals) (1995) Sorpresa del Tiempo (Live with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Lima) (2003)
References
External links www.fragilperu.com Fans Web Site (defunct) myspace.com/fragilband