Aventura
Biography
"How did the band first get together? “
Anthony: "At first, how I met the other guys that are now the Aventura band is a funny story. The band, only four musicians back then, had another name "Los Tinegers" I sang them a little bit from El Mayimbe, Anthony Santos' repertoire, and they really liked it. They had the band, but they didn't have the singers. My cousin, Henry Santos and I had the voices, the lyrics and the songs, but we didn't have the band. They needed a singer and I needed a band, so we got together.
"Where did the concept for the image of Aventura come from?"
Anthony: "Julio Cesar gave the group the image. He told us that we were good and that we were original, but we needed an image to become popular. Julio had created the covers for albums such as El Niño Mimado and Confundido of Fernandito Villalona. We were young and didn't know much about dressing. We were around 14 years old and we dressed like they dress in the Ghetto. Julio mentioned how bachata was becoming very popular. People liked it but some didn't accept it, because of the way it was presented. The image of the bachateros was usually, without offending anyone, a person with a guitar, who was not so great looking or had an Afro. That's what was usually seen in the bachata scene. That has changed. It's not just because of us, but also because of many other bachateros. Julio gave us an image that international groups have. He advised us to dress casual like most young kids do and just be ourselves."
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