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Alacranes Musical vs. Banda Lamento Show

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wed 4/23/2008

Scorpion's lament. A collage of Alacranes Musical and Banda Lamento Show.

name	Alacranes Musical.	Banda Lamento Show de Durango.
formed in	1998.	1994.
founded by	Alejandro García.	Eleazar Villalba Ramírez.
homebase	Chicago, Illinois.	Chicago, Illinois.
current lineup	René Urbina, Héctor Urbina, Guillermo "Memo" Ibarra, Omar "Teddy Bear" Sánchez, Chris Urbina, Erik Urbina, Rodolfo "Rudy" Avitia and Oscar Urbina, Jr.	Carlos Galaviz, Gerardo García, Enrique Fonseca, Omar Hernández, Antonio Villa, Héctor Villaseñor, Edgar Villalba, Antonio Negrete, Eleazar Villalba and Eleazar Villalba, Jr.
style	Duranguense.	Duranguense.
signature look	Slick white suits, colorful shirts and snake-skin boots.	Color-coordinated sportswear with matching headbands.
logo	Large black scorpion.	An "L" that looks like a long tongue.
grammar check	Los Alacranes Musicales.	El Show de la Banda de Lamentos Duranguenses.
breakthrough track	Por Tu Amor.	Los Infieles.
cool cover	Por Amarte Así by Christian Castro.	The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace.
lineup trouble	Members Adán Cervantes and Sergio Federico splintered off and formed Aliados De La Sierra.	Carlos Galaviz joined K-Paz De La Sierra for a brief stint.
in their own words	"What has distinguised Alacranes in our long career is the work and professionalism that we deliver on every album and in every live show." - Guillermo Ibarra.	"Since the beginning, we have been a Duranguense band; we were one of the first [bands] to use that sound. The most important thing is that Duranguense is finally catching on" - Carlos Galavis.
most recent release	Ahora Y Siempre: Deluxe Edition.	18 Grandes Piquetes A Lo Duranguense.
the critics	Allmusic: "Releasing an average of two original records a year, Alacranes Musical have not slowed their pace ... maintaining a staggering touring schedule while writing and recording new material."	The Village Voice: "Lamento Show and Alacranes Musical, though, seem to realize they're operating in a field that's completely nuts, and they ratchet up their music's crazy factor appropriately."
webprops	46,566 friend on official MySpace page.	4,370 friends on official MySpace page.
best video moment	Doing their best boy-band impression in the pop version of Sin Tu Amor.	Thinking about the girl of their dreams in Corazón De Roca.

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108 responses to “versus: Alacranes Musical vs. Banda Lamento Show”

i go for alacranes because u music is so goood and the way that u dance and u voice is so good i like the songs sin tu amor that is a good song and por tu amor that to bye alacranes i love you a lot ok bye kiss & hugs.

diana jimenez

(dequeen,Arkansas)

wed 4/23 1:36pm

i Love Los Alacranes!!! they have Great Music and everytime a song of theirs comes on i start to sing along.:D

Crisitna

(Longview)

wed 4/23 1:50pm

hi alacranes musicales es peroque esten bien me gusta sus cansionos la cansion que me gusta es PORTU AMOR

alacranes musicales

wed 4/23 2:00pm

I love alacranes because they are more authentic. the lamento show's look does not match!!!

Karina Lizarraga

(United States)

wed 4/23 3:39pm

alacranes musical is da s*** banda lamento show wack

itzel

(dETROIT)

wed 4/23 3:58pm

Alacranes is the best and will always be!!
and plus they look more like a durangense group not like the other ones dat be dressin like a bunch of hip-hop wanna b's!

Angie

(Chicago)

wed 4/23 5:01pm

i go 4 ALACRANES MUSICAL!!!!
THEY'RE DA BEST...I LUBB THEM!!!

Rocio aka MrS. yAnDeL

(Los Angeles)

wed 4/23 5:02pm

los Alacranes definetley!!! I LOVE THEM!!!

la princesa

wed 4/23 5:05pm

my baby memo hes only my

maria