History Music / LosPrisioneros

* ''La Cultura de la Basura''[[note]]The Culture of the Junk[[/note]] (1987)

* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Grandes Éxitos]]'' (1991); the second Greatest Hits album and the first Chilean one with themes unreleased on Chile, mostly remixed versions from [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Latin American versions]] and included "We Are Sudamerican Rockers", which was [[BannedInChina banned in Chile]] until the return of democracy in TheNineties.
* ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza''[[note]]Not By Right Nor Might[[/note]] (1996); 2-disc GreatestHitsAlbum with unreleased and B-side records of the band, considered by many as the best album of the band ever.

* ''Los Prisioneros en las Raras Tocatas Nuevas de la Rock & Pop''[[note]]Los Prisioneros in the Raras Tocatas Nuevas of the Rock & Pop[[/note]] (2003); recordings made in the Chilean radio ''Rock & Pop'' in its section ''Raras Tocatas Nuevas''[[note]]"Rare New Records", stable section of this radio where new and emergent Chilean artists play cover themes as well unedited new songs[[/note]], which include a couple of original and cover songs, even from the Chilean TV series ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos''.

Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners" in Spanish) was a [[ChileanMedia Chilean rock band]] between 1979 and 1992, considered by many as the most influent rock band of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}} and in general of Latin America in TheEighties, being the parallel of Soda Stereo in Argentina during the same time. The band was formed by ''Jorge González'' (bass and lead vocals), ''Claudio Narea'' (guitar and backing vocals) and ''Miguel Tapia'' (drums and backing vocals), the three met during HighSchool and they wanted to make a band and to be famous as Music/TheBeatles.

After various possible formations and names, in College they finally formed "Los Prisioneros" and started with their first album ''La Voz De Los 80s'', which got a mild success, but wasn't until their second album ''Pateando Piedras'' where they got real success. During the 80s, Los Prisioneros released 3 albums, which got Double (and even Triple) Platinum Level in selling discs, having high sells not just in Chile, but in other countries as UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}, where the band [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff still has a lot of fans]]. Also, the song "We Are Sudamerican Rockers" was the first music video ever transmitted by the Latin America version of Creator/{{MTV}}.

In 1996, Los Prisioneros reunited again for the release of ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'', which was a huge success of selling discs and revived the fame they already gained in the 80s. Later in 2001 they reunited for real for a couple of revival concerts and for the 2003 version of ''Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar''[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_International_Song_Festival Viña del Mar International Song Festival]][[/note]]. After these concerts and other appearances, the group recorded ''Los Prisioneros'' in 2003 and ''Manzana'' in 2004. But the old rivalries and differences between the members continued and finally Los Prisioners disbanded for real in 2006.

At the end of the 80s, after various internal problems and rivalries between the members, mostly González with Narea, the latter abandoned the group and the rest of Los Prisioneros recruited 2 new members: [[NamesTheSame Robert Rodriguez]] (guitar) and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Claudia Aguayo]] (keyboard) and released ''Corazones'' album in 1990, but the group didn't last too much and disbanded in 1992. After this breakup, every member made solo careers and projects, being Jorge González's solo career the most famous of them.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Sadly to say, although most of the lyrics of the band critized the "Chilean way of life" of TheEighties, much of their songs are still applied until today in Chile.
** This is confirmed with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Chilean_protests 2019 Chilean protests]], which one of the anthem songs is precisely "El Baile de los que Sobran", a song made in 1986 for ''Pateando Piedras'' album, even noticed (and supported) by the ex band members.

In 1996, Los Prisioneros reunited again for the release of ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'', which was a huge success of selling discs and revived the fame they already gained in the 80s. Later in 2001 they reunited for real for a couple of revival concerts and for the 2003 version of ''Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar''[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_International_Song_Festival Viña del Mar International Song Festival]][[/note]]. After these concerts and other appearances, the group recorded ''Los Prisioneros'' in 2003 and ''Manzana'' in 2004. But the old rivalries and differences between the members continued and finally Los Prisioners [[KilledOffForReal disbanded for real]] in 2006.

Although they already had an article in Spanish, English version of Wiki/TheOtherWiki also has an article about them [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Prisioneros here]].

** Something subverted recently in November 2015 where Narea and Tapia appeared in Gonzáles' tribute concert, where the latter almost got in coma but he gets in rehabilitation now, as a way of PosthumousCollaboration but without the AuthorExistenceFailure.[[note]]As already happened with Soda Stereo's Gustavo Cerati years ago.[[/note]]

** In Chile, Los Prisioneros became this because of the lack of liberties of UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's dictatorship in TheEighties. Los Prisioneros' music not just criticize the dictatorship [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar without being censored or dissapeared]], also made acid critics of the "Chilean way of life", lyrics that still sound fresh until today.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: ''Maldito Sudaca''[[note]]Damn Sudaca[[/note]], which talks about how probably Latinos were/are seen by Americans. The term "sudaca" is a pejorative term for South America/Latino people, being the DistaffCounterpart of "gringo" (pejorative term refered to Americans.)

** 2003's ''Los Prisioneros en las Raras Tocatas Nuevas de la Rock & Pop'' was a complete CoverAlbum with the exceptions of "En el cementerio"[[note]]In the cemetery[[/note]] (from "Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos" times) and "Concepción" (part of his ''then'' upcoming new disc ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Los Prisioneros]]''.)

** Also in some SynthPop themes like ''Muevan las Industrias''[[note]]Shake the Industries[[/note]], they were compared with Music/DepecheMode.
* FakeBand: "Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos"[[note]]Gus Worm and his Hemophiliac Necrophiliacs[[/note]] was an alternate band by Los Prisioneros made between 1986 and 1988 in which they played as a {{Rockabilly}} band with {{Gorn}} songs made JustForFun. This band never made public appearance during Los Prisioners years before the breakup, and his songs remained hidden until 1996's ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'' GreatestHitsAlbum and later by the bootleg albums released since the 2000s by people who have demo records of Los Prisioneros that released on {{internet}} after the second (and definitive) breakup in 2006.

** ''We Are Sudamerican Rockers'', the song's name and the chorus only. Also has GratuitousFrench there too:

** Also in ''Latinoamérica es un Pueblo al Sur de Estados Unidos''[[note]]Latin America is a Village at the South of the United States[[/note]], which is an acid critic about how this country influenced not just Chile but the entire continent.

** Various of the names of the band were "Los Apestosos"[[note]]The Stinkies[[/note]], "[[FakeBand Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos]]" and before the definitive formation "Los Pseudopillos"[[note]]The Pseudo-thieves[[/note]] and "Los Vinchukas".[[note]]Refering to the "vinchuca", a bug similar to a beatle and... [[Music/TheBeatles well, you know]].[[/note]]
** Also, before the definitive name, the main idea was "Los Criminales"[[note]]The Criminals[[/note]] but days later was changed to Los Prisioneros.

* IconicSongRequest: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP__YnKzsI La Voz de los 80s]]'' is the song that never should be avoided if you want to listen Los Prisioneros.
* [[FoodSongsAreFunny Junk Songs Are Funny]]: ''De la Cultura de la Basura''[[note]]From the Culture of the Junk[[/note]], song which also gave the name of the disc which is included: ''[[TitleTrack La Cultura de la Basura]]''.

** ''San Miguel'' in 2003's eponymous album, a song dedicated to the Santiago's ''comuna''[[note]]Chile's administrative division of cities, often translated as "county" or "precint"[[/note]] of the same name where they born and lived for all his youth and part of their adulthood.
** To be more specific, ''San Miguel''[[note]]Saint Michael[[/note]] comuna was named after ArchangelMichael in [[OlderThanYouThink 1800s]].
** In the same album, there's a song called ''Concepción'', based in the Chilean city of the same name and one of the most biggest cities apart of Santiago.

** ''Corazones Rojos''[[note]]Red Hearts[[/note]], a song that demoted Chilean woman and her status on a machist society like Chile. This song was made with a purpose of report Chilean machism and it was used by feminists as a kind of BurningTheFlag about machism.
** Also, there's a light (but not less misoginy) song called ''Una mujer que no llame la atención''[[note]]A woman that don't get attention[[/note]] in ''Pateando Piedras'' album.
* MoneySong: ''Quieren Dinero''.[[note]][[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They Want Money]][[/note]]

* RockStarSong[=/=]SelfDemonstratingSong: ''We Are Sudamerican Rockers''.

* {{Rockabilly}}: Los Prisioneros liked this music and usually played for fun in own records and live concerts in the 80s. Most of these records were released in ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'' compilation and ''Raspando la Olla'' bootleg disc as "Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos" (see FakeBand). Not to mention the IconicOutfit they got in TheEighties.

** ''De la Cultura de la Basura'' in general has a lot of this, like this line:

** Also the song ''¿Quién mató a [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]?''[[note]]Who killed Marilyn?[[/note]], who referred not just Marilyn, but another cultural references and their friend and ex-member of their old group "Los Vinchukas" Rodrigo Beltrán.
** And ''We Are Sudamerican Rockers'' where they are TalkingToThemself. And even they mentioned Music/ElvisPresley.
** In the beginning of the ''Maldito Sudaca'' music video is hearing a radio changing stations, taking an extract of ''Music/AHardDaysNight'', and also there's a picture of Music/TheBeatles made on wood cubes and later being kicked by Tapia before the song starts.

* TitleTrack: All the albums with the exception of ''Pateando Piedras'' (AlbumTitleDrop, part of the lyrics of ''El Baile de los que Sobran''[[note]]The Dance of the Remains[[/note]]) and ''Los Prisioneros'' (SelfTitledAlbum).

** Although González was the lead singer of the group, Narea and Tapia also sung various songs of Los Prisioneros, some of them are classic songs of the band like ''¿Quién mató a [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]?'' (sung by Tapia) and ''Lo Estamos Pasando Muy Bien''[[note]]We're Having a Very Good Time[[/note]] (sung by Narea, but later re-recorded by González).
** But the best example of this trope is ''Maldito Sudaca'', where all the members sing the song.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Miguel Tapia's change of look after the reunion of Los Prisioneros for ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'' and onwards: since short hair and no face hair to long hair (even with braids[=/=]plaits) and a beard. Actually subverted since Tapia goes back with the short hair and no beard.

* Various LP with old bootleg recordings (from studio and live concerts) RereleasedForFree on the internet like ''En Vivo Teatro Cariola''[[note]]Live from Carioca Theatre[[/note]] (1985), ''Beaucheff 1435'' (1989), ''El Caset Pirata''[[note]]The Pirate Cassette[[/note]] (2000), ''Raspando la olla''[[note]]"Scratching the pot", which is also a typical Chilean slang[[/note]] (2006) and ''Algo ilegal!''[[note]]Something illegal![[/note]] (2013).

* ConceptAlbum:
** ''Corazones'' album is often considered as this. There're various things about this: it's the first album made almost completely by González himself (more like a personal[=/=]solo album than something made by Los Prisioneros) and the themes are mostly love songs. Also, the same González appeared in the album cover as the model.
** Also, this album is most considered as a {{Pop}} album, which influenced many Pop artists in the next years.

** To be more specific, ''San Miguel''[[note]]Saint Michael[[/note]] comuna was named after ArchangelMichael in 1800s.

The influence of Los Prisioneros in Chile is huge and is considered as the inspiration of many groups since TheEighties when they were a FountainOfExpies, even today. And not just by Rock groups, also various artists from genres like HipHop, {{Pop}}, {{Reggae}}, {{Punk}} and ElectronicMusic admit that Los Prisioneros were their influence, was which already seen in ''[[CoverAlbum Tributo a Los Prisioneros]]'' in 2000. Even the group got various [[TVDocumentary Documentaries]] and {{Biopic}}s not just made in Chile.

In 1996, Los Prisioneros reunited again for the release of ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'', which was a huge success of selling discs and revived the fame they already gained in the 80s. Later in 2001 they reunited for real for a couple of revival concerts and for the 2003 version of ''Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar''[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_International_Song_Festival Viña del Mar International Song Festival]][[/note]]. After these concerts and other appearances, the group recorded in 2003 ''Los Prisioneros'' and ''Manzana'' in 2004. But the old rivalries and differences between the members continued and finally Los Prisioners disbanded for real in 2006.

If well they already had an article in Spanish, English version of Wiki/TheOtherWiki also has an article about them [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Prisioneros here]].

* Various LP with old bootleg recordings (from studio and live concerts) like ''En Vivo Teatro Cariola''[[note]]Live from Carioca Theatre[[/note]] (1985), ''Beaucheff 1435'' (1989), ''El Caset Pirata''[[note]]The Pirate Cassette[[/note]] (2000), ''Raspando la olla''[[note]]"Scratching the pot", which is also a typical Chilean slang[[/note]] (2006) and ''Algo ilegal!''[[note]]Something illegal![[/note]] (2013).

** Also in ''Latinoamérica es un Pueblo al Sur de Estados Unidos''[[note]]Latin America is a Village at the South of United States[[/note]], which is an acid critic about how this country influenced not just Chile but the entire continent.

** In the beginning of the ''Maldito Sudaca'' videoclip is hearing a radio changing stations, taking an extract of ''Music/AHardDaysNight'', and also there's a picture of Music/TheBeatles made on wood cubes and later being kicked by Tapia before the song starts.

* SocietyMarchesOn: Sadly to say, if well most of the lyrics of the band critized the "Chilean way of life" of TheEighties, much of their songs are still applied until today in Chile.

** If well González was the lead singer of the group, Narea and Tapia also sung various songs of Los Prisioneros, some of them are classic songs of the band like ''¿Quién mató a [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]?'' (sung by Tapia) and ''Lo Estamos Pasando Muy Bien''[[note]]We're Having a Very Good Time[[/note]] (sung by Narea, but later re-recorded by González).

* SocietyMarchesOn: Sadly to say, if well most of the lyrics of the band critizes the "Chilean way of life" of TheEighties, much of their songs are still applied until today in Chile.

** In the beginning of the ''Maldito Sudaca'' videoclip is hearing a radio changing stations, taking an extract of ''[[Music/TheBeatles A Hard Day's Night]]'', and also there's a picture of The Beatles made by wood cubes and later being kicked by Tapia before the song starts.

* BreakupBreakout: Jorge González's solo career in TheNineties, which overcame Narea's (''Profetas y Frenéticos''[[note]]Prophets and Frenetics[[/note]]) and Tapia's (''Jardín Secreto''[[note]]Secret Garden[[/note]]) solo projects.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Corazones'' album is often considered as this. There're various things about this: it's the first album made almost completely by González himself (more like a personal[=/=]solo album than something made by Los Prisioneros) and the themes are mostly love songs. Also, the same González appeared in the album cover as the model.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: After the first breakup, Los Prisioneros reunited in 2001 to get the band together again and released 2 discs: ''Los Prisioneros'' and ''Manzana''. But the differences between the members (especially the rivalry of González and Narea) made during the first breakup weren't solved after all and finally the group was [[KilledOffForReal broken off for real]] in 2006 to never be reunited again.

** Also in ''Latinoamérica es un Pueblo al Sur de Estados Unidos''[[note]]Latin America is a village at the south of United States[[/note]], which is an acid critic about how this country influenced not just Chile but the entire continent.

** Various of the names of the band were "Los Apestosos"[[note]]The Stinkies[[/note]], "Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos" and before the definitive formation "Los Pseudopillos"[[note]]The Pseudo-thieves[[/note]] and "Los Vinchukas".[[note]]Refering to the "vinchuca", a bug similar to a beatle and... [[Music/TheBeatles well, you know]].[[/note]]

** HumanFocusedAdaptation: A different story is the 2012 movie ''Miguel San Miguel'', another {{Biopic}} which told the same story but with the PointOfView of Miguel Tapia, in which production Tapia ''did'' work for the movie.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Various of Los Prisioneros' albums got remixed versions for various Latin America countries, like Peru and Venezuela.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Miguel Tapia's change of look after the reunion of Los Prisioneros for ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'' and onwards: since short hair and no face hair to long hair (even with braids[=/=]plaits) and a beard.

After various possible formations and names, in College they finally formed "Los Prisioneros" and started with their first album ''La Voz De Los 80s'', which got a mild success, but wasn't until their second album ''Pateando Piedras'' where they got real success. During the 80s, Los Prisioneros released 3 albums, which got Double (and even Triple) Platinum Level in selling discs, having high sells not just in Chile, but in other countries as UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}, where the band still has a lot of fans. Also, the song "We Are Sudamerican Rockers" was the first music video ever transmitted by the Latin America version of Creator/{{MTV}}.

At the beginning of the 90s, after various internal problems and rivalries between the members, mostly González with Narea, the latter abandoned the group and the rest of Los Prisioneros recruited 2 new members: [[NamesTheSame Robert Rodriguez]] (guitar) and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Claudia Aguayo]] (keyboard) and released ''Corazones'' album in 1990, but the group didn't last too much and disbanded in 1992. After this breakup, every member made solo careers and projects, being Jorge González solo career the most famous of them.

In 1996, Los Prisioneros reunited again for the release of ''Ni Por La Razón Ni Por La Fuerza'', which was a huge success of selling discs and revived the fame they already gained in the 80s. Later in 2001 they reunited for real for a couple of revival concerts and for the 2003 version of ''Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar''[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_International_Song_Festival Viña del Mar International Song Festival]][[/note]]. After these concerts and other appearances, the group recorded in that year ''Los Prisioneros'' and ''Manzana'' in the next year, in 2004. But the old rivalries and differences between the members continued and finally Los Prisioners disbanded for real in 2006.

* ''Tributo a Los Prisioneros''[[note]]Tribute to Los Prisioneros[[/note]] (2000); a CoverAlbum made by various contemporanean Chilean groups, the only one officially released until now.

* BreakupBreakout: Jorge González solo career in TheNineties, which overcame Narea (''Profetas y Frenéticos''[[note]]Prophets and Frenetics[[/note]]) and Tapia (''Jardín Secreto''[[note]]Secret Garden[[/note]]) solo projects.

* {{Expy}}: Of Music/TheClash, which was also one of their influences.

* GratuitousEnglish: ''We Are Sudamerican Rockers'', the song's name and the chorus only. Also has GratuitousFrench there too:

* IHaveManyNames: Various of the names of the band were "Los Apestosos"[[note]]The Stinkies[[/note]], "Gus Gusano y sus Necrofílicos Hemofílicos" and before the definitive formation "Los Pseudopillos"[[note]]The Pseudo-thieves[[/note]] and "Los Vinchukas".[[note]]Refering to the "vinchuca", a bug similar to a beatle and... [[Music/TheBeatles well, you know]].[[/note]]

* LocationSong: ''San Miguel'' in 2003's eponymous album, a song dedicated to the Santiago's ''comuna''[[note]]Chile's administrative division of cities, often translated as "county" or "precint"[[/note]] of the same name where they born and live for all his youth and part of their adulthood.

* MisogynySong: ''Corazones Rojos''[[note]]Red Hearts[[/note]], a song that demoted Chilean woman and her status on a machist society like Chile. This song was made with a purpose of report Chilean machism and it was used by feminists as a kind of BurningTheFlag about machism.

* VocalTagTeam: If well González was the lead singer of the group, Narea and Tapia also sung various songs of Los Prisioneros, some of them are classic songs of the band like ''¿Quién mató a [[Creator/MarilynMonroe Marilyn]]?'' (sung by Tapia) and ''Lo Estamos Pasando Muy Bien''[[note]]We're Having a Very Good Time[[/note]] (sung by Narea, but later re-recorded by González).

* XMeetsY: Los Prisioneros = GarageRock meets {{Punk}} meets {{Reggae}} meets NewWaveMusic meets SynthPop meets {{Rockabilly}}.