TK (Peruvian rock band)

TK (Peruvian rock band)

TK is a Peruvian rock band formed in 2001 by Emilio Pérez de Armas and Edgar Guerra.

Pérez and Guerra met at university.fact|date=December 2007 During their free time they played guitar together, and they decided to form a rock band.fact|date=December 2007 Later Christopher Farfán, Diego Dibós and Carlos Lescano joined them to form TK. The name TK was taken from the first letters of Thalita Kumi, a phrase taken from the New Testament, which the band says means "Levántate y anda" (Spanish: "Arise and walk").fact|date=December 2007 (In English translations of the New Testament, the phrase is usually rendered as "Talitha cumi," Aramaic for "Maiden, arise.")

In 2002 they sent copies of their first album, "Trece" (Spanish: "Thirteen"), to stores.fact|date=December 2007 In that year Sony Music awarded TK with Gold and Silver discs for sales of their album in Perú.fact|date=December 2007

In 2003 TK and Zen, both Peruvian rock bands, were nominated by MTV for the award of Best New Central American Artist. TK won.fact|date=December 2007

In 2004, their most recent album, "Tentando Imaginarios", was released, with the hit single "Buscama." This was the #1 most requested rock video among MTV viewers.fact|date=December 2007 Other hit songs from the album are "Ilusión," "Alas Cortadas" and "Inminente Conjunción."

In 2005, TK made the soundtrack for the animated movie "Piratas en el Callao".fact|date=December 2007 The song "La Juerga Pirata" was the main hit of the soundtrack.

In 2006, June, they announced their separation, but in November, guitarrist, Emilio Pérez de Armas reformed the band with new members. He take the place of lead singer.fact|date=December 2007

In 2007 they released their 3rd album, "Nucleo" with the lead single "Fragmentos".

Members

*Emilio Pérez de Armas (Vocals, Guitar) 2001 - Present
*Fergan Chavez-Ferrer (Guitar) 2007 - Present
*Juan Francisco Escobar (drums) 2007 - Present
*Miguel Ginoccio (keyboards) 2007 - Present
*Andrés Bretel (Bass) 2007 - Present

Past members

*Diego Dibos (Vocals, Guitar) 2001 - 2006
*Carlos Lescano (Bass) 2001 - 2006
*Edgar Guerra (Guitar) 2001 - 2006
*Christopher Farfan (Drums) 2001 - 2006

Albums

*"Trece" (2002)
*"Tentando Imaginarios" (2004)
*"Soundtrack: Piratas en el Callao" (2005)
*"Nucleo" (2007)

ingles

From "Trece":
*"Inminente conjunción" (2002)
*"Alas cortadas" (2002)
*"A Lina" (2002)
*"Aquellos que nunca quisieron" (2003)
*"Buscando la victoria" (2003)

From "Tentando Imaginarios":
*"Abril" (2004)
*"Ilusión" (2004)
*"Buscama" (2005)

From "Nucleo":
*"Fragmentos" (2007)

Other:
*"La Juerga Pirata" (from "Los Piratas del Callao" Soundtrack) (2005)


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