Los Dynamite

Los Dynamite are a Mexican indie rock band based in Mexico City. They are known because most of their songs are written in EnglishFact|date=February 2007.

They met first at INHUMYC (a high school placed in the district of Tlalpan, in Mexico City) and started playing together, helped by Paco Huidobro. The band became famous when their song "TV" was used in a commercial of the cellphone company Telcel through summer of 2005. Their influences goes from Daft Punk to The Velvet Underground.

They opened the concerts of Interpol and played at festivals like Creamfields. They have shared the stages with artists like Incubus, The Stills, The Secret Machines, Dirty Pretty Things, The Kills, The Juan Mclean, The Faint, etc.

Their songs "TV" and "Katatonic" placed in the charts of Mexican alternative stations like Reactor 105.7 and Ibero 90.9 as best singles of the year, and the Mexican Rolling Stone placed them as the most promising Mexican bands. Their show in the fest Vive Latino 2006 was successfulFact|date=February 2007, and their released their 1st album; "Greatest Hits" with the tracks: TV, Frenzy, Pleasure, Smile, Ready Ready, Hold On, I'm 32, No Me Sueltes, 24, Katatonic, Visions with their first video 'Ready Ready' directed by Pablo Dávila.

Peter Hook of New Order has commented about the band, saying: "Los Dynamite's "TV": what a great track. Sounds like Mark E. Smith on ecstasy!" [http://www.noiselab.com/artists/Los%20Dynamite]

External links

* [http://www.losdynamite.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/losdynamite Official Myspace]