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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Puya| image =| caption = Picture taken by Tommy Galdy| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = San Juan, Puerto Rico | genre = Latin metal ,cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425005/19990625/armored_saint.jhtml|title=Puya, Armored Saint Lead Latin Metal Surge On "Metalo"|date=June 25, 1999 Salsa music|salsa cite book | url= http://books.google.ca/books? id=Fw0EAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA12& lpg=PA12& dq=MCA%27s+Puya+Gets+%27Fundamental%27+With+Mix+Of+Rock,+Salsa& source=bl& ots=U-lrk8dKWj& sig=abXWuTvfn52jD2UrHSZABSWQ-PY& hl=en& ei=XNTaTeW6IcbTiAKLvKH4Bw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=3& ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage& q& f=false |title=MCA's Puya Gets 'Fundamental' With Mix Of Rock, Salsa| author=Charles R. Bouley II | date= January 9, 1999 | publisher= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=May 23, 2011 | occupation =| years_active = 1988–2005, 2009–present| label =| associated_acts = Ankla | website = url|puyapr.com Puya is a Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican Latin metal band from San Juan, Puerto Rico .
History
Formed under the name Whisker Biscuit in 1988 and originally playing only instrumental s, the band added vocalist Sergio Curbelo in 1992 and moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida , where they created a mix of Salsa music|salsa and heavy metal music|heavy metal with the assistance of Jeff Renza and the Noiz Boiz production studio. They adopted the name Puya in 1994 with the release of a demo tape. Puya was the first Puerto Rican rock band to achieve a high level of international success.cite book |last1=Mateus |first1=Jorge Arévalo |editor1-first=Deborah Pacini |editor1-last=Hernandez |others=D. Fernández, Héctor l'Hoeste; Zolov, Eric |title=Rockin' las Américas: the global politics of rock in Latin/o America |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-8229-5841-4 |pages=94–98 |chapter=Boricua Rock
In 1995, Puya released their Puya (album)|eponymous debut album under the Noiz Boiz label. There they also met producer Gustavo Santaolalla who signed them to Music Corporation of America|MCA and in 1999 released their second album, Fundamental (Puya album)|Fundamental , which received critical praise. This propelled the band to stardom even landing them in the second stage of Ozzfest where they shared the opening slot with Slipknot (band)|Slipknot in 1999. In 2000, their song "Tírale" was included in the soundtrack of the movie Heavy Metal 2000 , and was the collection's only track with Spanish lyrics. The band opened for Sepultura , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Pantera and Kiss (band)|KISS . They also recorded a cover of The Police 's " Spirits in the Material World " in Spanish, with the title "Almas en un mundo material". Because sales of the band's 2001 album Union (Puya album)|Union did not meet MCA's expectations, the label did not renew the band's contract after it had expired in 2002.
Puya reunited in 2009 for two music festivals in Puerto Rico. Puya's most recent performance was on July 4, 2010 at the Rock al Parque festival in Bogota, Colombia and recently in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 25, 2010. Puya released the digital EP Areyto on iTunes on August 27, 2010.
Musical style and influences
Puya's musical style incorporates elements of salsa music|salsa ,cite journal |last=Flicky |first=Brad |date=August 2001 |title=Review of Union |journal= CMJ New Music |issue=95 |page=87 |issn=10746978 cite journal |last1=R. Bouley II |first1=Charles |title=MCA's Puya Gets 'Fundamental' With Mix Of Rock, Salsa |journal= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |volume=111 |issue=2 |page=12 |date=January 9, 1999 |issn=00062510 hard rock ,cite journal |last1=Cobo |first1=Leila |title=Puya: Rocking Harder Than Ever |journal= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |volume=113 |issue=24 |page=LM-10 |date=June 16, 2001 |issn=00062510 heavy metal music|heavy metal and rap metal .cite journal |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=New Faces Spice Up A Record Year |journal= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |volume=111 |issue=50 |page=LM-1 |date=Dec 11, 1999 |issn=00062510 Puya's influences include the Fania All-Stars , Journey (band)|Journey , Foreigner (band)|Foreigner , Kiss (band)|Kiss , REO Speedwagon , Slayer , Metallica , Black Sabbath , Van Halen and Sepultura . Much of Fundamental (Puya album)|Fundamental is based on punk rock|punk and heavy metal with salsa-influenced sections. Union (Puya album)|Union fuses rap metal, Rock en Español , salsa and jazz .
