Latin rock

Latin rock is the fusion of Rock music, often Psychedelic Rock, with Latin American rhythms, especially Afro-Latin genres. Latin rock puts an emphasis on percussion, making the style quite danceable through psychedelic influences (mainly acid guitars and organ). It was developed during the early 1970s throughout the Americas after Santana exploded into the rock scene. North American Latin rock was mainly played by the Californian Latino community (although New York also had a fair amount of bands) which incorporated some identifiable elements, related specially to Chicano culture. By the second half of the 1970's most bands had disbanded and others moved to more Latin Soul/Latin Funk sounds. In Latin America the genre was much more sparse (as opposed to the California-concentrated scene in the North), with bands all over the continent. The main groups from Latin America were Black Sugar from Peru, Peace and Love from Mexico, Génesis from Colombia, Spiteri from Venezuela, Panal from Chile and Bwana from Nicaragua.