History

The duo was officially formed in 1993 by Erik Garcia a.k.a Erk Aicrag (lyrics

Lyrics

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 and vocals) and Oscar Mayorga a.k.a. Racso Agroyam (Programming), but both cousins had been experimenting with electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

, mixing industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 and EBM

Electronic body music

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, since they were fifteen years old. Their music can be described as electro-industrial

Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

. Erk Aircrag and Racso Agroyam incited to express their feelings through technology. Given the influence of varying currents of electronic music (mainly Skinny Puppy) they began their trajectory in 1989 in a project called "Niñera Degenerada". Their lyrics are both in Spanish

Spanish language

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 as well as English

English language

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. The Spanish word hocico means snout

Snout

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, and is used in Mexico as a dis-respective way to describe someone's comments coming out of their mouth.

Racso Agroyam has a side project called Dulce Liquido

Dulce Liquido

Dulce Liquido is a Mexican aggrotech and power noise group. The band is a side project from Hocico member Racso Agroyam.He describes his music as electro-noise.-External links:**...

.

Erk Aicrag has a side project called Rabia Sorda

Rabia Sorda

Rabia Sorda is the side project of Erk Aicrag, lead singer of the Mexican aggrotech band Hocico. Rabia Sorda, like Hocico, is electronic music, though it is somewhat less aggressive and noisy than Hocico....

.

Demos

Available in Compact Cassette

Compact Cassette

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• Misuse, Abuse And Accident (1993)
• Autoagresión Persistente (1994)
• Triste Desprecio (1996)

Albums

• Odio Bajo El Alma (1997)
• Sangre Hirviente (1999)
• Signos de Aberración (2002)
• Hate Never Dies: The Celebration 4CD (2003) Limited to 2500 copies Featuring the band’s Demos
• Wrack And Ruin (2004)
• Memorias Atrás
  Memorias Atrás
  Memorias Atrás is a 2008 album by the Mexican industrial music band Hocico.-Track listing:# “A Fatal Desire” – 4:47# “The Shape of Things to Come” – 6:03# “Stop My Madness” – 4:56# “About a Dead” – 6:09# “Fed Up” – 4:42# “Metamorphous” – 2:44...
  
   (2008)
• Tiempos de Furia (2010)

EP's

• El Día De La Ira (1998)
• Cursed Land (1998)
• Aquí Y Ahora En El Silencio (2000)
• El Día De La Ira Re-released (2002)
• Silent Wrath (2002) Available in Signos de Aberración Limited Edition
• Disidencia Inquebrantable (2003)
• Maldiciones Para Un Mundo En Decadencia (2004) Available in Wrack And Ruin Limited Edition
• Scars (2006) Available in A Traves De Mundos Que Arden DVD Limited Edition
• About A Dead (2007)
• The Day The World Stopped (2008) Available in Memorias Atrás Digipack Edition

Singles

• Not Like You (Apestas! Version)(2006) Promo Single
• The Shape Of Things To Come (2007) Limited Edition 1000 copies
• Dog Eat Dog (2010) Limited Edition
• Bite Me (2011)

Lives

• Los Hijos Del Infierno (1998)
• Tierra Eléctrica (1999)
• Blasphemies In The Holy Land (Live in Israel) (2005) Limited to 2000 copies Recorded Live By Maor Appelbaum
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (2008)

Vinyls

• Born To Be (Hated) (2004)
• Wrack And Ruin 2LP (2004) Boxset Limited to 1000 copies
• Dog Eat Dog (2010) Limited to 666 copies

External links

• Official site
• Hocico at VampireFreaks
  Vampirefreaks
  VampireFreaks.com is an online community for the Gothic–industrial subcultures. It was created by site owner Jethro Berelson in 1999. It began with a small number of forums dedicated to Gothic–industrial music....
  
  
• International site