Space Bee
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Space Bee is a Peruvian rock
Peruvian rock
Rock entered the Peruvian scene in the late-1950s, through listening to performers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Bill Haley, who popularized rockabilly in the United States. The first Peruvian rock bands appeared during this time...

 band formed in 2002, known for its Arabic melodies and the use of violins. The band's members are Aldo Rodriguez (lead singer, guitar), Gonzalo Garcia-Sayan (keyboards, vocals), "Bongo"(drums, vocals), Percy Omar (guitars), Eduardo Untiveros (violin), Andrés Bretel (bass).

Space Bee's first LP, "Live in Space!", was recorded through a seminary where the assistants could get to witness the whole recording process.

In 2007 the band reached to the top 15 in the John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 stage for the semi-finals to the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...

 Emerging Talent Competition. They had just released their only single in Spanish called "Sin Mirar" (In English "Without Looking"), which had some success in MTV.

Space Bee have recorded two video clips of the themes "Amuse" and "Sin Mirar".

In October 2007 and after qualifying among 6,000 bands from all Latin America, they traveled to Buenos Aires to compete in the Zona de Combate MTV (MTV Battle of the Bands) where they beat the other 3 semifinalists and got to travel to the big final in Mexico City. In 2008 they provided the soundtrack for the Peruvian flim Mañana te Cuento 2.

In February 2009 they went on tour to several cities of Ecuador and to Buenos Aires, Argentina where they recorded part of their new LP. Later on that year they went back to Buenos Aires to present their new cd It's Alive!, Vol I in a series of gigs around the city in popular venues such as Roxy de Arcos and Red Bell, among others.

In 2010, and with a new album, Space Bee has given a bunch of concerts in Lima as well as Arequipa. On March 25 Space Bee was chosen to open for Sebastian Bach and Guns N' Roses at the Monumental Stadium of Lima.

At present Space Bee is working on a new video clip and recording songs for their new album to be released later this year.
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