Gregorio "Goyo" Degano and Iñaki Colombo met while attending the same school in
San Fernando and started playing music together at 14. After finishing high school in 2009, they formed the band in
Béccar, a town in the northern part of the greater
Buenos Aires area in Argentina. The name of the band comes from a performance in 2009 where a soundman introduced them as "los chicos" ("the boys" in Spanish) but it was misunderstood as "los chinos", the name would turn into "Banda Los Chinos", later transforming into "Bandalos Chinos". Their debut album
Bandalos Chinos, was released in 2012 and was premiered at the Auditorium San Isidro. Following the release of their first album, they released the EP
Nunca Estuve Acá in 2014, consisting of six songs. On January 4, 2017, they released their second EP
En el Aire, consisting of five songs. At the
20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album received nominations for
Best Alternative Music Album and
Best Engineered Album while at the
21st Annual Gardel Awards, they won Best Pop Group Album. On October 9, 2020, the band released their third album
Paranoia Pop, similar to their previous effort, it was produced by
Adán Jodorowsky and was recorded at
Sonic Ranch Studios, it also features collaborations with David Aguilar, LOUTA and
Tei Shi. To promote the album, the band performed a series of concerts via streaming named
Paranoia Pop: El Musical at the Movistar Arena in
Buenos Aires. To celebrate the ten year anniversary of the band, they released
Feliz Nabibach on December 24, 2020, an album consisting of new versions, demos and live performances of songs from their previous albums. ==Style and influences==