1980s The band formed in Los Angeles in 1980, appearing as Kenny and the Electrics in area venues. That year they moved to Mexico, where band members were born, to seek their roots and to be able to express themselves in Spanish. Rock music at this time was met with disapproval and performances were often relegated to what were known as
hoyos funquis (funky holes). Kenny y los Eléctricos became known on this scene. Kenny y los Eléctricos recorded their first album,
Electrimanias, in 1981 on independent label New Age Records. Around this time new venues began to appear in Mexico. The band performed at Satellite Rock along with
Ritmo Peligroso, Chac-Mool, Botellita de Jerez and Taxi and at Rockotitlán along with bands like
Caifanes, Santa Sabina,
Rostros Ocultos and Fobia. Ochoa, a former member of Peace and Love, then Kenny's guitarist, produced the album. The music of the bands in the Comrock compilations "became the fodder for the childhood of groups like
Café Tacuba, whose members were beginning to imagine a pop cultural future as hip as the north but tinged with Mexican flavor." The band modified their name to Kenny y los eléctricos in 1986, and produced the album
Juntos por el Rock 1995 with singles
Me Quieres Cotorrear and
A Woman in Love. By 1988, big labels were eyeing the success of
rock en español (rock music featuring Spanish lyrics) and began seeking out artists representing
Mexican rock. The band recorded
No huyas de mi for
Discos Melody (engineered by Juan Switalski and produced by Ochoa, with lyrics by Ochoa, Kenny and
Aleks Syntek), featuring musicians ,
Sabo Romo, Aleks Syntek, and
Federico Fong. This record became a classic of Mexican rock and one of the most-played selections in bars, clubs and disco parties.
1990s Discos Denver put out a record of previously released material,
Toda la noche sin parar, in 1992. The following year, Kenny recorded the album
Si no estás aquí with the singles
Si no estas aquí and
Satisfáceme si puedes. The band formed the lineup of Kenny y Los Nuevos Eléctricos in 1995 after meeting Edgar Carrum. In 1999, the band recorded an electrical acoustic concert,
Sensaciones Electroacústicas, defining a new sound for the band in the coming decade.
2000s The band released the album
Alma Beta with the single
Dicen por ahi, which quickly charted and was named the best rock ballad of 2000 and one of the band's most-representative songs. In 2002, they released re-mastered material on
La Historia 1980–2000. In 2003, the band recorded the live album
Kenny Fest at
Rockotitlan in Mexico City with musicians including
Leonardo de Lozanne,
Piro, and . The following year, they released the DVD
La Reina del Rock with footage from the Sensaciones electroacústicas and Kenny Fest concerts, and other videos. The band released the 2005 album
Sicodelia with the single
Puro amor. In 2008, they released the album
Con Tequila en la Sangre, a fusion of
mariachi music with rock which performed well. The album tour covered Mexico, the US and Germany, including concerts in Hamburg and Berlin.
2010s The band released the original album
Sex y Rock & Love in 2010. In 2013, the band recorded the concert album
Otra sensación Concierto electroacústico, featuring mariachi-rock versions of classical guitar themes and guest musicians. In 2014, they released a double-album in the US and Canada,
Los jefes del rock mexicano volume 1, with compiled material and the unplugged Otra Sensacion concert. The album is considered the most representative record of the indie Latin movement. The band celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2015, with concerts featuring guest musicians from different periods of the band's career, including Alfonso André of the Jaguares, Armando Palomo of Botellita de Jerez, Avi Michel of
Ritmo Peligroso and Baby Batiz. They performed a concert tour in the US, and the band expressed support for a proposed museum of Mexican rock in Coahuila. == Discography ==