Beta
Manuel Betancur, at the age of 26, began in the world of music as a keyboard player in a cover band (Dream Theater, among others) that he formed with friends from the University. After a couple of years, the need to create their own songs arose, forming the first band under this concept "Cuarto Encierro", where they would team up with Strato.
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After a long fruitless time, he decided to start in the world of singing and, with this, a solo project called "Betaside", which would give rise to Bluewaves.
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Beta is a lover of progressive, independent of the genre, and the bands that undoubtedly marked him are Tool, Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, and very closely the entire nu metal scene from the beginning of the century, with bands like Deftones, SOAD, LB, Korn, Staind and Incubus.
Strato
Andrés Olivares, choosing the guitar as an instrument during his school days, did not think he would discover one of his passions. Forming bands since school, the first acoustic duo dedicated to playing Unplugged by Los Tres at 15 years old, heavy metal bands, power metal, even a Latin rock cover band playing in Pubs. As an adult, an event band which would be his anchor to his musical life, until in 2014 he met Beta, as a link between a common drummer friend. Since that project called Cuarto Encierro, Beta and Strato would go through musical adventures and frustrations, until completing the work inBluewaves.
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Commercial Engineer by profession and grill master by hobby, Fan of anime series and video games, his most relevant influences in music are Opeth, Anathema, Porcupine Tree and Pink Floyd. In addition to Classic 80's Heavy Metal.
Max
Maximiliano Brito began his musical life at the age of 16 in a hard rock band of his own compositions with friends from school. Over the years he continues to participate in projects with a grunge rock and nineties stoner rock tinge, a sound that givesBluewavesa hallmark of the progressive convergence that much of the band has.
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In 2019 he joined Bluewaves not only as a guitarist, but also with synthesizers and vocal harmonies.
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Max's main influences are around HardRock, Grunge, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock, electro-industrial with bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven, Nine Inch Nails, Royal Blood, among others.
Seba
Sebastián Montero fell in love with music even before he could say a single word, since since he was little he and his father listened to The Beatles, The Doors, among other classics.
At the age of 14 (2001) he joined his first cover band "Blood Brothers", as a guitarist, formed by school friends where they performed songs by Iron Maiden, Kiss, Pink Floyd, among others. After that, it took many years to reconnect with music.
At the end of 2019, he had his first contact with the 4 strings, joining Bluewaves. Later, in 2022, he officially debuted live as a bassist in the CreaRock venues.
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Seba enjoys many musical styles (perhaps the member with the least musical biases) but among his favorites are HardRock and Progressive-Rock, where his favorite bands currently are Rival Sons, Tool, Greta Van Fleet, Refused, Disturbed, among many others.
Gonza
Gonzalo Jessen, originally from Concepción, in the late 80s, used to provide homemade amplifiers to metal bands from Concepción. This transitioned his interest in electronics into a passion for music. At the age of 16, he started his first rock band as a drummer ("Cero"), and during his university years, he played a mix of grunge covers and original compositions. At times, he dabbled in funk, stoner, and bossa nova bands. In 1998, he joined Lovecraft, a psychedelic rock band from Concepción, with whom he recorded at Constantinopla Studio. From that band emerged "Octubre19" first and later "Ako," with whom he relocated to Santiago in 2006, embarking on a period of self-discovery in electronics and self-production. However, the guitarist moved to Hawaii, and the project came to an end.
After a few years without a band, in mid-2023, he crossed paths with Bluewaves at just the right moment to join the blue wave.
Gonza's musical tastes revolve around Stoner Rock, Grunge, Melodic Progressive Metal, Hardcore Metal, Punk, and British Indie, primarily. His favorite bands include Guns N' Roses, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Gojira, Igorrr, Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, Katatonia, Anathema, Porcupine Tree, Baroness, and others.