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PUYA

Union
MCA Records
www.mcarecords.com

In America, non-English language music doesn't really catch on all that often to mainstream audiences. Well, with the exception of "99 Luft Balloons" by Nena and those remixes of J-Lo... But here you've got one of the most versatile and creative metal bands singing more than half of their lyrics in Spanish, and it doesn't matter. The music is just that heavy and melodic that it passes all language barriers, kind of like that Cypress Hill record "Los Grandes Exitos En Espanol," but anyway, this is far better than the Bizkits and bands that end with a "d" -- look out Cold, Staind, Puddle of Mudd, and Disturbed. Now someone please tell me what the heck the name "Puya" means...
Darren "Hollywood" Paltrowitz

PUYA