Koky Bonilla

Peruvian musician, author, composer, guitarist and singer from Lima, leader and founder of the Peruvian band Afrodisiaco. In 1986, he formed a band they called "Buss" with his friends from school, that was enough to start with his passion for music. In 1987, he formed his first band "Scala Bb", with which he recorded his first song "Falso Intellectual" which entered the Ranking of Radio America in 1988. The following year they recorded the song "La Chica Del Bus" at the Amigos Studios, Lima. In 1989, he became part of the Hard Rock band "Handrea". They sang covers, their most relevant show was in the Central Plaza of Barranco and sharing the stage with Los Inocentes (2), a prelude to what is today Mar De Copas. In 1990, he enters in the band "Sucesos", where he plays the first guitar, presenting his show at the "Tarot pub". One night, the leader of the Hard Rock band "Sacra (6)" invites him to prove himself as the lead guitarist and backing vocals of "Los Ñaños (2)". In 1991, he was called to join the guitar group "Los Ñaños (2)", they released their only album titled Rock N' Ron in Iempsa, they stayed together for a year and a half and later entered another stage in the band "Sandunga" with which two songs stood out: “Moliendo Café” and “Borracho”, they released an album for the Iempsa Label. In 1997, he created Afrodisiaco with Gustavo Coronel-Zegarra and Fernando Chávez (2). Later; Henry Chamorro, Johan Cortéz, Lucho Vargas (2), Renato Rojas, Armando Espinoza (2) and Pipo Paz Soldán joins to the band. In 2009, his music is considered in the television series Al Fondo Hay Sitio and reaching a new audience for the group. A year later, the album Love is released, a record that compiles all the hits sounded on television programs. Nowadays, Koky Bonilla continues the legacy of his band and creating more hits.