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Billy Bond (2)

Italian-born Argentine singer, producer and businessman (b. 1944 in La Spezia, Liguria). Bond began his musical career with [i]Los Bobby Cats[/i], later he formed the Beat music group [a=Los Guantes Negros] along with [a=Ricardo Lew] and [a=Willy Verdaguer]. He later started his solo career under the alias [b]Billy Bond "El Rebelde"[/b]. He performed for [l=Music Hall] as a session guitarist, where he'd go on to release most of his records. Later became the owner of multiple bars and music clubs, most famously the Jazz club [i]La Cueva de Passarotus[/i], which evolved to become meeting places for artists, live and session rock perfomers. From there Bond would meet many future members of [a=La Pesada (2)] and pioneers of the local Hard Rock scene. In the early 70s Bond funds the collective [a=Billy Bond Y La Pesada Del Rock And Roll] from La Cueva stock and meets producer [a=Jorge Álvarez], who encourages him to start a production career that included La Pesada's albums, [a=Sui Generis (4)]'s [i]Vida[/i], [a=Raul Porchetto]'s [i]Cristo Rock[/i] among others. A terrorist bombing on his club prompts him to emigrate to Brazil on late '74. There, he produced for artists like [a=Ney Matogrosso] and [a=Serú Girán] and recorded with [a=Joelho De Porco] and solo before retiring. During 2018, he reconnected with argentinian musicians and recorded new music.