History and Discography of Mezquita, a band from Cordoba, Andalusia in Spain that combined Spanish and Arabic aspects into their unique from of Symphonic Progressive Rock.The group evolved from a band called Expresión and released 2 albums including "Recuerdos de mi Tierra" from 1979 which is often considered one of, if not the best, Andalusian Rock album.
The band consisted of José Rafa García Roso, Fernando “Randy” López Rojas, Francisco “Roscka” López Carrillo and Rafael “Pelucas" Zorrilla. During the band's hiatus, Randy López played with Medina Azahara, Jose Rafa released the album, "Termina el Trabajo" under the name Adán García and unfortunately we lost Rafael Zorrilla in 2002... with Eduardo Viñolo on drums, the band also appeared on a Ronnie James Dio tribue album doing "Gates of Babylon" with Manuel Escudero and released a 30th anniversary live album.
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Check out the new album by Randy López, "APOCALIPSIS?"
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Some Suggested Listening:
The title track from "Recuerdos de mi Tierra"
"Cuentos Arabes" from the album "Califas del Rock"
The shirt I'm wearing in the thumbnail is Angelic Rock Opera band, Alaeddin
Here's a VR video of me rehearsing with the group
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