Pecho e' Fierro

Pecho e' Fierro came together in Bogotá in the early 1990s, a group of friends from the city's neighborhoods who started making music together. Their singer and songwriter was Alberto "Pecho" Escobar, and they worked with traditional Colombian sounds like vallenato and cumbia. Their lyrics often dealt with life in the city, touching on poverty and inequality in plain language that connected with people.

Their first album was called "Los Rumberos de la Calle," and it included the song "A Don José." Other tracks like "Apariencias" and "Aquel Que Traicionó" show how they wrote about personal stories and social observations.

Pecho Escobar handled vocals and guitar, and Omar "Pipa" González played accordion. Their music didn't try to smooth over the edges of what they were describing, which gave it a particular kind of honesty. They kept recording through the 1990s, putting out songs like "Arazatí" and "Artigas Y Los Charrúas" that stayed grounded in the same musical and lyrical territory.