Druidas is a rock band featuring Patricio (guitars and vocals), Güera (bass) and Chespi (drums).

Very early on, they decided to eschew any trace of Latin Music influences in their sound and, instead, geared towards a style that mixed elements of classic rock, alternative rock, celtic music and, later in their career, americana.

In a time when independent music was all but dead in Mexico, they managed to release three albums (Siete, 2000, Druidas-Druidas, 2003, La Bestia, 2004), tour Mexico incessantly (as well as part of the USA) and get their songs and videos played in commercial (as well as college) radio and TV before going into hiatus in  2006.

In 2007, they resurfaced briefly as The Rambler, before reforming as Druidas in 2009.

Some lesser-known facts about Druidas:

+They formed in Puebla in 1992 but moved to Mexico City in 1995.

+In 1995 they obtained the 4th place in the Battle of the Bands held by Mexico's most prestigious rock club, Rockotitlán.

+One year later, they obtained the same result in the "El Rock nos Pertenece" contest organized by Orbita 105.7, the premiere rock station in Mexico City (now under the name "Reactor").

+"Siete" was voted the Best Pop/Rock debut in the year 2000 edition of the "Nuestro Rock" survey.

+In February 2001 it was featured as CD of the week in Imagen 90.5, arguably the best radio station in Mexico City at the time.

+Although their first single "Finn" failed to chart in Mexico City, it reached the top spot in many radio stations around the country and abroad. Unable to fly to Lima, Peru for a live interview (where they remained in the #1 for a few weeks), they recorded the answers to questions sent by email in a CD that was later played by the dj after reading the questions live and on air.

+The video for the same song was voted among the top 50 in the year 2000, according to TeleHit, Mexico's most important video channel.

+"Bajo las Estrellas", which was never actually released as a single, kicked Britney Spears' "Oops I Did It Again" from the top spot in the local popularity charts of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (the band members themselves are to this day unable to explain this).

+Druidas' tongue-in-cheek tribute to kiddie show "Odisea Burbujas" is, ironically, the song that got the heaviest rotation in Reactor 105.7

+Rumours that Güera is losing his hair are totally false... he just has a very, VERY prominent forehead that, for some reason, goes all the way to his back.

+It has been reported that Patricio once managed to remain silent for more than 5 minutes... but there are no witnesses.

+In 2005 alone, Chespi may have drunk more beer than the entire population of Andorra.

Español:

(Extraído de Alborde, 11 de septiembre de 2003, Juan Carlos Hidalgo Baca)

Druidas es una banda que desde su formación, —a mediados de los noventa, en Puebla—, ha manifestado un férreo espíritu innovador. Lo suyo no pretende casarse con modas fugaces ni tendencias efímeras. Aman la música y lo expresan a través de su pasión por el rock. Druidas es básicamente un cuarteto atípico cuya tenacidad los ha llevado a editar un segundo disco independiente, que será conocido como el epónimo o el Druidas-Druidas (2003). Mucho tiene por decir una secta involucrada en unir épocas y ritmos.

Su disco debut (Siete, 2000) los perfi ló como una banda interesada en los sonidos celtas y la sonoridad de la gaita. Elaboran una amalgama propia de los tiempos alquímicos de donde surge su nombre. Tiempos, movimientos y corrientes confluyen a sus conjuros musicales.

Su brebaje mezcla bases progresivas, hereda-das de Jethro Tull y Gentle Giant, con marañas guitarreras británicas al estilo de Manics Street Preaches, Suede, Ash y toda esa cofradía. La vasija en la que cocinan sus pociones contiene fragmentos de rock alternativo sazonados con un interés por la música planetaria.