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Sophia The Ocean is an alternative rock band from Viña del Mar, Chile formed in 2007.〔(Booking Agency )〕 The band music mixture alternative rock, pop punk, experimental rock, indie rock, electronic music, power pop, soul, blues and R&B, also post-hardcore and emo in the first EP. The songs of the band contain English and Spanish, sometimes both in one song, this is because the brothers Osses lived some years on Hallandale, Florida. The name of the band means "wisdom of the ocean", the female name "Sophia", means "wisdom", according by words of Juan Pablo Osses. Also, the brothers Osses are surfers. The band influences are variety, New Kids On The Block, Justin Timberlake, Ne Yo, Sugar Ray, Nsync, Lagwagon, Pennywise, NOFX, Sublime, Every Avenue, The Audition, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Maroon 5, Bee Gees, Lit, Simple Plan, Panic! at the Disco, Comeback Kid, Anberlin, Emery, among many others. ==History== The band was formed by the brothers Juan Pablo (vocals & guitar) and Sebastian Osses (vocals, bass & programming), Luis A. Boza (guitar) and Sergio Alvarez (drums).〔(Interview ) at 192.cl〕 The rhythm guitarist, Francisco Tapia was joined the band on early 2010. Sophia independently released Cities are like Black Holes EP in the Summer of 2008. On April 2008, the band appeared on MTV Latin America on the TV show "LA ZONA", ranking first place of the rest of the bands from Chile. Sophia The Ocean has gone on three national tours so far. In 2008, they went on the "Let The Critics Talk...Tour" and in the winter of the same year they toured the country again with Rosewell on "The Dance Party Winter Tour".〔(Review Tour ) on Rockaxis.com〕〔(Review Tour ) at Rockunion.cl〕 On other tours, Sophia participated with bands as Admira mi Desastre (from Chile), Have Heart (from USA), Boom Boom Kid and Eterna Inocencia (both from Argentina). They were signed to "La Somba Records" in 2009.〔(Record Label ) at LaSombaRecords.com〕 And released their second EP ''We Own The Night'', at beginning of 2010. The band has recently gone on their first international tour ("Trading Mercenaries From The Black Rock Tour 2010"), traveling around Chile, Peru and Ecuador. They are also preparing an album to release later on 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophia the Ocean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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