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For more than 20 years, Jay de la Cueva gave life to his alter ego Bryan Amadeus, voice and leader of Moderatto… A band that, according to its members, was created just for fun.
This is said very often and, sometimes, very lightly… but, now yes: It is the end of an era. With Jay’s departure from Moderatto’s Cave, it seems almost certain that the story of a band that was “there” for more than 20 years ends.
To the surprise of the respectable, Jay de la Cueva announced on social networks that he says goodbye to his alter ego, Bryan Amadeus… and, with that, he formally leaves Moderatto, a glam rock band with which he recorded 11 albums.
“It has not been an easy decision since there is nothing negative, everything is going amazing”, he explained on video until yesterday, August 1, leader of Moderatto.
Jay de la Cueva will focus on new projects
According to Jay de la Cueva’s message, his departure from the band is to attend to other projects. “It’s very important for me to commit to that, to my first solo album and to the new band that I have,” He added in reference to The Guapos, the band he has with Adanowsky, El David Aguilar and Leiva.
“I am very grateful to everyone involved, obviously my four bandmates, our management, Universal, our staff, the whole family, mainly you for so much loveJay added, clarifying that the dates that Moderatto still has will be carried out without any problem. “It’s going to be an incredible opportunity to be able to fire us.”
Moderatto, a band that started for fun
As explained in several interviews, Moderatto emerged more than 20 years ago as a kind of game by its members, Jay de la Cueva, Marcello Lara, Iñaki Vázquez, Cha! and Randy Ebright (later replaced by Elohim Corona), who gave life to some very glamorous alter egos… all rockstars who made up a band that performed countless times in the main forums in the country.
“Moderatto is the band we would have made if we had made a band at 13 (…) our idea was to have fun with the concept of the ‘hair band’, of being a hard rock bandcreate a concept as if Mario LaFontaine and Luis de Llano had sat down to plan it”explains Iñaki Vázquez.
And that’s how it was: with obvious influences from the glam rock of the 80s, from its initial resurrection, Moderatto presented themselves as a band with a lot of rock, a lot of painting… and quite a bit of pop. A fun representation of the kitschwith hits like “Muriendo lento”, “Sentimental”, “Márchate ya” and “I already saw it coming”.
In his message, Jay de la Cueva pointed out that his departure from Moderatto is to give priority to his solo career, as well as to the band The Guapos. “I am very seduced by evolution and I am searching and experimenting”.
