Alerta Zero

Offering former lead vocalists from the Grammy-nominated group Alacranes Musical, Alerta Zero can be a regional Mexican group having a duranguense music style. Located in Aurora, Illinois, simply beyond your duranguense stronghold of Chicago, the octet features previous Alacranes Musical business lead vocalists Memo Ibarra and Omar Sánchez, along with Christian Rangel (keyboards), Chiro Rodriguez (drums), Pedro Celis (saxophone), Joel Rosales (saxophone), Andres Gutierrez, Jr. (tuba, charcheta), and Miguel Montero (tambora). The group’s musical design is comparable to that of Alacranes Musical, a duranguense group that obtained numerous local Mexican hits through the 2000s and whose recording, Tu Inspiración (2008), was nominated to get a Grammy. In the wake of this Grammy nomination, Ibarra and Sánchez break up through the group to create among their personal. Alerta Zero produced their full-length recording debut with Vivo en Tu Piel for the Fonovisa label in 2011. The recording was a high Five hit for the Regional Mexican Albums graph and spawned the solitary “Vaya con Dios.”