Violent Vira

VIOLENT VIRA draws its music from traumatic yet deeply universal life experiences, as well as from an extraordinary empathy for the world around it. This sensitivity is expressed at both extremes, swinging between haunting melodies and cathartic screams.

The Mexican-American singer Amy Gonzalez, born Amy Gonzalez, together with her musicians Anthony Brown and Matt Bolling, has quietly established itself as a phenomenon of hard rock, with hundreds of millions of streams and dozens of sold-out shows.

Born to first-generation Mexican parents, Amy grew up in a mobile home park in Boise, Idaho. Her mother always made sure there was food on the table, but the family had to face the harsh reality of a failing system, made even tougher by merciless winters.

Finding refuge in art, she went from listening to the Mexican pop giant RBD to a genuine obsession with Selena and Michael Jackson, before later discovering Evanescence, Linkin Park and Three Days Grace.

Determined to become a singer, she auditioned for American Idol, America's Got Talent and Tengo Talento, while regularly busking on the street with a ukulele. After high school, she stayed at her parents' home while juggling odd jobs and writing her own songs.

Years of effort to be heard finally paid off when "I Don't Care" went viral in 2021, surpassing 100 million plays on Spotify.

She carried on with that momentum with tracks such as "You Wanted More" and "God Complex", which together accumulated a further 60 million plays on Spotify. ". She then moved to Texas and signed with MOM+POP.