Azteca (band)
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Azteca was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band formed at the end of 1971 by Neal Schon, later of Journey fame, along with Larry Graham (bass) and Gregg Errico (drums), both from Sly and the Family Stone and Peter Sears (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship) keyboard. The band, which exhibited heavy Latin influences, would eventually morph into Graham Central Station after a fashion. Former Santana bass player Tom Rutley would move into to the bass spot with Azteca after Graham, Sears, and Errico went their own way to form Graham Central Station. Schon later left to join Journey.
The band produced two albums, 1972's self-titled debut (which charted briefly) and 1973's Pyramid of the Moon.