About Como as featured in Give Me Your Love

The band was founded in 1985 by Alex Demilo, an American musician and songwriter from Connecticut who had been living in Argentina since 1981, and Javier Brizzi, a Buenos Aires drummer. The two met at a party and began rehearsing together the following day. Marcelo Cepeda, a guitarist who had never played bass before, rounded out the three-piece lineup.
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Como performed all original songs written and sung by Demilo in English — something virtually unheard of in the Argentine rock scene at the time — drawing influences from The Police,  Talking Heads, and the Rolling Stones. Their sound was hard rocking and post-punk driven by Demilo's rhythm guitar and songwriting, Javier's powerful drumming, and Marcelo's instinctive bass playing.

The band began rehearsing in Javier’s rooftop storage room in Buenos Aires called La Cueva which became their creative home and headquarters.  Demilo was booked to return in less than three weeks and during that time they performed at three venues to a stunned Argentine audience who had never seen a band fronted by an American.  The success of these three gigs encouraged Demilo to return months later after scraping enough money for a plane ticket back to Buenos Aires.

In less than a year, Como performed at some of Buenos Aires' most celebrated venues including El Taller, Exit, GAZ, Rocky Point, Airport, Prix d'Ami and San Francisco, where they played to an audience of over 1,000 people. They also performed three dates in Punta del Este, Uruguay — considered the most glamorous resort destination in South America — including a headline set at Rainbow Rock, the premier nightclub of the time.

Argentine rock legend Pappo, considered the greatest blues and rock guitarist in Argentine history, and a friend of B.B. King — attended a Como performance to specifically see the band he had heard was making waves and personally encouraged them at a boozy after party.

Celebrated Argentine rock and blues singer Celeste Carballo, whose band earlier that year had opened for Bob Dylan and Santana, was recognized by Brizzi on the streets of Buenos Aires.  Intrigued by an American singer in an Argentine rock band, joined Como on stage unrehearsed during their performance at Exit.

Como's original catalog included songs written by Demilo — Give Me Your Love, I've Changed My Mind, Giovanna, Go Away Now, and I’m Still Thinking — as well as Story of a Soldier, a song co-written by Marcelo about a fellow conscript killed during mandatory military service, which the band performed in Spanish.

The band dissolved in 1986 when Demilo's funds ran out and he was forced to return to the United States and then lost himself in a firey romance that took him to London and then San Francisco.  A return to Buenos Aires and a reunion of Como has never materialized.

The only music that exists are cassette tape recordings on Javier’s JVC boombox which have now been AI separated and re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell.  Showell is known for re-mastering the 50th-anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the 2022 reissue of Revolver.