Deeper Than Music interviews actor, singer and former member of Boy Band of Menudo Robert Avellanet

Deeper than music interviews actor, singer Robert Avellanet.<br /><br />About Robert Avellanet:<br /><br />Robert Avellanet, also known as RoBA, is the nephew of well known Puerto Rican bolero and ballad singer Chucho Avellanet. Inspired by his uncle's success across Latin America, Robert wanted to be a singer since childhood. Avellanet himself became a teen idol in Puerto Rico and across Latin America after being hired in 1988 as a member of the international pop sensation MENUDO. He joined the group during the era popularly known as Menudo's Rock era. His debut came when Menudo recorded Sombras & Figuras, the title of an album that produced major hits for the group. Then came Los Ultimos Heroes, which was released in Portuguese as Os Ultimos Heroes, and No Me Corten El Pelo. During his tenure at Menudo, Robert shared the stage with Ricky Martin, Sergio Blass, Ruben Gomez, Angelo Garcia, and Rawy Torres, among others.<br /><br />Almost immediately after becoming a former Menudo, Robert and ex-bandmate and personal friend Rawy Torres formed a group named Euphoria during the early 1990s and recorded two albums. In 1994 Avellanet went to college in Puerto Rico to study Advertising. In 1996 well known tropical music producer and business executive, Ralph Mercado, signed Robert to record a Salsa album under the RMM label. The album Sentir (1999), produced by master Isidro Infante, had great success in several Latin American countries, and most of all in New York and his native island of Puerto Rico. Having interpreted such genre expanded his musical knowledge and allowed him to share the stage with legends such as Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.<br /><br />Searching for new horizons, in 2002 Robert moved to Miami, Florida with an idea of finding new opportunities to expand him as an artist and started writing & producing new music as RoBA. Throughout the years in Miami, Avellanet was active in the acting world as well. He worked on the independent film "Tony Tango" and has worked in several Latin soap operas for networks