Spanish pop duet Estopa formed by brothers Jos and David Muoz made an impressive debut with the release of their self-titled debut album released by BMG-Ariola The group became a top-selling act in less than a year Playing a mixture of flamencopop an…

Latin pop duet from Spain Ella Baila Sola started working on their own music in the mid-80s after producer Gonzalo Benavides heard a demo of a local band called the Just led by Marta Bota and Marilia Casares and got in touch with them soon after Both…

Spanish singersongwriter Antonio Vega got involved in music while attending guitar classes with his brothers Carlos and Ricardo at the age of ten In 1977 while in the Spanish military service Antonio Vega composed one of the classics of a local new w…

An exceptionally well-regarded Spanish poprock band La Oreja de Van Gogh are also one of the most commercially successful with each of their albums selling around a million copies worldwide Driven by electric guitar and keyboard their music is easily…

When Spanish vocalist Nino Bravo born Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis died in an automobile accident on April1 6 1973 the world lost one of its greatest romantic balladeers Bravo had been attracting acclaim since 1959 when he sang with the youthful pop grou…

Seguridad Social comes from Spain but its 20-year career trajectory follows a common pattern starting off with punk and ska in the early 80s the group moved to a harder rock sound later in the decade Singer and chief songwriter Jose Manuel Casa dumpe…

Spanish poprock band los Toreros Muertos was formed in 1986 by singersongwriter TV host and actor Pablo Carbonell The band made their debut that same year with a maxi-single called Yo No Me Llamo Javier followed by their first album 30 Aos de Exitos …

Spanish ska band Celtas Cortos was formed in 1986 by students from a Valladolid institute reunited to participate in a music contest called Colectivo Eurofolk After coming in first place the young musicians decided to stay in the band recording their…

Singer and songwriter Joaqun Sabina was born in beda Spain in February 12 1949 At the age of 14 Sabina started writing poems getting connected with music as a member of a teenagers rockabilly band called Merry Youngs Sabinas poetry and music skills w…

The Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo strictly translated as wood syrup in English was formed in Barcelona in the early 90s by vocalist and guitarist Pau Dons with guitarist Jordi Mena drummer Alex Tenas percussionist Dani Forcada and bassist Joan Gen …

b. 18 December 1968, Madrid, Spain. Balladeer and pop singer Alejandro Sanz began recording for WEA Latina in 1991 with Viviendo Deprisa. His fourth long player, 1997's Más, emerged as the success story of 1997 in Spain. Indeed, the album is widely a…

Poprock band from Spain Radio Futura started playing in 1978 under the name of Futurama a project created by keyboardist Herminio Molero The band debuted in October of 1979 while performing live at Madrids Ateneo The following year they had the oppor…

Spanish experimental heavy metal band Mago de Oz was formed in 1989 Three years later the group became one of the finalists at Rock de Villa de Madrids contest In 1994 the six-piece act independently released a self-titled album In 1996 Mago de Oz co…

Poprock band los Rodrguez was formed in Spain by Argentinean singerkeyboardist Andrs Calamaro ex-los Abuelos de la Nada who was joined by well-known guitarist Ariel Rot The bands debut album called Buena Suerte was released in 1991 followed by Disco …

The Rock en Espanol band Heroes del Silencio was formed in Zaragoza Spain during the mid-80s Comprised of singerguitarist Enrique Bunbury lead guitarist Juan Valdivia second guitarist Alan Boguslavsky bassist Joaquin Cardiel and drummer Pedro Andreu …

Spanish poprock foursome Hombres G was formed by ex-los Residuos guitarist Daniel Mezquita drummer Javier Molina and singerbassist David Summers soon joined by guitarist Rafael Gutierrez The bands name was based on an American movie called G-Men Homb…