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| Birth name | Cristina Llanos Fayos |
| Also known as | Cristina |
| Born | 3 December 1975 |
| Origin | Madrid, Spain |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Website | Official website |
Cristina Llanos Fayos (born 3 December 1975) is a Spanish musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter. She was the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Spanish rock band Dover. [1]
She attended Virgen de Europa School in Boadilla del Monte, and she left it after repeating the course at 18 years old. After living six months in London, she worked in clothing stores that her mother run in a mall of Majadahonda. She is the younger sister of Amparo Llanos, guitarist and band leader of Dover, who influenced her by teaching her to play the guitar and introducing her to bands like The Beatles, R.E.M. or Nirvana.
She began her career in 1992 with her sister Amparo and Jesús Antúnez. They found a bassist (Alvaro Díez) and recorded the album "Sister", which was a great disappointment, selling only 700 copies. Two years later, they released "Devil Came to Me" with which they got a remarkable success of sales, 800,000 copies. In 2006, "Follow the city lights" was released, turning its music genre to electronics. [2] A few years later, the album "I Ka Kené" was published and had a strong influence of African sounds. [3] In February 2015, they released a new album, "Complications", with which they returned to their origins of rock. [4] [5]
Cristina was responsible for most of the lyrics of the group.
Dover was a Spanish rock band founded in Madrid in 1992. The group was composed of the sisters and group leaders Cristina Llanos (vocals) and Amparo Llanos, drummer Jesús Antúnez and bassist Samuel Titos. They recorded eight albums, selling around two million copies. They are known for their second album Devil Came to Me, which led them to international fame. In 2006, their sixth album, Follow the City Lights caused controversy as the style of the group changed from alternative rock to electronic pop. The band won, among other things, the revelation group awards at the 1997 Premios Ondas and the award for best Spanish artist at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards. The band was disbanded in 2016 by Amparo Llanos, who has since begun another project without her sister.
María Luz Casal Paz is a Spanish rock singer. She grew up in Boimorto, Galicia (Spain), took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.
María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz, better known as Rocío Dúrcal, was a Spanish singer and actress with a career spanning more than four decades. She performed pop music, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Spanish singers of all time. Popular across Mexico and Latin America, she earned the sobriquet of Reina de las Rancheras.
Amparanoia is the stage name of Spanish singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez which combines her first name with the word 'paranoia'. It was also the name of the band she fronted from 1996 to 2006. Her debut album, El Poder de Machín, has been described as "bright, exuberant... with a heavy Latin influence", whereas the 2002-released Somos Viento has been called "a more acoustic blend of Cuban and reggae forms".
Follow the City Lights is the sixth album by Spanish rock band Dover. In contrast to previous releases, the album has an electronic character.
2 is a compilation album of songs by the Spanish band Dover, released in 2007. It is a double CD greatest hits compilation from the band including singles "Serenade", "Devil Came to Me" and "Loli Jackson" and featuring many singles and favourites from their past albums.
The Flame is the fifth album by Spanish rock band Dover, which was released on 27 October 2003. It was recorded in PKO Studios in Madrid with producer Rick Will and mastered by Stephen Marcussen. The album sold 60,000 copies in Spain and approximately 50,000 copies in Germany. On 5 June 2004, the band played the music festival Rock am Ring in support of the album.
I Ka Kené is the seventh album by the Madrid-based group, Dover, released on 4 October 2010. The title means "Are you fine?" in the Bambara language.
I was Dead for 7 Weeks in the City of Angels is the fourth album of the Spanish rock band Dover, released on 17 September 2001. It sold 200,000 copies. The name of the album comes from a series of irregularities that the group had in its recording stage, as Cristina was sick for several weeks and there were a number of problems with producer Barrett Jones.
Devil Came to Me is the second studio album by Spanish rock band Dover. It was released on 21 April 1997 under Subterfuge Records.
Sister is the debut studio album by the Spanish rock band Dover. It was released on 15 August 1995 under the independent record company Everlasting-Caroline.
Late at Night is the third studio album by Spanish rock band Dover. It was released in Europe on 28 June 1999 under Loli Jackson Records and Chrysalis Records.
It's Good to Be Me! is the first EP by the Spanish rock band Dover. It was released on 8 July 2002 through EMI Odeon and Chrysalis Records. It contains one unreleased song, five live versions and two acoustic versions.
Complications is the eighth and final studio album by Spanish rock band Dover, produced by Jesús Antúnez and published by Sony Music Spain on 9 February 2015.
"Serenade" is a song by the Spanish rock band Dover. Written by Cristina Llanos, the track was released in 1997 as the first single from the band's second studio album, Devil Came to Me (1997). This song was the first single that also became his first number one because of its rhythms and catchy chorus. It is the most chanted song in their concerts, making it an anthem for this group.
Amparo Llanos Fayos is a Spanish musician, guitarist and songwriter. She was the leader, along with her sister Cristina, of the Spanish rock band Dover.
Jesús Antúnez is a Spanish musician, DJ, producer and drummer of the Spanish rock band Dover.
The discography of Dover, a Spanish rock band, consists of eight studio albums, an extended play, two compilation albums, 28 singles, and 23 music videos.
Oh! Mother Russia is a compilation album by the Spanish rock band Dover. It was released in Japan on 23 November 2005, under a German-Japanese independent record label, Solitary Man Records.
Pau Donés Cirera was a Spanish songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist of the Barcelona-based band Jarabe de Palo.
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