Los Planetas is a Spanish indie rock group from the city of Granada which started out in the second half of the 1990s and continue now through the 2000s. The group's first hit was "Qué puedo hacer" from their album "Super 8", although they had previously had some success with various demos on a contest run by Spanish national public radio station Radio 3.
Kortatu was a Basque ska punk band from the Basque Autonomous Community formed in Irun in the summer of 1984.
Ariola is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment.
Caifanes is a rock band from Mexico City. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original lineup consisted of Saúl Hernández, Sabo Romo, Alfonso André (drums), and Diego Herrera. Alejandro Marcovich later joined Caifanes as lead guitar player. Caifanes’ style can be described as a hybrid of British new wave, progressive rock and Latin percussion underscored by deep, somber, and Latin American-Mexican-Spanish-influenced lyrics and the vocal style of Saúl Hernández. Members of Caifanes have cited The Cure, The Beatles and King Crimson as major influences, with Adrian Belew having produced their third studio album, El Silencio, as well as making a guest appearance on it.
Eskorbuto was a Spanish punk rock band from Santurtzi, Greater Bilbao, Basque Autonomous Community, that formed in 1980. They have been one of the most influential bands for Spanish and Latin American punk rock. They are known for their strong attitude and crude lyrics. They were one of the first bands to perform punk with lyrics in Spanish. Eskorbuto is a modified word taken from escorbuto . Along with the band La Polla Records, Eskorbuto has been very influential in the Spanish rock and punk scene.
Attaque 77, sometimes stylized as A77aque, is an Argentine punk rock group. The band was formed in 1987 as a group of friends who got together to play their favorite songs, most of them by The Ramones, their favorite band and the one that influenced them the most. They started writing songs in the same punk rock style, with lyrics with proletarian content, and wore denim jackets, which became one of their hallmarks in their beginnings. Currently, only three members continue performing and recording.
Baccara was a female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola. The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all-time by a female group, eventually selling more than 18 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single and European tour led to a number of album releases, numerous television appearances and the duo's selection to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.
H-Blockx is a German rock band founded in Münster in 1991. After the success of their debut album in 1994, Time to Move, the band received a nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. In 1999, the World Wrestling Federation contacted them to record a song, "Oh Hell Yeah", for wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, and their song "Countdown to Insanity" appears in the European version of the 2007 video game Rock Band. Between 1994 and 2012, H-Blockx released seven studio albums.
Radio Futura was a Spanish pop rock group. They rose to become one of the most popular bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989 they were voted the best Spanish act of the 1980s.
Maria de Fátima Gomes Nogueira, better known as Joanna, is a Brazilian singer.
Luis Eduardo Aute Gutiérrez was a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and film director.
Tijuana No! is a Mexican ska, rock and punk band from Tijuana, Baja California, México. The band is considered a punk rock, ska band in Mexico and influenced by The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols and Black Flag. In the beginning their name was Radio Chantaje(Blackmail Radio), and later they became No, but upon the knowledge of another band called the same, they changed their name to No de Tijuana(Not From Tijuana), to later just shorten it to Tijuana No!. They were characterized by the social criticism in their lyrics, where they also showed their support to the EZLN, and made reference in their songs to racial, cultural, international, and governmental problems, like the immigration policies in the United States. In 1991 they recorded their first album under an independent label, and one year later (1992) they released the same album under Culebra Records (BMG), who gave them international recognition promoting the single Pobre de Ti(Poor You).
José María López Sanfeliu, better known by his stage name Kiko Veneno, is a Spanish musician.
Kelvis Ochoa is an author, composer, and singer.
R.I.P. was a hardcore punk group from Mondragón, Basque Autonomous Community (Spain), and were part of the Basque Radical Rock musical movement in the early 1980s. By 2014, three of the band's classic four members — lead singer Karlos "Mahoma" Agirreurreta, bassist "Portu" Mancebo and guitarist Jul Bolinaga — had died.
Caricias (Caresses) is a studio album by Spanish performer Rocío Dúrcal released on 4 April 2000 by BMG and Ariola. Produced by Argentinian songwriter Bebu Silvetti. In the United States, Caricias peaked at number-two on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and number-six on Top Latin Albums. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Awards for Pop Album of the Year at the 2001.
Para Toda La Vida(For All Life) is a studio album released by Spanish performer Rocío Dúrcal on February 23, 1999 by BMG Ariola. This would be the second album written, and produced by Argentinian songwriter Roberto Livi for the singer.
Finito means "finished", "over". It may also refer to:
Piperrak was a Spanish punk band from La Ribera. The band started in 1990. They recorded two demos between 1990 and 1992, and two albums between 1994 and 1996, getting a certain transcendence in the Spanish punk scene. In 1997 there was a change of guitar when Javi joined the band. The name comes from the horticultural tradition of his area as "Piperrak" means "peppers" in Basque language. The band had a temporary withdrawal from November 1998 until January 2007. The band disbanded in 2010.
Juan Jaime López Camacho is a Mexican songwriter who has been active since 70s in the musical scene.
