Enrique Bunbury (born Enrique Ortiz de Landazury Yzarduy,was born in Zaragoza, August 11, 1967) is a spanish rock singer/songwriter got involved in music in the early 1980s, made his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984 Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from an Oscar Wilde novel, the musician teamed up with Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Latin rock scene.
Related Topics: Zaragoza - August 11 - 1967 - Spanish - 1980s - 1984 - Oscar Wilde - Héroes del Silencio
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The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo carreer in 1997 with a techno album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), Del Moran (bass), Ramon Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarrist Alan Boguslavsky.
Related Topics: 1996 - 1997 - Héroes del Silencio
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Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury realeased in 1999 the album "Pequeño", which sounded much different than anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Dominguez, and the new faces, Ana Belen Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percursion), Javier Iñigo, Javier Garcia Vega & Antonio Rios in the metal isntruments.
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This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Walking Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography, (except Antonio Rios).
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Now in 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and will record a new album in 2006 only with his voice and a piano.
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Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/enrique-bunbury/biography.html
