Caifanes

Rock group Caifanes from Mexico are pioneers of the revival of Spanish-language rock (rock en español) in Mexico in the mid to late 1980s. Original band members are Saul Hernández (vocals & guitar), Salvador "Sabo" Romo (bass guitar), Alfonso André (drums) and Diego Herrera (keyboards and saxophone). In the 1990s a new member (who had previously played in a band with Hernández and André), Alejandro Marcovich, (lead guitar) was recruited. Their musical approach clashed with the then dominating ballads and happy pop tunes that filled the radio and TV programs, in offering dark and moody lyrics. Their first album "Matenme Porque Me Muero", better know as "Volumen 1" came out in August 1988; the most important tracks are "Viento", "Matenme porque me muero", "Cuéntame tu vida" and "La Negra Tomasa" which proved to be their crossover hit and gained wider media exposure for the group. All these songs, except for "La Negra Tomasa", also owe a lot to The Cure's music style. "La Negra Tomasa" is more like a cumbia, popular music of the coasts of Mexico and South American countries, (primarily Colombia and Venezuela), and heralded the direction their music would go in the forthcoming albums.

External links

• http://www.jaguaresmx.com
• http://www.saulhernandez.net