Heroes del Silencio started in 1984 as a band named Zumo de Vidrio. The original members were Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia and his brother, and Pedro Andreu. Bunbury was originally a bass player but after Juan Valdivia heard him singing a David Bowie song and told him that he had a great voice, Bunbury became the vocalist. Later on, Joaquin Cardiel joins the line-up.
The band changed their name to Heroes del Silencio in 1986. At first they played in public places and made demos but their break came when they participated in a music contest in Salamanca and won second place - an EMI producer, Gustavo Montesano, saw the band in the contest and some time later, at a concert in Sala En Bruto, he signed the band.
Their first EP, Héroe de Leyenda, was released in in 1987 and sold 30,000 copies. The following year, the album El Mar No Cesa was released, featuring the songs "Mar Adentro", "Agosto" and "El Estanque", and sold 100,000 copies. The supporting tour followed in 1989, documented on the limited edition live album En Directo.
In 1990 they released Senderos de Traicion, their best-selling album with 2 million copies, including 400,000 copies in the first two weeks in Spain alone. The following year they started the tour "Senda 91" and released another live album, Senda 91. 1992 saw the most important CD in their career, El Espiritu del Vino. They sold 600,000 copies of this album which was played throughout America. They followed this with a tour for El Espiritu del Vino. In 1993, Alan Bogulavsky joined the band.
Due to tensions within the band, they took a hiatus and went to Benasque to take a vacation and heal the rifts within the group. After this break they gained a new producer, Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc.) and in 1995 released Avalancha, widely considered their best album. Avalancha was more hard rock than previous albums, with songs like "Avalancha", "Deshacer El Mundo" and "Iberia Sumergida". The album was followed by the "Avalancha" tour in 1995 and 1996, which produced the live album Para Siempre.
The band split in 1996 though this did not prevent the release of the Rarezas album in 1998.
2007 Reunion tour
20 years after their first album, and 10 years after they split up, the band announced a ten concerts reunion tour, taking in Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Ciudad de México, Los Ángeles, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Valencia. For this tour, guitarist Gonzalo Valdivia (Juan Valdivia's brother) replaced former band member Alan Bogulavsky. More than 10,000 people attended each concert. The tour was followed by another live album, Tour 2007.
After the tour, singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury announced the definitive split of the band and that he would be focusing in his solo career.
Decadencia
Héroes Del Silencio Lyrics
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La caída pierde altura por momentos
El templo del sol estallo
Nunca podre saber
Si la cruz es salvación
La casa iluminada espera que alguien entre
El martirio inocente que siempre se ha de
El templo del sol estallo
Nunca podre saber
Si la cruz es salvación
Es la mala hora
Condenado estoy
Es la mala hora
Condenado estoy
Cien pájaros hambrientos
Anuncian la aurora
Mi jodida suerte termino
Y en tu ausencia la paredes
Ee pintaran de tristeza
Y enjaulare mi corazon entre tus huesos
Y en tu ausencia la paredes
Se pintaran de tristeza
Y enjaulare mi corazon entre tus huesos
Dejadme oir como late el corazon
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time
Ohhh Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't never caught a rabbit
Cryin' all the time
And you ain't no friend of mine
Que lejos estoy del suelo
Donde he nacido
Inmensa nostalgia invade mi pensamiento
Y al verme tan solo y triste
Cual hoja al viento
Quisiera llorar quisiera morir
Como Kurt Cobain de sentimiento
Pero no olviden
Supervitaminarse y mineralizarse
Porque la decadencia esta prohibida
En nuestras jodidas mentes
La decadencia esta prohibida
La decadencia esta prohibida
La decadencia esta prohibida
La caida pierde altura
Por momentos, por momentos
La caida pierde altura
Momento a momento, a momento a momento
The lyrics of "Decadencia" by Héroes Del Silencio appear to explore themes of loss, despair, and the struggle to find meaning in life despite the inevitability of death. The opening lines suggest a rejection of decadence and the idea of decline or decay, indicating a desire to cling to life and vitality even in the face of adversity. However, the second verse introduces the concept of martyrdom, suggesting that even innocent suffering can be misunderstood or misinterpreted.
The repetition of the line "El templo del sol estallo / Nunca podre saber / Si la cruz es salvación" (The temple of the sun exploded / I will never know / Whether the cross is salvation) suggests a sense of confusion and uncertainty about the nature of faith or spirituality. The final stanza includes a reference to Kurt Cobain, the frontman of the band Nirvana who died by suicide, suggesting a sense of hopelessness and despair. However, the closing lines of the song urge listeners to "supervitaminarse y mineralizarse" (supervitaminize and mineralize themselves), implying that the key to overcoming despair lies in taking care of one's physical and mental health.
Line by Line Meaning
La decadencia esta prohibida en tu mente
You must not let decadence rule your thoughts and actions
La caída pierde altura por momentos
Each fall reduces us more and more
El templo del sol estallo
The sacred object was destroyed
Nunca podre saber si la cruz es salvación
I'll never know if the cross is the solution
La casa iluminada espera que alguien entre
The brightly lit house is waiting for someone to come in
El martirio inocente que siempre se ha de malinterpretar
The innocent suffering that is always misunderstood
Es la mala hora Condenado estoy
It's a bad time I'm doomed
Cien pájaros hambrientos Anuncian la aurora
A hundred hungry birds announce the dawn
Mi jodida suerte termino
My fucking luck is over
Y en tu ausencia la paredes Ee pintaran de tristeza Y enjaulare mi corazón entre tus huesos
In your absence, the walls will paint themselves gray, and I'll lock my heart in your bones
Dejadme oir como late el corazon
Let me hear how my heart beats
Que lejos estoy del suelo Donde he nacido Inmensa nostalgia invade mi pensamiento Y al verme tan solo y triste Cual hoja al viento Quisiera llorar quisiera morir Como Kurt Cobain de sentimiento
I'm so far from the ground where I was born. Immense nostalgia invades my thoughts, and when I see myself so alone and sad, like a leaf in the wind, I want to cry, I want to die, like Kurt Cobain with emotion.
Pero no olviden Supervitaminarse y mineralizarse Porque la decadencia esta prohibida En nuestras jodidas mentes La decadencia esta prohibida La decadencia esta prohibida La decadencia esta prohibida La caida pierde altura Por momentos, por momentos La caida pierde altura Momento a momento, a momento a momento
But don't forget to keep yourself healthy and strong because decadence is prohibited in our damn minds. The fall reduces us little by little, moment by moment.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ENRIQUE ORTIZ LANDAZURI YZARDUY, JOAQUIN CARDIEL GERICO, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO, PEDRO LUIS ANDREU LAPIEDRA
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