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.
Apuesta Por el Rock and Roll
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Cualquier oferta es buena
Si quieres poder
Que facil es
Abrir tanto la boca para opinar
Y si te piensas echar atras
Tienes muchas huellas que borrar
Dejame, que yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Si yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Pierdes la fe
Cualquier esperanza es vana
Y no se que creer
Pero olvidame, que nadie te ha llamado
Ya estas otra vez
Dejame, que yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Si yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
Dejalo ya
No seas membrillo y permite pasar
Y si no piensas echar atras
Tienes mucho barro que tragar
Dejame, que yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Si yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
Dejame, que yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Si yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
Entre dos tierras estas
Y no dejas aire que respirar
The lyrics to Heroes Del Silencio's song "Apuesta Por el Rock and Roll" convey a message of self-empowerment and standing up for oneself. The opening lines suggest that one can sell oneself out for any offer of power or success, but the chorus takes a more defiant tone, proclaiming "let me be, I am not to blame for seeing you fall." The lyrics seem to be addressing someone who is struggling with their own identity and values, and being pulled in different directions by the pressures of the world around them.
The repeated phrase "entre dos tierras estas" (you are between two lands) adds to this feeling of conflicting loyalties and not knowing which way to turn. The song seems to be urging the listener to take a stand for what they believe in and not compromise their values for the sake of fitting in or achieving success. The line "no dejas aire que respirar" (you don't leave any air to breathe) reinforces this idea of feeling suffocated and unable to fully express oneself in a world that demands conformity.
Line by Line Meaning
Te puedes vender
You can sell yourself
Cualquier oferta es buena
Any offer is good
Si quieres poder
If you want power
Que facil es
How easy it is
Abrir tanto la boca para opinar
Opening your mouth so much to give your opinion
Y si te piensas echar atras
And if you think about backing out
Tienes muchas huellas que borrar
You have many footprints to erase
Dejame, que yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
Leave me alone, I'm not to blame for seeing you fall
Si yo no tengo la culpa de verte caer
If I'm not to blame for seeing you fall
Pierdes la fe
You lose faith
Cualquier esperanza es vana
Any hope is in vain
Y no se que creer
And I don't know what to believe
Pero olvidame, que nadie te ha llamado
But forget about me, nobody has called you
Ya estas otra vez
You're there again
Entre dos tierras estas
You're between two worlds
Y no dejas aire que respirar
And you don't let air in to breathe
Dejalo ya
Leave it alone now
No seas membrillo y permite pasar
Don't be foolish, let it pass
Y si no piensas echar atras
And if you don't plan on backing out
Tienes mucho barro que tragar
You have a lot of mud to swallow
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