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.
Cuadro II
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Algo se ha iluminado
Y en su interior las figuras danzan
Me miran fijamente y se agrandan
Mi cuerpo pesa menos
Siento que me elevo
Las pistolas de warhol
Se nubla en mi cerebro la situación
Rodeado por miradas
Algo difuminadas
Y admito los colores de su interior
Y sufre mi figura la transformación
Y aquellos ojos blancos
Me vuelvo hacia su lado
Me obligan a sentirme así
Están tras de ti
Están tras de ti
Mis ojos van al cuadro
Algo se ha iluminado
Y en su interior las figuras danzan
Me miran fijamente y se agrandan
Mi cuerpo pesa menos
Siento que me elevo
Las pistolas de warhol
Sin munición
Se nubla en mi cerebro la situación
Rodeado por miradas
Algo difuminadas
Y admito los colores de su interior
Y sufre mi figura la transformación.
Y aquellos ojos blancos
Me vuelvo hacia su lado
Me obligan a sentirme así
Están tras de ti
Están tras de ti
The song "El Cuadro II" by Heroes del Silencio (Senderos de Traición) is a haunting and surreal exploration of the transformative power of art. The lyrics describe the singer's experience of looking at a painting (el cuadro) and being mesmerized by the movement and presence of the figures within it. As they look closer, the singer begins to feel as though they are being drawn into the painting, and their perception of reality begins to blur.
The song uses vivid and evocative imagery to convey this sense of disorientation and alienation. The figures in the painting are described as "dancing" and "growing larger" as the singer becomes more entranced, and the colors within the painting seem to spill out into the real world. The use of the phrase "pistolas de Warhol" (Warhol's guns) suggests a sense of danger and violence lurking beneath the surface of the painting, and the line "están tras de ti" (they are behind you) creates a sense of paranoia and unease.
Overall, "El Cuadro II" is a powerful testament to the magnetic and transformative power of art. The painting becomes a portal to another world, drawing the singer deeper and deeper into its depths until their perception of reality begins to warp and shift.
Line by Line Meaning
Mis ojos van al cuadro
My eyes go to the painting
Algo se ha iluminado
Something has become illuminated
Y en su interior las figuras danzan
And inside, the figures dance
Me miran fijamente y se agrandan
They stare at me and grow larger
Mi cuerpo pesa menos
My body feels lighter
Siento que me elevo
I feel myself lifting
Las pistolas de warhol
Warhol's guns
Sin munición
Without ammunition
Se nubla en mi cerebro la situación
The situation clouds my mind
Rodeado por miradas
Surrounded by looks
Algo difuminadas
Somewhat blurry
Y admito los colores de su interior
And I acknowledge the colors inside
Y sufre mi figura la transformación
And my figure suffers the transformation
Y aquellos ojos blancos
And those white eyes
Me vuelvo hacia su lado
I turn to their side
Me obligan a sentirme así
They force me to feel this way
Están tras de ti
They are after you
Están tras de ti
They are after you
Mis ojos van al cuadro
My eyes go to the painting
Algo se ha iluminado
Something has become illuminated
Y en su interior las figuras danzan
And inside, the figures dance
Me miran fijamente y se agrandan
They stare at me and grow larger
Mi cuerpo pesa menos
My body feels lighter
Siento que me elevo
I feel myself lifting
Las pistolas de warhol
Warhol's guns
Sin munición
Without ammunition
Se nubla en mi cerebro la situación
The situation clouds my mind
Rodeado por miradas
Surrounded by looks
Algo difuminadas
Somewhat blurry
Y admito los colores de su interior
And I acknowledge the colors inside
Y sufre mi figura la transformación
And my figure suffers the transformation
Y aquellos ojos blancos
And those white eyes
Me vuelvo hacia su lado
I turn to their side
Me obligan a sentirme así
They force me to feel this way
Están tras de ti
They are after you
Están tras de ti
They are after you
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