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.
Fuente Esperanza
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Gritaba como un niño de inevitable temor
Una mala borrasca me hizo buscar
Un poco de calma en un sueño a escondidas
Siempre buscando una fuente
Para poder respirar
Cuando diviso un pasadizo a lo lejos
Apartarme de los ruidos que escuchábamos ayer
Perderme en el olvido solitario
Y echaré por tierra todo un mundo creado
Desde tiempos de eva en un pozo sin fondo
Siempre buscando una fuente
Para poder respirar
Cuando diviso un pasadizo a lo lejos
Creo enloquecer
The lyrics to "Fuente Esperanza" by Héroes del Silencio describe a search for inner peace and refuge from the chaos of the outside world. The singer compares himself to a hidden underground river, and cries out like a frightened child seeking safety. He is weathering a personal storm and seeks solace in a hidden dream, as he is unable to find calm in reality.
The theme of seeking a source of hope and escape is repeated throughout the song, as the singer longs for a place to take refuge and breathe freely. He sees a distant passageway and feels as though he may lose his mind trying to reach it, desperate for a place of sanctuary. The lyrics go on to describe the desire to detach oneself from the noise and commotion of the past, and to immerse oneself in a state of blissful oblivion. Through searching for this symbolic fountain of hope, he seeks to rebuild a world that has crumbled around him and has become a bottomless pit.
Overall, "Fuente Esperanza" is a song of longing for a place of refuge, a safe haven away from the tumult of reality. Through the imagery of an underground river and a hidden dream, the songwriter presents a powerful message about the desire for peace and sanctuary in the face of chaos.
Line by Line Meaning
Ocultarme como un río subterráneo
I hide and flow silently like an underground river
Gritaba como un niño de inevitable temor
I scream uncontrollably like a scared child
Una mala borrasca me hizo buscar
A terrible storm made me seek
Un poco de calma en un sueño a escondidas
A little bit of peace in a hidden dream
Siempre buscando una fuente
Always searching for a source
Para poder respirar
To be able to breathe
Cuando diviso un pasadizo a lo lejos
When I spot a distant passage
Creo enloquecer
I believe I'm going crazy
Apartarme de los ruidos que escuchábamos ayer
To distance myself from the noises we heard yesterday
Perderme en el olvido solitario
To get lost in the lonely oblivion
Y echaré por tierra todo un mundo creado
And I will ruin an entire created world
Desde tiempos de eva en un pozo sin fondo
Since the time of Eve in an endless pit
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ENRIQUE ORTIZ DE LANDAZURI, JOAQUIN CARDIEL, JUAN VALVIDIA, PEDRO ANDREU
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Andrés Muskuss
Soy el único que piensa que Valdivia es uno de los guitarristas mas subvalorados de la historia ?? Por dios, quien suena como el y tiene la genialidad de este tio ? Simplemente hermoso !!
Santiago Montiel
Único
JuanCa Vindas
Sí, mucha gente lo reconoce por haber compuesto un par de éxitos, pero Valdivia es mucho más que sólo un par de éxitos.
Olmedo Carpintero
Totalmente.
Isabel FdeC
Este guitarrista es impresionantemente BUENO.
Una maravilla. TODOS son impresionantes. Por qué no se juntan otra vez este grupo? No podemos perderles. Son un tesoro de la misma española.
Christian Zamora
Pues… toca bien 👍🏻
Cristoffer Ruiz
Les contaré por que esta canción es mi favorita de Heroes
A inicios de este año, con 18 años aún, desperte repentinamente y todo estaba oscuro, por suerte tenia el celular en mi mano y pude alumbrar y ver la hora, eran las 4:10 de la madrugada aprox. me puse mis audifonos, reproduje al azar, y salió esta canción. Para mi fue algo simbolico eso, porque en ese tiempo atravesaba muchos problemas y dificultades emocionales, y todo lo oscuro representaba mis problemas, sin embargo encontre esta joya y me hizo volver a tener esperanza que mi situación cambiaria... 😊😊
Gracias a los Heroes del Silencio mi banda favorita de todos los tiempos.
John Q
En la Rosa de Guadalupe haremos un hit de tu historia🤞
Cristoffer Ruiz
@John Q lo espero :3
Saludos pepón.
Felix Dolores
Gracias por compartir