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.
Hace Tiempo
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Una conversación
Quizás sólo fueran palabras desnudas
Pero de, corazón
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Quizás no te llamo
Porque no me atrevo
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Habremos cambiado
Quizás a peor
Tengo momentos en que sólo recuerdo
Una revolución
Guerreros salvajes con armas de barro
En qué se quedó
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Quizás no te llamo
Porque no me atrevo
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Habremos cambiado
Quizás a peor
Quizás, quizás, quizás a peor
Quizás a peor
A peor
Quizás, quizás, quizás, quizás a peor
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Quizás no te llamo
Porque no me atrevo
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Habremos cambiado
Creemos que sí
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Quizás no te llamo
Porque no me atrevo
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
Habremos cambiado
Quizás a peor
The lyrics to Héroes Del Silencio's song Hace Tiempo (Long Time Ago) speak of memories and changes over time. The first stanza mentions a conversation that may have been just words, but were heartfelt. The second stanza speaks of a revolution and wild warriors with makeshift weapons, questioning what has become of them now. The chorus repeats the phrase "Hace tiempo que no te veo" (It's been a long time since I've seen you) and suggests fear in reaching out to the person in question. The final repetition of the chorus ends with the possibility that perhaps things have changed for the worse.
The lyrics seem to be reflective of the bittersweet nature of memories and the passage of time. The two stanzas speak of different memories- one of a heartfelt conversation and the other of excitement and passion in a revolution- and yet both are tinged with a slight sense of disappointment or disillusionment. The chorus speaks to the human tendency to avoid reaching out due to fear or uncertainty, and the final repetition leaves the listener wondering if things have indeed changed for the worse. The lyrics seem to evoke a sense of longing and introspection as the singer reflects on the past.
Line by Line Meaning
Tengo momentos en que sólo recuerdo
There are times when I only remember
Una conversación
A conversation
Quizás sólo fueran palabras desnudas
Perhaps they were just naked words
Pero de, corazón
But from heart
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
It's been a while since I've seen you
Quizás no te llamo
Maybe I don't call you
Porque no me atrevo
Because I don't dare
Habremos cambiado
We must have changed
Quizás a peor
Maybe for the worse
Tengo momentos en que sólo recuerdo
There are times when I only remember
Una revolución
A revolution
Guerreros salvajes con armas de barro
Wild warriors with mud weapons
En qué se quedó
What did it turn into?
Creemos que sí
We believe so
Quizás, quizás, quizás a peor
Maybe, maybe, maybe for the worse
Quizás a peor
Maybe for the worse
A peor
For the worse
Quizás, quizás, quizás, quizás a peor
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe for the worse
Hace tiempo que ya no te veo
It's been a while since I've seen you
Quizás no te llamo
Maybe I don't call you
Porque no me atrevo
Because I don't dare
Habremos cambiado
We must have changed
Quizás a peor
Maybe for the worse
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Enrique Ortiz De Landazuri Izarduy, Joaquin Cardiel Gerico, Juan Valdivia Navarro, Pedro Andreu Lapiedra
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