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.
Hologramas
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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a veces piensas que son reales.
Imágenes que los demás no oirán
porque son hologramas sin proyección.
Y ahora que tu mente me pertenece
jamás podrás volver a huir.
Ahora que ese muro desaparece
tu nombre volverá a mí.
se estrellan mis enojos.
Y ahora que los pájaros
vuelven a llorar
podrás imaginar...
The lyrics of Heroes Del Silencio's song Hologramas are an exploration of the power of the mind and the illusions it can create. The song opens with the line "Te imaginas cosas que nunca verás" ("You imagine things that you will never see"), which sets the tone for the rest of the song. The singer describes the way in which our minds can conjure up images and ideas that seem real, even though they are not. He talks about how sometimes we can get so caught up in these illusions that we start to believe in them, even when others cannot see them.
The chorus of the song revolves around the idea of a hologram, which is an image created by shining a laser through a physical object. The singer refers to these images as "hologramas sin proyección" ("holograms without projection"), suggesting that they are purely figments of the imagination. He then goes on to talk about how he has gained control of the listener's mind, and they will never be able to escape from him. The line "ahora que ese muro desaparece tu nombre volverá a mí" ("now that that wall disappears, your name will come back to me") seems to suggest that the singer is trying to break down a barrier between himself and the listener, and regain their attention and affection.
Throughout the song, there are references to birds, tears, and anger, which add to the overall sense of longing and loss. The verse "delante de tus ojos se estrellan mis enojos" ("my anger crashes in front of your eyes") suggests that the singer is pained by the distance between himself and the listener, and that he is struggling with his emotions. The final line of the song, "podrás imaginar" ("you can imagine"), leaves the listener with the impression that the illusions and dream-like quality of the song will continue even after it has ended.
Line by Line Meaning
Te imaginas cosas que nunca verás
You imagine things that you'll never see
a veces piensas que son reales.
Sometimes you think they're real
Imágenes que los demás no oirán
Images that others won't hear
porque son hologramas sin proyección.
Because they're holograms without projection
Y ahora que tu mente me pertenece
And now that your mind belongs to me
jamás podrás volver a huir.
You'll never be able to run away again
Ahora que ese muro desaparece
Now that that wall disappears
tu nombre volverá a mí.
Your name will return to me
Delante de tus ojos
In front of your eyes
se estrellan mis enojos.
My angers crash
Y ahora que los pájaros
And now that the birds
vuelven a llorar
Start to cry again
podrás imaginar...
You can imagine...
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PEDRO ANDREU LAPIEDRA, JOAQUIN CARDIEL JERICO, ENRIQUE ORTIZ DE LANDAZURI IZARDUY, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO
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