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.
Iberia sumergida
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Y la rabia insolente de mi juventud
La ingenuidad
Nos absuelve de equivocarnos
Que cada uno aporte lo que sepa
Te hicieron pan y ahí te consumimos
Y la venganza es un trasto tan inútil
Y esta es mi espina
Iberia sumergida
En sus rumores clandestinos
Formulas preguntas
Con semilla de respuesta
Y conozco cual es tu camino
De memoria
Descreo de la razón de la mayoría
Y sus abrazos propietarios
Sin salida, no hay salida
Ahora que padeces de insomnio
Quisieras morir de siesta
Estribillo
The lyrics of Héroes Del Silencio's song Iberia Sumergida, translated as "Submerged Iberia", are full of anger, rebelliousness, and disillusionment. The opening lines suggest that the singer woke up with clenched fists and the insolent rage of youth. The subsequent lines talk about how innocence absolves us of mistakes and how everyone should contribute what they know. The lyrics then move on to criticize the society that consumes people like bread and how revenge is useless.
The singer then claims that this is their place and this is their thorn, and goes on to talk about a submerged Iberia, referring to the history of Spain and the struggles its people have gone through. The following lines talk about asking questions and seeking answers, and how the singer knows the path by heart. The lyrics then express disbelief in the reasoning of the majority and their proprietary hugs, and how there seems to be no way out of the situation. The final lines talk about how those who suffer from insomnia would prefer to be asleep forever.
Overall, the lyrics of Iberia Sumergida express the frustration and angst of a disillusioned youth who is questioning the society they live in and trying to find their place in it. The lyrics touch upon themes such as the struggle for freedom and identity, the limitations of revenge and the need for change.
Line by Line Meaning
Amanecí con los puños bien cerrados
I woke up with my fists tightly clenched
Y la rabia insolente de mi juventud
And the insolent rage of my youth
La ingenuidad
Naivety
Nos absuelve de equivocarnos
Absolves us from making mistakes
Que cada uno aporte lo que sepa
Let everyone contribute what they know
Te hicieron pan y ahí te consumimos
They turned you into bread and consumed you
Y la venganza es un trasto tan inútil
And revenge is such an useless tool
Este es mi sitio
This is my place
Y esta es mi espina
And this is my thorn
Iberia sumergida
Submerged Iberia
En sus rumores clandestinos
In its clandestine rumors
Formulas preguntas
Formulate questions
Con semilla de respuesta
With a seed of an answer
Y conozco cual es tu camino
And I know what your path is
De memoria
By heart
Descreo de la razón de la mayoría
I don't believe in the reason of the majority
Y sus abrazos propietarios
And their possessive embraces
Sin salida, no hay salida
No way out, there is no way out
Ahora que padeces de insomnio
Now that you suffer from insomnia
Quisieras morir de siesta
You would like to die from a nap
Estribillo
Chorus
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PEDRO ANDREU LAPIEDRA, ALAN BOGUSLAVSKY ZONDOWICZ, JOAQUIN CARDIEL JERICO, ENRIQUE ORTIZ DE LANDAZURI IZARDUY, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO
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Enrique Viajero Runner
Amanecí con los puños bien cerrados
Y la rabia insolente de mi juventud
La ingenuidad
Nos absuelve de equivocarnos
Que cada uno aporte lo que sepa
Te hicieron pan y ahí te consumimos
Y la venganza es un trasto tan inútil
Este es mi sitio
Y esta es mi espina
Iberia sumergida
En sus rumores clandestinos
Formulas preguntas
Con semilla de respuesta
Y conozco cual es tu camino
De memoria
Descreo de la razón de la mayoría
Y sus abrazos propietarios
Sin salida, no hay salida
Ahora que padeces de insomnio
Quisieras morir de siesta
Etología T&R
No habrá jamás una banda de rock que suene como lo hacía héroes, son atemporales.
Beto Bunburyano 2000.
“Me pongo eufórico con está canción "🙌🙌🙌
Johanna López
Me pasa exactamente lo mismo cuando escucho esta canción
Carlos Enrique Hernandez Rodriguez
Antes de trabajar ojo: soy medico, siempre coloco esta pieza y es como una taza de café.
Diana C
Como te comprendo
Angie
X2
chris xen12
Cómo puede ser que semejante obra de arte tenga solo un millón de visitas.
Cristian Gómez :v
Somos pocos los que escuchamos musica de calidad Crack 😍❤
Canarias Team
No hemos sabido educar a nuestro hijos , esta es la respuesta a tu pregunta ....le hemos dejado libertad musical , ¡¡¡el rock volverá con mas fuerza que nunca !!!!
Renato Mori
Vivimos la era de la estupidez, de la cual algunos pocos nos sacudimos.