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.
Medicina Húmeda
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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a los rasgos de la muerte
por amor al transparente
de la cárcel de los bosques
di algo que no es real
las plantas generosas quizás
no te dejen ir
lo que el ojo no ve
se cubre de enfermedad
figurando ser un rostro
el águila devora a la serpiente
Europa se aburre
balbucea en vez de hablar
y debería parar
de fabricar sus tinieblas
Santa María, Sabina dice
Dios es azul
las costelaciones dicen
cobayo, barache, bastón y cruz
di algo que no es real
las plantas generosas quizás
no te dejen ir
donde las caras se desdoblan
los espectros conocidos
con nombre de gravedad
entre sus pliegues de piel un derrumbe
que me incitará a explorar
Europa se aburre
balbucea en vez de hablar
y debería parar
de fabricar sus tinieblas
Europa se aburre
balbucea en vez de hablar
y debería parar
de fabricar sus tinieblas.
The lyrics of Héroes del Silencio's song "Medicina Húmeda" address the theme of death and the struggle to escape from it. The opening lines "Permanece atenta a los rasgos de la muerte" (Stay attentive to the features of death) suggest that the singer is aware of the dangers that surround him in the metaphorical "prison of the forests", where he is trapped. He urges his listener to be on guard and to try to escape by saying something that is not real, perhaps to create a new reality.
The next verse introduces the image of plants that may not let go, adding to the sense of entrapment. There is a suggestion that what cannot be seen with the naked eye can cause disease, and this is further developed in the next verse, where an eagle devours a snake. The idea of predator and prey is introduced, and it is implied that there is a struggle for survival.
The remainder of the song continues with the theme of struggle and the need to break free from the boredom and darkness that surround the singer. The mention of Europe suggests a sense of malaise and the need for change, and the references to Santa Maria, Sabina, and constellations add to the surreal and dreamlike quality of the song.
Overall, "Medicina Húmeda" is a haunting and poetic exploration of the struggle to escape from death and entrapment.
Line by Line Meaning
Permanece atenta
Stay attentive
a los rasgos de la muerte
to the features of death
por amor al transparente
for the love of the transparent
de la cárcel de los bosques
of the prison of the forests
di algo que no es real
say something that's not real
las plantas generosas quizás
perhaps the generous plants
no te dejen ir
won't let you go
donde las caras se desdoblan
where the faces unfold
lo que el ojo no ve
what the eye cannot see
se cubre de enfermedad
is covered in sickness
figurando ser un rostro
posing as a face
el águila devora a la serpiente
the eagle devours the snake
Europa se aburre
Europe gets bored
balbucea en vez de hablar
mumbles instead of speaking
y debería parar
and should stop
de fabricar sus tinieblas
manufacturing its darkness
Santa María, Sabina dice
Saint Mary, Sabina says
Dios es azul
God is blue
las costelaciones dicen
the constellations say
cobayo, barache, bastón y cruz
guinea pig, barache, cane and cross
los espectros conocidos
the known specters
con nombre de gravedad
with names of gravity
entre sus pliegues de piel un derrumbe
among its folds of skin a collapse
que me incitará a explorar
that will incite me to explore
Lyrics © OBO APRA/AMCOS
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Eduardo San Julian
Rock sin concesiones. Inicio compartido con, Rueda, fortuna! Estas grabaciones de Benasque, fueron las más rockeras de ellos. Se les echa mucho de menos.
BeebiiHds
Que pedazo de tema por favor para escucharlo una y otra vez sin parar!! Apuesta por el rocanrol y larga vida HDS!!
Jhonny Silverhand
Un minuto de silencio por los poseros que no conocen estos temas
Emmanuel Barreto
Uy no mames como es una canción desconocida
Marion Maiden
Ok true
Cosmonauta del Pacifico
Ok Boomer
Hèctor Manuel León Mendoza
Rolon!!!...Como todas sus canciones 👌❤
gera noriega
La mejor banda de Rock en español!
Yamil Soleibe
Demasiado buena!
Costa Rica pura vida 86
Esa pieza está sola