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.
Parasiempre
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Ni que seguir la corriente
Voy a apearme aquí
En la orilla del presente
Donde el hombre se asfixia
Escribe un testamento en Chile
Negro
Eres la alquimia de mi veneno
Puente
La derrota no es una opción y
No hay excusas
Para siempre me parece mucho
Tiempo
Para siempre
No hay nada para siempre
La influencia de la ira
Y los impulsos de la lengua
No tengo toda la vida
Aún hay cajas con sorpresa
Puente
Vendré con la boca amarga
Y el corazón derrotado
The lyrics of Héroes del Silencio's song "Parasiempre" convey a sense of disillusionment with the idea of eternity and permanence. The singer of the song resists the pressure to conform to society's expectations and chooses to live in the present, even if it means confronting the suffocating reality of a world marked by violence and injustice. The references to Chile and the idea of writing a testament suggest a connection to political and social activism, while the lines "el suplicio es estar contigo" and "eres la alquimia de mi veneno" point to a relationship that is both toxic and addictive.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "para siempre" ("forever"), only to subvert it with the lines "no hay nada para siempre" ("there's nothing forever") and "para siempre me parece mucho tiempo" ("forever seems like too much time"). This suggests that the singer has come to realize the impermanence of life and the futility of trying to hold on to something that can never last. The song ends on a note of bitterness and defeat, with the singer expecting to return with a bitter taste in his mouth and a defeated heart.
In summary, "Parasiempre" is a song about the search for meaning and identity in a world that is constantly changing and full of uncertainty. The lyrics suggest a rejection of false promises of everlasting love and a call to embrace the present moment, even if it means facing difficult truths.
Line by Line Meaning
No me tienes que impresionar
You don't have to impress me
Ni que seguir la corriente
Or follow the crowd
Voy a apearme aquí
I will get off here
En la orilla del presente
On the edge of the present moment
Donde el hombre se asfixia
Where man suffocates
Escribe un testamento en Chile
Writes a testament in Chile
Negro
Dark
El suplicio es estar contigo
The torture is being with you
Eres la alquimia de mi veneno
You are the alchemy of my poison
Puente
Bridge
La derrota no es una opción y
Defeat is not an option and
No hay excusas
There are no excuses
Para siempre me parece mucho
Forever seems like too much
Tiempo
Time
Para siempre
Forever
No hay nada para siempre
There is nothing forever
La influencia de la ira
The influence of anger
Y los impulsos de la lengua
And the impulses of the tongue
No tengo toda la vida
I don't have all my life
Aún hay cajas con sorpresa
There are still boxes with surprises
Puente
Bridge
Vendré con la boca amarga
I will come with a bitter mouth
Y el corazón derrotado
And a defeated heart
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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GUSTAVO GIRALDO
No me tienes que impresionar
Ni que seguir la corriente
Voy a apearme aquí
En la orilla del presente
Donde el hombre se asfixia
Escribe un testamento en chile negro
El suplicio es estar contigo
Eres la alquimia de mi veneno
La derrota no es una opción
Y no hay excusas
Parasiempre me parece mucho tiempo
Parasiempre
No hay nada para siempre
La influencia de la ira
Y los impulsos de la lengua
No tengo toda la vida
Aun hay cajas con sorpresa
La derrota no es una opción
Y no hay excusas
Parasiempre me parece mucho tiempo
Vendre con la boca amarga
Y el corazón derrotado
Parasiempre
No hay nada parasiempre
Compuesta por: Alan Boguslavsky / Enrique Bunbury / Joaquin Cardiel / Juan Valdivia / Pedro Andreu
ᖴᖇᗩᑎᑕO
"Para siempre"... la canción que predice el final de la banda.
AUG 190895
Curiosamente la canción final del documental de Héroes en Netflix.
Jorge Leonardo TF
El fin de todo diría yo.
Chris Rodriguez
Significa que hoy manana y siempre seran una de las Bandas de Rock en Espanol mas chingonas del planeta que muchas bandas en ingles decearian VIVA HEROES DEL SILENCIO PARA SIEMPRE
Pablo Flores
La neta es la mejor de todas
Miguel Matias
No es una de las mejores bandas en español. Es la Mejor
Luis Angel
La mejor banda del rock en español.
Astul Arteaga
Mis poderosisimos Heroes del Silencio , la banda que ah marcado mi vida con la que espero ser recordado ,!
NA SR
LA MEJOR BANDA HISPANA
GUSTAVO GIRALDO
No me tienes que impresionar
Ni que seguir la corriente
Voy a apearme aquí
En la orilla del presente
Donde el hombre se asfixia
Escribe un testamento en chile negro
El suplicio es estar contigo
Eres la alquimia de mi veneno
La derrota no es una opción
Y no hay excusas
Parasiempre me parece mucho tiempo
Parasiempre
No hay nada para siempre
La influencia de la ira
Y los impulsos de la lengua
No tengo toda la vida
Aun hay cajas con sorpresa
La derrota no es una opción
Y no hay excusas
Parasiempre me parece mucho tiempo
Vendre con la boca amarga
Y el corazón derrotado
Parasiempre
No hay nada parasiempre
Compuesta por: Alan Boguslavsky / Enrique Bunbury / Joaquin Cardiel / Juan Valdivia / Pedro Andreu