1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,800 Well, first of all, good evening, everyone. 4 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,240 Hi, what's up? 5 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,560 We have to... Let's introduce yourselves, right? 6 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,840 We've met you, but they don't know you out there. 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,400 I'm Joaquín and I play bass. 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,040 I'm Juan and I play guitar. 9 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:43,600 I'm Enrique and I sing. 10 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:44,840 And I'm Pedro. 11 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,720 We would like everybody could enjoy listening to 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Héroes del Silencio. 13 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,280 We would hate to become a teenage band or a band for folks in their forties, 14 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,480 for the underground or avant-garde culture, or whatever. 15 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,080 We would love to reach all kind of audiences. 16 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,800 We would definitely hate to be a stereotype. 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,560 Which genre best describes your music? 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,040 We haven't decided which style we're playing yet. 19 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Anyway, it's kind of soon, right? 20 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,440 When we release six or seven albums, we'll know our style... 21 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,400 Maybe we don't have a clear idea of what we are, right? 22 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,640 What kind of band we are. 23 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,560 Maybe there's a lack of national awareness about us. 24 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,200 How were Héroes del Silencio formed? 25 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,160 Just like many other bands, 26 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:00,720 we joined and started recording our own demos, sending videos to... 27 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,520 record labels, hoping to secure a contract in Madrid, 28 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,400 as Zaragoza is a little difficult. 29 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,000 Do you think... 30 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,520 do you think you are "Héroes"? 31 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,360 ZARAGOZA 1984 SPRING 32 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,920 Dust or fog, wind and sun, 33 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,120 a city surrounded by a desert, 34 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,320 unaware of the cultural explosion in the main cities of Spain. 35 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:26,560 In principle, not the best place to be a rock star, 36 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,600 but something is changing in Zaragoza, 37 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,520 where more than 50 local Aragon bands have registered 38 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,480 for an unprecedented event in the city. 39 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,960 The first Pop, Rock and other styles Fair of Zaragoza is finally open. 40 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,920 Over 25 000 youngsters have enjoyed, for three days, 41 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,440 of the so-called "zaragoza's movida". 42 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,880 A real cultural catharsis in a hostile land for rock, 43 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,840 where young dreamers seek... 44 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,200 One of the highlights of the Fair was the demos and independent 45 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,120 records sales. 46 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,880 Young companies challenge multinational labels... 47 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,040 Of course I remember. In the 1984 Fair I presented 48 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,400 Proceso Entrópico. 49 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,560 There were posters all over the city and we read "Zumo de Vidrio". 50 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,840 Each of us was performing in different bands. 51 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,400 For a couple of days, I played with Edición Fría 52 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,000 and Tres de ellos. 53 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,120 And Pedro, with Los Modos. 54 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,160 No, I wasn't there, I was too young. 55 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,120 This can help to create quite an interesting scene 56 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,240 here in Zaragoza, not just in Madrid and Barcelona. 57 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,480 Time will tell who are the best, 58 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,640 but there is will and enthusiasm, there's something for everyone. 59 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,760 For the first time, Zaragoza shows that something powerful is happening. 60 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,800 Everybody thinks that the Fair has been a positive experience, 61 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,160 definitely. 62 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,320 MUSIC CRITIC 63 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,600 Matías Uribe writes in his newspaper that Zumo de Vidrio were good. 64 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:27,560 Well, that was... 65 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,520 ZUMO DE VIDRIO, IN OUR VIEW, WERE THE BEST 66 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:30,800 That's amazing. 67 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,280 He said "good", but we were shit. 68 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,120 I was first introduced to Juan 69 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,120 in a bar in Zaragoza which was called Los Navarros. 70 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:42,920 Someone in there told me: 71 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,400 Juan plays in a band called Zumo de Vidrio. 72 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,960 They were looking for a bassist, and I said I'd go to a rehearsal. 73 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,080 So there I was, with my amp and my bass. 74 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,000 After a few days, 75 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,840 the band's singer, who was Juan's cousin, didn't show up. 76 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,440 So... while we were waiting, 77 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,360 I started playing a song by David Bowie. 78 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,360 I stared at him and thought "this guy can sing." 79 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,720 I saw it so clearly. 80 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,000 Then I told him, 81 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,640 we have to start a real band, seriously. 82 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,120 We were so young and had so many projects, 83 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,520 as we thought we had to shoot at many targets, right? 84 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,400 To get both the musicians and the music. 85 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,680 One day, we got this cassette player, 86 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,920 a radio cassette player, we put a tape in, and directly... 87 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:58,600 HÉROE DE LEYENDA FIRST DEMO 1984 88 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,560 We gave the tape to Cachi, from Radio Zaragoza. 89 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,520 "We are a band from Zaragoza," and he gave me that look and goes... 90 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,200 As if to say "Maybe I'll listen." 91 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,640 But one or two days later, 92 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,800 I tune in to El Selector at 3 o'clock and there he goes... 93 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,920 With this song by Héroes del Silencio we come to the end of the show. 94 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,280 Greetings from Cachi. Hugs and kisses, goodbye! 95 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,000 And that's the happiest day of my life. 96 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,840 When we had to speak on the radio for the first time 97 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,800 we decided we would be named after the song. 98 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,000 So Héroe de Leyenda, 99 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,560 you were saying it's kind of a hymn for the band, isn't it? 100 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,680 Do you talk about what you really are? 101 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,560 FIRST INTERVIEW, RADIO ZARAGOZA BUNBURY'S VOICE 102 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,880 Yes, Héroe de Leyenda was first called Héroes del Silencio, 103 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,320 and that's our name. 104 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,280 The song talks about what our name really means. 105 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,880 Singing was a bit by chance, but... 106 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,920 with this change, from bassist to singer, 107 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,080 I started enjoying writing the lyrics of the songs. 108 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,720 I discovered what being the front man was like, 109 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,960 but that was gradually. At first I was just a bassist-singer 110 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,840 and was kind of tied to the mike stand. 111 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,040 Eventually, we decided 112 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,240 to look for a bass player so I could be freer in the stage. 113 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,360 We rehearsed in the studio next door. 114 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,520 We saw each other after rehearsal or in the bar, 115 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,120 having a coffee or whatever. 116 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,280 They already had some work, a repertoire. 117 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,000 Their songs sounded better than what we did... 118 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Edición Fría played many covers of The Cure and... 119 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,360 we had some good songs, but I was the singer. 120 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,960 Nothing special... 121 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,680 I realised I could make it, recording an album, 122 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,800 touring and giving bigger concerts. 123 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,400 Pedro, Juan's brother, was focused on his studies 124 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,240 of Medicine and wanted to fully commit to it, 125 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,360 so we needed a drummer. 126 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:44,400 I started listening to them on Cachi's radio show, El Selector. 127 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,040 And soon after that, they needed a drummer. 128 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,200 I was around, amazed at how they practiced, 129 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,960 while I played with Modos. 130 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,280 "So you play the drums? Come, sit and play." 131 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:07,240 I sat and thought: "Oh my goodness! My God!" 132 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:10,920 So I played, I played. 133 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,240 They were really committed, and soon they dropped school to focus 134 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,840 solely on their music. They worked hard. 135 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,880 RADIOCADENA FESTIVAL SALAMANCA 1986 136 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,920 Salamanca is currently the capital of pop. 137 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,840 The 26th edition of Radiocadena takes now place. 138 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,840 This year, it is dedicated to pop music for the first time. 139 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,880 There was a band contest at a national level in Spain. 140 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,080 We got there, we got a hotel, TV journalists all around us... 141 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,040 And when we were about to play, I told Cachi: 142 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,080 "Hey, man, give me your clothes, you look like an alien." 143 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,720 So I went out dressed as... Who knows. 144 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,400 It's been a highly competitive Festival, 145 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,000 with 429 participants. 146 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Then, there was a vote from people from every city. 147 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,920 We got to the semi-final, and we finished in second place. 148 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,080 According to Matías, the contest was rigged. 149 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:14,640 Matías wrote an article for El Heraldo sounding off 150 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,360 about us not winning. 151 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,560 Man, I was pissed off... 152 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:24,040 It's been fixed! It's been fixed! 153 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,400 They were not watching the bands, they were eating and drinking. 154 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:29,680 MUSIC JOURNALIST 155 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,160 They were at a restaurant, in a balcony facing the stage, 156 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,880 far away, on the opposite side. 157 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,480 That's where the judges were. 158 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,000 They couldn't care less. 159 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,840 At that moment, we saw it as a defeat, 160 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,720 but we were second best! 161 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:48,200 That was better than most of Spanish artists at Eurovision. 162 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,920 As we didn't win, we came back home and said "let's win the next edition." 163 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,720 That didn't happen, either, but we made every effort... 164 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:58,880 to be there. 165 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,040 We were stronger cause we wanted more. 166 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,360 1.- ENRIQUE BUNBURY (SINGER, BASS, CHORUS) 167 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,960 JUAN VALDIVIA (GUITARS, SYNTHS) PEDRO VALDIVIA (DRUMS) 168 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,840 Was it hard to get this far? Was it difficult? 169 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,600 For a band like yours, coming from Aragon, right? 170 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,520 Yes, it's kind of difficult, as we are not from Madrid. 171 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:26,480 It's hard because there are no talent scouts 172 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:27,760 or spotters, right? 173 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:32,120 No one looks for new demos in other cities, 174 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,880 no one wants to look for new bands outside Madrid. 175 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,040 Spanish pop was very soft, the lyrics... 176 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,520 MUSIC PRODUCER 177 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,720 I was part of it. I was in Olé Olé... 178 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,280 I wanted to diversify my career, 179 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,040 so I suggested collaborating with Roberto. 180 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,200 MUSIC PRODUCER 181 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,480 "Let's produce something together." 182 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:08,360 "I've never been a producer." "Me neither, but I'm a lucky guy." 183 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,200 "I found this band from Zaragoza that you will probably like." 184 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:22,120 I listened to a record with four or five songs at home. 185 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,320 But I wasn't impressed. 186 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,560 "They must have something, I don't know." 187 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,400 "Let's listen to them again." 188 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,960 So we listened again, cause they told us 189 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,240 that this band from Zaragoza was real good. 190 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,520 I got many calls from Enrique and Juan. 191 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,680 They invited me to a concert in Zaragoza, at Sala en Bruto. 192 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,320 So we went to Zaragoza. 193 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,720 And I was first impressed... 194 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,240 ZARAGOZA, 1987 SALA EN BRUTO 195 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,960 ...seeing people fighting over a ticket. 196 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,600 A Zaragoza band? How's this possible? 197 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,520 Roberto and I liked them very much. 198 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,320 We went to the dressing rooms... 199 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,120 ...to talk to them and tell them a huge whopper. 200 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:14,000 "I'll try to get you a contract," he told us this and that. 201 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,200 He made us drool. 202 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,000 I had quite an experience as an artist so I knew 203 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,920 the steps you must follow to become an artist. 204 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,000 They wanted to be there. 205 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:36,520 It took us so long. 206 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,840 Different record labels than mine wouldn't care about us. 207 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,800 They said: "What's this? This is not..." 208 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,360 At that time, the trend was techno-pop. 209 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,920 They told me that guitar bands were outdated. 210 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,840 Poligram said at that time: "They're too soft, too weird." 211 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,920 Warner: "They're just like La Unión." 212 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,080 The CBS wouldn't care about us, other companies... 213 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,600 Not even small companies. 214 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,600 Actually, no one cared about us. No one. 215 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:10,040 Finally, a year later, I went to EMI, to the president of my company. 216 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:15,280 And said: "Rafa, help me out, you have to record this." 217 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,640 "You first record a single, a maxi. Record a maxi-single if you want." 218 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,920 "If you sell over 5000 copies, I'll give you a decent contract." 219 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,480 The budget I got was way too low. Just imagine! 220 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,560 We were allowed to record for one or two evenings 221 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,160 after that band working for Hispavox at the time. 222 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,760 "OK, go to the studio." And there I found Cantores de Híspalis. 223 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,080 Once that band finished recording... Los Marismeños. 224 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,080 We had to rush into the studio, get the equipment ready, 225 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,200 record at full speed... 226 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:55,640 Fortunately, I hired... 227 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,440 I was lucky to hire an English engineer 228 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,800 called Steve Taylor, who came from London. 229 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:02,960 He worked there. 230 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,280 The first thing Steve said was... 231 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:12,440 And I said... 232 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,320 I told him: "Steve, do your job and shut up." 233 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,280 But what if it didn't work... 234 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,280 If we didn't reach that amount, they would send us back home. 235 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,600 We actually went on a long support tour. 236 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,800 We played in clubs in Valencia... 237 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,720 We toured all over Spain visiting radio studios, 238 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,920 local and regional TVs... 239 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,720 Héroes del Silencio is one of the most promising bands of Zaragoza's pop. 240 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,280 They participated in several regional contests 241 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,800 and finally they had their own album with their songs. 242 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,600 We went to TV studios, to some shit shows, 243 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,480 and some decent shows, but we were there. 244 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,320 They are fresh and young. 245 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,040 They are Héroes del Silencio! 246 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,720 We played here and there. In some shit venues, but we were there. 247 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,440 This new band has an English pop-rock style... 248 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:20,000 Héroe de Leyenda sounded in every station in Spain. 249 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:21,560 The company said: 250 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,520 "Change the cover photo immediately, 251 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,120 it's too dark, they need to look handsome." 252 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,960 On one side, that raised the sales even more 253 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,840 and on the other side, the critics... 254 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,200 were more protected. 255 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:39,120 They said we were a hoax, that we would fade away, 256 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,840 that we were a summer hit. 257 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,440 Thinking about what would happen later 258 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,400 was a gradual process. 259 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,480 We were dealing with what we faced at the time. 260 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,360 I think that fate determined that things went well. 261 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,360 Of course we sold over 5000 copies. 262 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,440 We sold 30 000 copies or so. 263 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,000 The record label believed in us 264 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,320 because we sold five times what they demanded. 265 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,720 And then, they looked at me in a different way at EMI. 266 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,680 They said: "Hey, they were not so bad." 267 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,080 Montesanos and all of us, 268 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,680 Cachi, too, of course, 269 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,480 we knew that they had an enormous talent 270 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,080 to leave Zaragoza as a band. 271 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,000 It was our bet, a bet on rock & roll. 272 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:42,920 MADRID 1988 SPRING 273 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,000 How are we doing this morning? 274 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,240 Perfect. 275 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,480 -You? -Hell yeah. 276 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,560 You? 277 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,800 The record label said: 278 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,600 "Let's offer these guys a real contract." 279 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,240 They asked if we were willing to move to Madrid, 280 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,760 and we said no. 281 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,960 They had strong roots in Zaragoza. They wouldn't move. 282 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:24,240 Maybe it was our natural pigheadedness. We wanted to do things our way. 283 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:25,800 Zaragoza. 284 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,800 Next station: Calatayud. 285 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,800 "Let's find them a manager. We can't deal with this." 286 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,480 So I took them to Pito. 287 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:37,800 -Pito. -Pito. 288 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,040 -Pito... -Pito. 289 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,720 -Pito. -Pito... 290 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,640 Some call me Pito Planes and others call me Pito Dreams. 291 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,000 I remember I was in Gijón listening to "Autosuficiencia" 292 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,240 in a car, at a beach, on a mountain... 293 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,000 Drinking cider, probably. 294 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:10,040 While listening to that song, I said: "What are we doing here?" 295 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:19,360 I established an office with Alaska y los Pegamoides. 296 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:31,200 Thanks to them, I got to know what would be later called, 297 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,440 don't know why, movida madrileña. 298 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,960 Pito was the best at the time. 299 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:45,680 He ran an agency called 10/Diez, and it was the most important 300 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,600 pop-rock artists management agency at the time. 301 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,320 Pito had Alaska... 302 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:52,520 Gabinete... 303 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,480 Loquillo... 304 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,600 -Los Coyotes... -Golpes Bajos... 305 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,040 Lions in Love... 306 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,960 Established artists. 307 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:00,160 MUSIC JOURNALIST 308 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,800 And he wanted to help the band grow with the label, 309 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,640 with all the media around them. 310 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,520 Did Pito have a good eye when he signed Héroes? 311 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,280 I don't know. 312 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,680 I don't know why me, why people love me. 313 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,520 I think I come across things, really. 314 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:33,320 Pito knew how to move in the rock and pop underground, 315 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,480 and he was respected. 316 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,960 I don't know why, really. 317 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,680 Maybe I look silly. 318 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,720 Sometimes I think I'm very smart and sometimes I think I'm stupid. 319 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,480 Hope! 320 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,520 MADRID JANUARY 1989 SALA YA'STA 321 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,560 PRESENTATION TO EMI BOARD AND MEDIA SOUND CHECK 322 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,440 My first clear memory of Héroes 323 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,560 was a performance at 2 or 2.30 pm 324 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,160 on a Tuesday... 325 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,080 There was a lunch for the media, and we played after dessert. 326 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,280 Obviously, at that time you don't get the best sound. 327 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:09,120 Everybody's eating prawns and drinking champagne... 328 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,560 I guess this is not the typical concert, 329 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,720 but we'd like to introduce you to a band... 330 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,080 Olvido and Loquillo came with me, 331 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,880 and they weren't sure if they liked them or not, so they said: 332 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,200 "I don't quite know the band, I'd need to listen to them again, 333 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,560 but I'm pretty sure there is a rock star on that stage." 334 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,400 So Pito called me and said: "All right, I'll manage them." 335 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,840 The next step was to record an album, clearly. 336 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,280 We had the same problem we had with the first maxi-single. 337 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,200 We recorded between Cantores de Híspalis, Luz Casal, Mari Trini... 338 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:48,760 We have a gap tonight, can you come? 339 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,720 Yes, right away! 340 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,280 You're super nervous in your first LP. 341 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,520 Juan's hands were shaking. 342 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,400 "Hey, Gustavo, wait a little longer." 343 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,080 What Héroes think of their work is 344 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,280 "We could have done way better." 345 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:15,880 We had mixed emotions about the album. 346 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,440 The sound was too soft for my liking. 347 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,080 It didn't do justice to the way we sounded live. 348 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,560 There was a moment when we woke up in the morning, 349 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:31,360 we went to the studio and checked the arrangements they made that night. 350 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,760 Some trumpets in a song... 351 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,160 Metal sounds by a synth. 352 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:39,600 It was... 353 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,760 very tacky, no one in the group really liked that. 354 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,920 It was kind of offensive. 355 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,520 I can't remember. Trumpets... 356 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,600 I went to the director's office and said: 357 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,880 I'm off to Zaragoza, 358 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,800 my recording career ends here. 359 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,240 I'm not interested in this if the trumpets don't go away. 360 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,320 He looked like a sea lion. 361 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:03,760 So they went away. 362 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:08,760 You need to sound pop. A pop sound for radio format. 363 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,360 That was the pressure I was under: selling. 364 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,480 I think that production, so criticized back then, 365 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:21,000 helped Héroes fit in the national musical scene. 366 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,760 We might say it was appropriate 367 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,960 because it got us on the radio and helped us become known in Spain. 368 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,040 You're a band with just one LP but you have toured a lot. 369 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,800 You've made some money! Are you making a living with this? 370 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,840 FIRST NATIONAL INTERVIEW 371 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,160 Scrape by... 372 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,000 Not yet, cause we are buying the equipment 373 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:43,880 for our tour next year. 374 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,120 Now we release the LP, we'll give four times more concerts... 375 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,120 -Easy! -The equipment... 376 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,640 Easy, boy! 377 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,840 Four times more is 130. 378 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,600 There are just two bands in Spain that can do that, and that's crazy. 379 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,240 There's more than money. There's your own life. 380 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,000 Giving 130 concerts... 381 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,240 -Héroes del Silencio. -That's this one. 382 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,480 -Sure. -This is... 383 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,480 -That one. -Cool. 384 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,760 This one here is him. 385 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,840 -This is Pedro. -And who's he? 386 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,520 That's the singer, right? You are the singer. 387 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,720 Can we get an autograph? 388 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,880 You had worked quite a lot before being voted best new band of the year, 389 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,000 that's strange, right? 390 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,680 We had worked in Zaragoza, in Aragon, mostly, 391 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,560 for four or five years. 392 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:33,360 So I think this has helped us reach a national scale. 393 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:00,520 Ladies and gentlemen, here they are: Héroes del Silencio. 394 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,360 Yes, of course it's lip sync on TV. 395 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,080 All the shows were lip sync. 396 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,320 We had no choice. 397 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,920 Our constant fight was 398 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,400 not to have yellow drums... 399 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,480 YOUNG BAND 400 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,600 ...not to have dancers on the stage, 401 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,680 we had these fights every time. 402 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,560 We wanted to make clear that our thing 403 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,840 was darkness and rock. 404 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,880 So you go to some TV shows and bang! 405 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,600 We were on the covers, we started to be famous. 406 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,000 Well, our band quickly became famous. 407 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,240 Fame came all at once. 408 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,760 Even the company was surprised. 409 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,360 Sure! The company was amazed. They asked: "How?" 410 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,680 They hit hard in Los 40, and that changed everything. 411 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,880 Attention, please! This week's number 1 goes to 412 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,240 these guys from Zaragoza. 413 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,520 Here you have Héroes del Silencio and their "Flor Venenosa". 414 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:22,760 The clean sound of the album and the live concerts we gave 415 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,560 showed two faces of the band that worked really well. 416 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,440 No one can tell whether something will success or not. 417 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,960 There's no formula, right? 418 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,840 People listened to it, liked it and bought it. 419 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,240 And bought it, and bought it... 420 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,400 Word of mouth is very difficult to stop. 421 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,680 They made something completely different. 422 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,680 In Spain, there wasn't... anyone to compare them with, right? 423 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,680 In Spain, when someone is doing well, 424 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,320 draws attention and is in the spotlight, 425 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,800 there are people who don't like it. 426 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,320 They faced a big disadvantage: 427 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,920 people said that Enrique was handsome. 428 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,480 It seemed wrong that we were a serious band with 15-year-old fans. 429 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,360 So this was kind of... 430 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,240 There was this kind of trust from Madrid, 431 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,640 and if they didn't like it, 432 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,280 namely Diego Manrique... 433 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,520 MUSIC JOURNALIST 434 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,560 ...and I don't care if he listens to this, 435 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,760 if they didn't give you their blessing, 436 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,400 you had nothing to do. 437 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,640 Let's see... 438 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,280 MUSIC JOURNALIST 439 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:47,000 Critics, and that's part of their job, 440 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:54,120 are like those hermits in the desert saying: 441 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,960 "you are all burning," and so on... 442 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,840 So critics have the feeling, 443 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,040 which is somehow real, that they speak and no one listens. 444 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,040 So the fact that Héroes del Silencio countered my criticisms 445 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,480 was a way to justify what they did, right? 446 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,560 You've just played at a venue, you travel 600 km, 447 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,760 and then you read the comments that this guy had written. 448 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,640 So you can't come back and respond to him. How can I respond? 449 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,480 Saying it on the record. 450 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,160 The thing with Héroes del Silencio, when you first listen to them, 451 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:30,040 the feeling, 452 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:34,360 the first thing you think is that they were a farce 453 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,800 or at least a band manipulated by the record label. 454 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:42,120 Also, Gustavo from Olé Olé was behind, etc. 455 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,880 If you came out from a multinational, you were crap. 456 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,040 MUSIC PRODUCER 457 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,480 Just for coming from... Just for that, we were criticized. 458 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,600 And then, their image in the first albums 459 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,920 gave the idea of what we'd call a hairdresser's band, right? 460 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,560 It was all very staged, a trick. 461 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,200 On top of that, the handsome singer for teenage girls. 462 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,120 They didn't even listen to them. 463 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,360 This is the question: 464 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,000 Over which side of the face does the blonde hair of the singer 465 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,280 of Héroes del Silencio fall? 466 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,440 Some people were upset at Enrique having blonde long hair... 467 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,360 Well, what can I say? 468 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,040 If he had three legs, I'd understand. 469 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,480 Bunbury was like a long-haired angel, right? 470 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:36,320 He had the charisma and the power to transform himself 471 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,440 when he was on stage, arousing girls' passion. 472 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,080 Enrique's attitude on stage was the target. 473 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,600 "We would love to flambé the hair of Héroes singer with rum." 474 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,720 Some people crossed a line with us. 475 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,920 Yes, it annoyed us. And it keeps annoying us. 476 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,040 We were giving our lives. 477 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,920 They were sick of being called soft, cheesy guys... 478 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,920 At a certain point, 479 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,680 I remember Enrique told me he wanted to quit. 480 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,200 Facing the second album was a little scary, 481 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,000 so we worked hard to overcome it. 482 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,760 We were super ready for the second album. 483 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,640 We're so excited at the possibilities we had after meeting Phil Manzanera. 484 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,360 I had always been a Roxy Music fan, so when he showed up 485 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,440 at one of our concerts, it was like meeting a king. 486 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:51,400 Pito talked to me about Héroes and asked me to go see them 487 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,760 to Calatayud. 488 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,520 ZARAGOZA CALATAYUD 1988 489 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:57,920 So I went to see them. 490 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,400 I thought "these guys are rock stars." 491 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,360 MUSIC PRODUCER 492 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,480 They were all dressed in black, even the audience dressed in black. 493 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,360 I looked at them, looked at the audience, 494 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,480 and I felt they sounded amazing, 495 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,680 So I knew they had a chance. 496 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,240 At the concert, we talked and he said the magic words: 497 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,520 "I want to make you sound like you do in a live show." 498 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:36,160 It was the night the First Gulf War started. 499 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,000 So I remember it. 500 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,360 And also... 501 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:48,200 It was an important night for me. When I got back to the hotel, 502 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,280 I got a call saying that my mother was dying. 503 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,520 So they asked me if I could quickly come back. 504 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,520 So I went to Barajas Airport 505 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,920 and it was closed because of the war, 506 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,440 as the Americans had their planes there. 507 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,440 So I arrived late and she died when I got back to London. 508 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,160 So that night... 509 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,560 was an important one. 510 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,160 Unfortunately, you will never forget 511 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,720 the night you met Héroes. 512 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:25,640 Héroes. 513 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,680 So it is a memory... 514 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,000 We were so happy, because the studio... 515 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,560 The studio had a console from Abbey Road, an old one. 516 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,960 There were only six of those in the world. 517 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,280 Fantastic. 518 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,520 If they played together, 519 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,760 just as things were done at the time, we could capture 520 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,400 their energy in the studio. 521 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,720 They were able to give us a sound that really represented us. 522 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,920 The album was the real Héroes. 523 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,880 Basically, from my point of view, cause there were little production, 524 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,440 which is the best thing a producer or a manager can do, 525 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,240 don't do anything, I mean, 526 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,960 let the band do their stuff and make them sound good, 527 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,120 but not writing the songs for the band. 528 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,120 When we were recording, 529 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,560 they stopped for lunch and dinner. 530 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,360 Here in England, if you can have a sandwich 531 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:43,400 during the 12 hours you're in the studio, you're lucky. 532 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,280 But they were like: "Let's have dinner, or lunch." 533 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,560 And I thought: "We're wasting so much time..." 534 00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:53,320 "This is very sociable, though." 535 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,040 It was completely different to what I had done before. 536 00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:58,720 And I liked it. 537 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,760 There was magic in there. 538 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,640 Sometimes everything goes right. Sometimes. 539 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:08,840 Everything was right with that album, then it didn't happen again... 540 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:10,840 Basically... 541 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:14,920 It had something so simple, which is this... 542 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:30,600 Then, this. 543 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,920 It's very simple, but I used an echo... 544 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:49,400 I played this and it echoed. So I let it sound... 545 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:50,560 Wow. 546 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,720 Starting with the guitar, with the echo... 547 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,480 I said: "Why didn't I think of that before?" 548 00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,720 It was so good. 549 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,760 We were making a song... 550 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,920 that got us fired up and... was fucking great! 551 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,560 "Entre dos Tierras" is the first single by Héroes del Silencio! 552 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,960 In the first week after the release of "Senderos de Traición", 553 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,680 Héroes del Silencio have sold over 100 000 records. 554 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:28,040 This is the biggest rise up by Héroes del Silencio with "Senderos de Traición". 555 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,640 The best-selling music band in the national pop rock scene. 556 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:36,000 Their LP "Senderos de Traición" has beaten records in Spain. 557 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,040 "Senderos de Traición" is now a platinum album 558 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,920 thanks to its unprecedented sales. 559 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,400 Maybe they are Héroes del Silencio, but they do sound great! 560 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,680 Best 1990 song, "Entre dos Tierras". 561 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,640 I knew, for sure, that this song would open every door. 562 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:10,360 What's up? 563 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,240 I've slept until 7.30 564 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:16,400 I woke up and I've been rushing all morning. 565 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,280 I haven't even opened my suitcase. 566 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,760 You do look sleepy, mister! 567 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,680 We didn't live like the celebrities. 568 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,480 We lived in Zaragoza and went to the same bars 569 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,160 we went two years ago. 570 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,880 I told my mom: "I will buy you a fur coat 571 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,920 when I'm famous." 572 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,800 -Did you buy it? -Sure! 573 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,480 I also bought a Toledo steel sword that I brought with me on the tours. 574 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,000 Let's see your sword. 575 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,840 I don't know how many concerts we gave in Spain. 576 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,760 I don't know, 130 concerts. 577 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,160 When we reached 80, we started thinking: 578 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,400 "Maybe we should tour outside Spain." 579 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,080 That sounded crazy to our manager 580 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:17,560 and the record company. 581 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,040 But we didn't care. 582 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,080 CENTRAL EUROPE 1991 583 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:29,960 They had a wider view than I had and a greater ambition than I had. 584 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,680 And I'm very thankful. 585 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,920 I remember the first time we toured over Europe. 586 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,480 Switzerland for a couple of gigs, Belgium for some other gigs... 587 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,160 You get in the van and show up in Belgium, play and then come back. 588 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,440 If you go to Cádiz, why not Brussels? 589 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,480 It was a little bar. 590 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,320 It had a small stage on a corner for singer-songwriters 591 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,280 with a chair and a guitar, but we had lots of stuff... 592 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,080 When they saw our Marshall and the equipment, 593 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:14,800 they thought we were crazy, right? 594 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,160 The stage was barely off the ground. 595 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:21,320 We got the drums set and said: "OK, what about the rest?" 596 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,960 They were wonderful shows, 597 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,960 cause people enjoyed so much in such tiny venues. 598 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,400 Héroes del Silencio, from Zaragoza! 599 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,440 Being huge stars in Spain, 600 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,160 you can go to Germany to play in a shitty pub 601 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:46,680 or in a small bar... 602 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:47,840 We were little prepared, 603 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,720 we slept in hostels, we did many kilometers, it was fun. 604 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,440 We were all together and we enjoyed writing. 605 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:57,920 Good old times. 606 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,760 We spent six or seven hours in the van, every day. 607 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,080 We were together all day. 608 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:04,920 It was like a marriage of four. 609 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,640 We were a pack and spent all day together. 610 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,080 We were happy and excited about our common project. 611 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,760 We always toured with the same people, 612 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,960 the same staff, both in sound and lighting. 613 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,120 People who perfectly understood the way we wanted to show our music 614 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:39,640 and what we wanted to do. 615 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,760 We made a good team, right? Supporting us. 616 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:44,320 You are fired. 617 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,240 Martín was the road manager, the guy traveling with us in the van, 618 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,360 managing day-to-day affairs, arranging hotels and so on. 619 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,680 He called us saying: "Come on, there's a sound check." 620 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,520 He was like a father while we toured. 621 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,640 Martín, I wanna live... Won't you let me live, Martín! 622 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:09,200 He really knew what he was doing, 623 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,720 he had been the road manager to other Spanish stars. 624 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,160 I got him for Héroes, I thought he was the right person 625 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,400 and I always liked him. 626 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,040 He was like a brother for all of us. 627 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,120 He always was a support to us. 628 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,080 Martín was a very important person for the band, 629 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:26,440 because, in a way, 630 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,920 he was one of those people who help you find balance. 631 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,000 If you had taken the turn right! 632 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,960 It was a straight line, you fucker! 633 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,440 One year later, we toured over Germany again. 634 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,520 We were invited to play abroad, in Berlin. 635 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,640 And that absolutely changed things. 636 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:07,680 FESTIVAL AGAINST RACISM FALL 637 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,800 BERLIN 1991 I’M AN OUTSIDER 638 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,240 We played... 639 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:45,440 Thanks! 640 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,400 ...and when we got to the backstage, we couldn't get in. 641 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,640 It was like the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera. 642 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:57,440 A lot of people came out of nowhere. 643 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,720 All of them offered us contracts to sign. 644 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:01,800 That festival made a huge difference. 645 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,680 It was broadcasted and seen all over Germany. 646 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,840 So then it was... 647 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:11,320 Héroes del Silencio. 648 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,120 Héroes del Silencio. 649 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:14,880 Héroes del Silencio. 650 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,680 Good evening, Frankfurt! 651 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,760 Héroes del Silencio. 652 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:33,720 Héroes del Silencio. 653 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:41,320 "Entre dos Tierras" was the trigger of the Spanish hit, in the first place. 654 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,760 Then, it became a hit in Europe. 655 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,720 In Berlin, I was at a concert with Enrique, 656 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:02,200 naked from the waist up, and 3000 Germans singing "Entre dos Tierras". 657 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,200 It gave me goosebumps! 658 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:09,240 Seeing people... 659 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:10,800 Entre dos Tierras 660 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,600 They didn't even know what it meant. 661 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,600 It was something nobody understood. 662 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,360 The record label didn't understand. 663 00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:22,360 Pito didn't understand, and maybe they didn't understand. 664 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,720 But something magical happened. 665 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,800 One of the most amazing things of being in the music world is that 666 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,600 there are bands that think outside the box 667 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,760 and go beyond the expectations. 668 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,320 How did the critics treat you back in Spain? 669 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:11,200 It was the same, they just cared about fucking Hombres G. 670 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,160 What could we do, anyway? 671 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:53,120 When the tour was over, we decided to stop for a while... 672 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:54,960 for a short period. 673 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,880 It was the normal holidays for working people, right? 674 00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,840 Joaquín, Copi and I went to India and Nepal. 675 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:09,120 And we got into the culture and some books, 676 00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:11,080 into the music... 677 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,280 We started reading books about spirituality, 678 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:15,560 Buddhism, Hinduism... 679 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,040 We found about the spiritual world in India and Nepal. 680 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,440 In a way, it was an initiatory journey. 681 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,680 And all of this reflected in the songs lyrics, 682 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,440 at an instrumental level. 683 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,560 They are clear in "El Espíritu del Vino", 684 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:37,520 which is a more complex, intricate album. 685 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,280 When they told us that... 686 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:57,240 we had to record a new album, we had very little material. 687 00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:00,480 They came back a day after Christmas 688 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,280 and we had rented a huge house for them. 689 00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:05,520 CHRISTMAS LONDON 1992 690 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,320 It was in the outskirts of London. 691 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:08,960 That's our house! 692 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,440 They had toured for so long 693 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:16,280 so I didn't know if they had written many songs. 694 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,400 They told me, "Oh, it's gonna be a double album." 695 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:20,960 MUSIC PRODUCER 696 00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:24,360 And I said: "No, it can't be. Are you sure?" 697 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,080 Well, it was the way we saw things: 698 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,600 So we don't have enough songs? Let's do a double album. 699 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:37,760 At that time, Phil had infinite patience with us. 700 00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,120 We stayed there for New Year's Eve. 701 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,720 Phil was having Christmas with his family. 702 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,480 We kept going to the studio on our own, 703 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:46,960 recording songs. 704 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,240 I said: "Well, there's the studio." 705 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:53,160 It was in a separate building from my home, you know. 706 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:59,680 I told them: "It's December 26th. We'll start recording on January 7th." 707 00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:03,800 "There's the studio, you can practice, compose..." 708 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:05,160 "I don't want to see you." 709 00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:07,800 "Nor hear you!" 710 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:12,600 So, many years later, I found out that... 711 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,920 I don't know... They had so many drugs... 712 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:20,280 They were day and night... I don't know what happened, 713 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,080 but they had no songs. 714 00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:23,720 Juan told me: 715 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:27,160 "I play guitar at my best at 3 am." 716 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,440 And I said: "Well, that's fantastic, but I won't be here." 717 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:36,480 Apple juice to start the day with some energy. 718 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:41,880 Sometimes they went out in London while we were mixing. 719 00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:44,160 And I often received a call: 720 00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,280 "We were stopped by the police." 721 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:50,120 "Yes, send someone to get us out of here." 722 00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:55,840 What I remember from that time is working all-out 24 hours a day. 723 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,080 I can't play it now. 724 00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,320 We did spend New Year's Eve in the studio, 725 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,800 celebrating with our instruments. 726 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,640 And we wrote some songs. 727 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,200 What's true about the myth of you writing "Sirena Varada" 728 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,640 while you were high? 729 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,040 That's no myth. That's real. 730 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:16,680 NEW YEAR'S EVE 1992 FIRST RECORDING: "SIRENA VARADA" 731 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:18,240 -It's recording. -When we're ready... 732 00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,200 -Is it recording? -Yes. 733 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:22,120 -Now? -No! 734 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,480 -What? -Can you see me? 735 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:27,440 -Can you see him? -No, no, no, no. 736 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:31,880 THEY LEFT THE LENS COVER ON 737 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:33,280 What's going on, Joaquín? 738 00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,280 Well, we may have taken something one of those nights. 739 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:44,440 ...THE LENS COVER IS STILL ON 740 00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,920 -We were fucking nailing it. -Let's do it right. 741 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:52,280 This is dead. 742 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:53,800 Should we repeat it? 743 00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:58,440 I mean, this is great! There are so many mistakes... 744 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:06,560 Is it recording? 745 00:52:06,720 --> 00:52:09,720 -We need to turn this off. -No, don't do it. 746 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:11,080 And how was it? 747 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:12,440 It was beautiful. 748 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,360 What seems beautiful and fantastic at night, 749 00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:19,840 then tends to fade away, leaving... 750 00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,400 In the field of creation, 751 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:33,680 everybody is curious about knowing where are the limits, 752 00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,560 and you raise them as much as you can. 753 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:38,800 That's what we did 754 00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,520 and I think it's absolutely logical and reasonable. 755 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,360 It's the drugs that made me more stupid, 756 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,880 that damaged my relationships 757 00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,200 with almost every person I know, 758 00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,920 Drugs are to blame for... lots of things. 759 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:08,520 Hangover means bad humor, less tolerance towards others, 760 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,760 less patience, more stress. 761 00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:18,520 You fear that the album is not as good as you expected. 762 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,560 What drugs did to Héroes... 763 00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,400 Rather than helping with some things, drugs ruined everything. 764 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:27,520 I'm gonna change what we have. 765 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:28,560 OK. 766 00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:03,640 We changed our sound. 767 00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:05,760 The demands were greater, 768 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,240 and so the tension was higher. 769 00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:11,640 Maybe we punched above our weight. 770 00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:17,720 Having many targets and being musically more ambitious 771 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:23,240 made us face our first clashes; 772 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:27,640 different opinions within the band on where we should head to. 773 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:32,320 We didn't want to, or we didn't know how to agree 774 00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,120 how to make things clear between us. 775 00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:40,800 That album, somehow, had all the ideas 776 00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:42,560 but without the final touch. 777 00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:44,680 Phil Manzanera did his best there. 778 00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:48,440 And his best was... spectacular, right? 779 00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:52,000 He recorded an album out of chaos. 780 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,880 PRESENTATION OF THE EXCESS TOUR SUMMER 1992 781 00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,880 They are Héroes del Silencio and this is how they presented, in Berlin, 782 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,840 their new album: "El Espíritu del Vino". 783 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,480 The band earned a gold record in Germany for selling their album 784 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:00,680 "Entre Dos Tierras". 785 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:06,160 The company decided to make clear what was going on in Europa. 786 00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:09,920 But still, everything that happened to us was viewed 787 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:13,600 with much skepticism, as if we were making things up. 788 00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,000 Despite the controversy caused 789 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:21,720 by Héroes del Silencio comments against the King, 790 00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:25,760 the band's rock made its way into the Zarzuela royal palace. 791 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,880 Yes, there was controversy because... 792 00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:33,960 Spanish press loves controversy like a fat kid loves cake. 793 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:37,960 So if you are rock & roll, punk, anarchist stars, 794 00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,960 why didn't you spit on the King's face? 795 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:42,920 And we're kind of fucking tired of that. 796 00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:47,760 There was a reason to criticize Héroes del Silencio. 797 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:48,600 Shit! 798 00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:53,440 We had a very aggressive attitude towards the press. 799 00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:55,360 Throw your television out the window. 800 00:56:55,440 --> 00:57:00,320 They didn't make any effort to please the national press. 801 00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:06,280 There are some dickheads who think we are old-fashioned. 802 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:12,360 Maybe I was wrong when I thought 803 00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:16,160 that giving bad answers to the journalists 804 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,040 was supported by our audience. 805 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,360 I'll show you some real 70's rock & roll. 806 00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,000 Let me talk, please. 807 00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:24,920 He was known for being, let's say, a bit unbearable. 808 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:28,640 I defended him by saying he was just as unbearable 809 00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,400 as the first day I met him. 810 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:32,400 It wasn't because he was a star. 811 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,080 He was very self-confident. 812 00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:38,960 They have always said we are arrogant and whiny. 813 00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:43,240 Maybe it's because we have always had clear ideas 814 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,280 about what our career should be. 815 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,120 Besides, they were very shy. 816 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:51,440 Under the guise of rock stars they could cope with their shyness. 817 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,600 Do you think that the rage you show helps you sell more? 818 00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:57,720 I do understand the need for promotion. 819 00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:00,960 But what do you want me to say? I'd rather not do it. 820 00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:02,520 Let's see. 821 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:04,800 You're miles away, young man. 822 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:08,840 What are Héroes del Silencio's fears? 823 00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:10,480 Fears? 824 00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:12,360 Juan didn't want to, I didn't want to. 825 00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:16,600 Things got weird with the media, as they looked for the singer. 826 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:20,680 Enrique has always taken a role he really didn't want. 827 00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:23,320 If you answer all the questions, 828 00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:27,160 it's normal that you're more famous than the guitarist, who never speaks. 829 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,720 I don't teach anything to anyone. Everyone is to do what they want. 830 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:34,400 -That's all. -Alright. 831 00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:36,960 Juan was a rock star in his own way. 832 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:43,720 An artist who expresses himself instrumentally, and not verbally. 833 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:45,400 There was jealousy... 834 00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:48,720 Maybe one got more attention than the other... 835 00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:53,960 Juan probably needed greater recognition from... 836 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:57,880 Not from the band, as he always got it, but externally, 837 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:01,360 which he deserved as an important part, even more than Enrique, 838 00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,640 in terms of how Héroes del Silencio sounded. 839 00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:39,480 I thought that song was very punk. 840 00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:41,240 "What are these guys doing?" 841 00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:42,800 "Now they want to play punk?" 842 00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:44,080 MUSIC PRODUCER 843 00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,000 They told me: Wait until they play "La herida". 844 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:48,280 OK, let's see what they got. 845 00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,160 So they play "La herida". 846 00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:51,800 Siempre 847 01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:02,920 I thought: "This is a beautiful ballad." 848 01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:07,720 And then, at the end, boom! They go crazy as hell. 849 01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:18,480 I thought it was kind of weird... 850 01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,000 We are a difficult band to classify, I know, 851 01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:23,880 cause we were soft at the beginning. 852 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:26,920 What we've done, be it right or wrong, 853 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,240 it's an evolutionary step in our career. 854 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,360 We were talking about how to bring that to live shows, 855 01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,040 I thought it would be nice to have an extra guitarist 856 01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:41,840 during the new tour. 857 01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:46,160 I met Alan Boguslavsky at a party hosted by Pito. 858 01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:49,680 And he came to take a guitarist test with Juan. 859 01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:55,720 We got wasted after some shots, and I thought: "This is the best one." 860 01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:59,200 GUITARIST OF HÉROES DEL SILENCIO 861 01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:03,160 No, no, don't say that! 862 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:08,080 I chose him because he got drunk, not because he played well... 863 01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:12,080 They told me "You passed these tests, so now... 864 01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:14,600 let's see if you can play the guitar." 865 01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:23,280 He had some influences, a different way to see things, 866 01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:27,880 which connected with me immediately. 867 01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:31,480 I totally understood my role at Héroes del Silencio. 868 01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:35,120 I've always liked the rhythm elements of guitar. 869 01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:41,200 So I realized that the role I was about to take when I joined 870 01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:45,080 Héroes del Silencio was to bring a new energy. 871 01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:48,640 What for? For good and for what's not so good. 872 01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,000 Act as an exhaust valve for some stuff, right? 873 01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:57,320 He was a self-help recruit, rather than a musical one. 874 01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:10,920 At that time, I was homeless, 875 01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:14,920 so I had a suitcase with clothes in the trunk of my car. 876 01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:19,680 I slept at a friend's for some days, then a few days with another friend... 877 01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:23,960 So imagine you're living in your car or at a friend's, 878 01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:26,680 and suddenly you're in Spain going to your first concert 879 01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:30,760 in a private airplane from the Zaragoza airport... 880 01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:33,160 That totally changes your life, right? 881 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:41,840 Any musician who plays rock & roll... wants to live that experience. 882 01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:45,800 Live life in a tour, playing from one place to another... 883 01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,960 And you do want the attention and, somehow, the fame. 884 01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:55,760 LIVE AT ROCK AM RING 1993 885 01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:10,080 Everything was new to me, the fun things, 886 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:11,960 the generated tension... 887 01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:15,760 After three shows you get a free day, which you spend traveling. 888 01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:17,760 Then you do three or four more shows, 889 01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:19,720 and then again, again and again... 890 01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,600 MEXICO 1993 891 01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:53,760 A great band that came from Spain last week. 892 01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:57,760 They are considered the leaders of the Spanish-speaking rock in Europe. 893 01:03:58,160 --> 01:03:59,920 America was way more difficult. 894 01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:02,400 We did an important tour in Mexico, 895 01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:06,480 in modest stages, trying to do our project. 896 01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:16,960 The band was working hard, trying to win over the audience. 897 01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:19,640 Congratulations from Mexico to Spain and to you. 898 01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:23,360 We're so happy to have this super band with us. 899 01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:26,120 Straight from Spain, Héroes del Silencio! 900 01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:34,960 Baja California border! That proves where we are. 901 01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:38,400 We're on a tour in which today you play before 100 people 902 01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:39,640 and tomorrow for 100 000. 903 01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,280 So we were playing at the Sports Palace in Madrid 904 01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:46,240 and then in a pub in Vienna, 905 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:48,720 and we played at a festival in Germany, 906 01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:52,280 and then we went to Argentina. 907 01:04:52,360 --> 01:04:56,560 We were flying and touring in a chaotic, hectic way. 908 01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,360 Hello, good morning. We are in Germany. 909 01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,960 Our journey over the mountains continues. 910 01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:41,760 Those tours we did were ginormous, eternal, 911 01:05:42,040 --> 01:05:43,520 very, very long. 912 01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:45,400 That was taking a terrible toll. 913 01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:48,720 It weakened coexistence every day. 914 01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:52,600 Certain parts of our personality were more and more accentuated 915 01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:55,880 every day, every week, every kilometer. 916 01:05:56,040 --> 01:05:58,920 So we got to the hotel and everyone... 917 01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:01,880 Everyone starts to think of themselves rather than the band, 918 01:06:01,960 --> 01:06:03,680 amps are bigger every time, 919 01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:05,840 everyone wants their volume to be higher, 920 01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:10,320 and maybe we stopped listening to each other as we did before. 921 01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:26,920 I think we should have stopped there for a year, at least. 922 01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:07,520 I read some German critics saying that we looked tired 923 01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:09,520 and we weren't fresh anymore. 924 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,400 Deep inside of me, I knew it was true. 925 01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:15,520 We were nervous, in the end. 926 01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:46,160 Enrique had forced his voice so, so much, 927 01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:51,600 it was damaged, and then we played in Paris, at Elysee Montmartre. 928 01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:53,720 Sellout show, 2000 people. 929 01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:58,040 After the third or fourth song, Enrique says he can't keep singing, 930 01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:01,360 he left the microphone on the floor and left the stage. 931 01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:06,000 We went to the backstage and Enrique said: "I can't go on." 932 01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:09,040 We were all shocked, we thought our singer was indefatigable, 933 01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:11,560 TWO THOUSAND PARISIAN FANS COULD NOT TASTE THE BAND'S WINE 934 01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:13,920 that he was atomic and his voice would never fail him. 935 01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,360 So he suddenly says: "I can't go on." 936 01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:19,760 So Héroes del Silencio... 937 01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:24,320 became many hours of silence. That was fucked up. 938 01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:31,640 Trips were so long, eight or nine hours with no communication. 939 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:33,960 Dangerous. 940 01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:38,320 Héroes del Silencio tour manager, Martín Druille, 941 01:08:38,400 --> 01:08:40,600 has died in a car crash. 942 01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:44,320 Also in the accident, the stage manager was seriously injured, 943 01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:46,520 but fortunately he is out of danger. 944 01:08:47,440 --> 01:08:49,840 Can you remember the night of the accident? 945 01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:53,440 Well... 946 01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:57,680 We were back from... Well, it was New Year's Eve... 947 01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,720 You were on a tour, but it was about to finish, right? 948 01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:11,120 We're coming home for Christmas. 949 01:09:12,440 --> 01:09:14,000 For New Year's Eve. 950 01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:20,480 Were you with Martín that night? 951 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:22,000 We were together, 952 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:26,320 they came back later, they went to buy seafood for the family. 953 01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:32,440 He always played with fire, he used to drive at full speed. 954 01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:35,760 And he burned. 955 01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:42,080 It's fucking hard. 956 01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:44,760 Martín hurt us. 957 01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:48,840 He was just a road manager, 958 01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:51,840 I mean, he wasn't the most important member. 959 01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:56,240 But sometimes, the most important people are not those 960 01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:58,600 who hold the top position. 961 01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:02,680 When Martín was gone, 962 01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:06,000 we lost a parental figure to the band, 963 01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:10,280 who also contributed to have a good relationship. 964 01:10:12,440 --> 01:10:14,760 It was a very painful loss, 965 01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:19,440 he was so close to us, both professionally and personally. 966 01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:23,360 It was painful because I created a beautiful bond with Martín. 967 01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,280 I felt cared for by him. 968 01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,720 I do remember him 969 01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:32,840 with all my gratitude and all my affection. 970 01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:39,920 And if I think of him, of course it brings me sadness. 971 01:10:40,680 --> 01:10:43,280 He left quite a mark on the band. 972 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:46,880 The first concert we gave, in Zaragoza, 973 01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:48,560 after Martín's death, 974 01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:53,320 was a very emotional show, very hard for us to give. 975 01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:59,560 We would like the show to be a sort of tribute... 976 01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:05,520 to our road manager and beloved friend, Martín. 977 01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:13,960 In his memory, we really appreciated him... 978 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:17,880 This one is for you, Martín. 979 01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:52,280 BENASQUE HOSPITAL WINTER 1994 980 01:11:57,360 --> 01:11:58,160 Benasque... 981 01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:03,240 We needed powerful places to stimulate the band, I think. 982 01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:08,600 Practicing in Zaragoza would have been worse, as we were fed up. 983 01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:12,000 Coming back to that basement... 984 01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:15,240 We wanted to be far from the madding crowd. 985 01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,440 We were somehow looking for ourselves. 986 01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:24,360 Should we go on and climb it? Where? 987 01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:25,200 There. 988 01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:28,520 -There. -We need to come closer... 989 01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:33,360 Well, we liked the concept of a personal relationship between us, 990 01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,360 similar to the beginning, right? 991 01:12:36,440 --> 01:12:38,760 Being together. 992 01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:42,920 The thing of being isolated brought calm to the band. 993 01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:50,480 It was about coexisting, 994 01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:54,840 but not coexisting in a small rehearsal room, 995 01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:57,720 but in this majestic landscape, where you can do you want, 996 01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:01,040 be it going out for a walk or not. 997 01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:03,960 The mountain-type guys woke up early and went for a walk. 998 01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:09,080 Those who were not climbers woke up for lunch and practice. 999 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:29,080 This is Juan trying to fish... 1000 01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:34,080 some fish in the lake, cause maybe we will never leave this place. 1001 01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:39,840 As you can see, we are under a cloud. 1002 01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:44,760 Enrique is smoking the last pipe. 1003 01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:47,360 A self-manufactured pipe. 1004 01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:51,160 At that time, our manager was a little confused. 1005 01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:54,880 He showed up sometimes in a poor condition, 1006 01:13:54,960 --> 01:13:58,760 and he kind of had forgotten about his job as a manager 1007 01:13:58,920 --> 01:14:01,920 and about managing the band's affairs. 1008 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:08,240 Well, the thing with Pito was the escalation of drugs 1009 01:14:09,080 --> 01:14:10,640 in which... 1010 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,480 in which all of Spain was involved... 1011 01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:17,360 some of us did better and could work... 1012 01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,000 and a certain point, Pito didn't work as a manager. 1013 01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:26,520 Yes, at that time, I didn't really know what happened. 1014 01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:30,520 Now I know what was going on, back then I didn't. 1015 01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:35,000 I mean, I was totally way over the limit. 1016 01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:40,080 Then we went to a house in England. 1017 01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:42,720 We're angry. 1018 01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:44,760 We're angry in London 1019 01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:48,160 because Quique phoned Madrid's office and he wouldn't answer. 1020 01:14:48,440 --> 01:14:52,280 I remember we were practicing in that cottage in London suburbs, 1021 01:14:52,360 --> 01:14:54,680 trying to find Pito for some days. 1022 01:14:54,760 --> 01:14:56,560 There was no way to find him. 1023 01:14:56,720 --> 01:14:59,680 Eventually, I found out he was at a hotel, 1024 01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:05,200 with the guys from Suede, who also were drugged to the hills. 1025 01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:09,120 As he didn't pick up the phone, I went to the hotel, 1026 01:15:09,480 --> 01:15:12,000 I got into his room and tried to talk to him. 1027 01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:17,600 And... within the chaos and haze of those conversations, 1028 01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:24,560 I managed to tell him that he needed to take some time 1029 01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:26,800 to recover, and that, in the meantime, 1030 01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:29,840 we had to record an album and continue the tour, 1031 01:15:29,920 --> 01:15:32,760 so when he felt better, he could give us a call. 1032 01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,840 The funny thing is that he called me two days later, 1033 01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:39,080 saying he was OK. 1034 01:15:39,640 --> 01:15:43,200 He needed to stop that and then we had no manager. 1035 01:15:43,280 --> 01:15:44,960 There was a shift in focus. 1036 01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:01,320 We also wanted to try a new producer. 1037 01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:03,600 I guess the figure of Bob Ezrin is impressive, 1038 01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:09,560 the fact that he recorded Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, being with Aerosmith, 1039 01:16:09,640 --> 01:16:11,640 going to Los Angeles to record... 1040 01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:14,000 Well, that's a new level, right? 1041 01:16:29,960 --> 01:16:33,040 I had a hard time recording Avalancha 1042 01:16:33,120 --> 01:16:36,520 cause working with Pink Floyd's producer 1043 01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:38,440 is such a great standard... 1044 01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:42,240 you even think you don't deserve these people, right? 1045 01:16:42,520 --> 01:16:45,720 That pressure made me freeze. 1046 01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:49,800 Juan started to have a serious problem with his hands. 1047 01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:53,880 At the beginning, it was not discussed enough, 1048 01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:57,160 the problem was not seriously handled. 1049 01:16:57,240 --> 01:17:02,960 My left hand was totally fucked up, so I was in pain when I played the guitar. 1050 01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:07,680 I was so afraid, because the guitar plucking I had in Avalancha 1051 01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:12,160 was very difficult to perform and I wanted to play well. 1052 01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:15,840 I gave around 60 concerts without being able to... 1053 01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:19,920 I put my finger here and it went there. 1054 01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:25,680 They didn't understand what happened to me, 1055 01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:29,480 plus I was drinking a huge amount 1056 01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:32,680 of alcohol at parties and so on... 1057 01:17:32,840 --> 01:17:36,560 I think it was at the beginning of the last American tour. 1058 01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,160 There's a discrepancy regarding... 1059 01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,560 Enrique wanted to innovate, and try new things. 1060 01:17:44,920 --> 01:17:48,880 He wanted to take a new musical direction and use new instruments, 1061 01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:51,480 to change Juan's sound, 1062 01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:55,160 and then we started to disagree. 1063 01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:58,120 Why "Avalancha", an avalanche of what? 1064 01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:00,480 An avalanche of motivation. 1065 01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:05,280 There's a moment in which the four or five band members 1066 01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:09,360 need to talk and restore... 1067 01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:13,080 our friendship and our music, which is what really united us. 1068 01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:14,760 That's why we are here. 1069 01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:17,520 I realized that, musically, 1070 01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:21,080 the gap between Enrique and Juan was getting bigger, it was a rift. 1071 01:18:21,480 --> 01:18:24,440 One pulled in one direction, the other pulled in the opposite. 1072 01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:29,600 And, caught in the crossfire, Joaquín, Pedro and myself. 1073 01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:34,680 At some point, Pedro got sick and he had an operation. 1074 01:18:35,200 --> 01:18:37,880 Pedro had a heart surgery and he stayed here in Zaragoza 1075 01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:40,960 recovering while we go to Mexico with a new drummer. 1076 01:18:41,040 --> 01:18:42,480 It was all chaos. 1077 01:18:42,560 --> 01:18:48,720 And the conversation came up, we said: "well, we need to stop." 1078 01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:08,560 When you have a problem, 1079 01:19:09,040 --> 01:19:12,680 if someone puts his finger in the wound 1080 01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:19,320 by saying: "this is the problem," your first reaction is to turn on. 1081 01:19:19,400 --> 01:19:24,000 He gathered us and said that he didn't like Héroes music anymore, 1082 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:30,960 that the band was over, he wanted to stop and he was done. 1083 01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:34,800 When I recovered, I went to Mexico and told Anye Bao: 1084 01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:39,320 "Take a plane and get out of here, this is my place." 1085 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:43,640 When he arrives, the first thing we say is we want to break up. 1086 01:20:00,280 --> 01:20:03,280 I wrote some proposals, 1087 01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:08,000 what I thought we could do to improve the situation 1088 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:10,800 and how we could save the band. 1089 01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:13,880 One: "rock & roll is dead." 1090 01:20:13,960 --> 01:20:18,840 "Rolling Stones are out of style, and so are AC/DC. No more rock." 1091 01:20:19,200 --> 01:20:24,360 "Gibson and Marshall are a thing of the past. Forget them." 1092 01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:27,360 Maybe he didn't explain well, but these ten rules were... 1093 01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:30,200 "No Marshall." What does that mean? No voice? 1094 01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:34,280 I remember that my proposal was not welcomed. 1095 01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:37,440 I said: "Someone is going crazy here," 1096 01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:40,160 I left the room and went to mine. 1097 01:20:40,600 --> 01:20:45,600 One didn't know how to say "Why don't we try this?" 1098 01:20:46,360 --> 01:20:50,000 And the other took everything personally, so... 1099 01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:53,080 It was like: "I'm leaving the band!" "Me too!", "And me!" 1100 01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:55,680 I mean, in 15 minutes... 1101 01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:59,000 all of us said we'd leave the band except Pedro. 1102 01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:01,800 I had been gifted a new heart. 1103 01:21:02,040 --> 01:21:04,640 So I was like: "Come on, you're joking." 1104 01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:09,520 I'd send you three months to hospital so you know what it is like. 1105 01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:13,000 Did you publicly announce that the group was breaking up? 1106 01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:16,240 No. 1107 01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:18,840 During that time, we didn't tell anybody. 1108 01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:21,120 But still we stayed the course, 1109 01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:23,800 thinking that we didn't have to fight anymore, 1110 01:21:24,360 --> 01:21:27,400 because the situation was clear, somehow. 1111 01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:30,280 These are our last shows. Let's do them right. 1112 01:21:32,240 --> 01:21:38,240 LOS ANGELES AUTUMN 1996 1113 01:21:39,240 --> 01:21:42,360 It was the last Héroes concert in Los Angeles, 1114 01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:44,280 and Bob Ezrin came to see us. 1115 01:21:44,360 --> 01:21:48,360 He was in the backstage, with his cigars and everything. 1116 01:21:48,440 --> 01:21:51,880 And he goes: "Well, what are you playing in the show?" 1117 01:21:51,960 --> 01:21:55,400 I knew we were going to cancel it, and told him: 1118 01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:58,920 "Good luck," that's what I said. 1119 01:21:59,640 --> 01:22:02,040 Cause I thought: "He won't see any concert." 1120 01:22:02,200 --> 01:22:04,960 That particular day, which I'll always remember, 1121 01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:08,520 they came from Japan to sign us for a tour there. 1122 01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:13,920 It was a shitty concert, maybe 20 minutes or half an hour. 1123 01:22:24,720 --> 01:22:27,520 At that time, shows in the U.S. 1124 01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:31,520 were kind of violent, people threw things at the stage. 1125 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:36,040 Some people who got tickets out of nowhere 1126 01:22:36,120 --> 01:22:38,600 started throwing coins at Enrique. 1127 01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,800 They started throwing things at the stage so I decided to leave. 1128 01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:51,080 Juan told me... He looked at me as if saying: 1129 01:22:51,240 --> 01:22:55,080 "If he leaves, I'm off, too. Fuck it!" So they all left. 1130 01:23:00,280 --> 01:23:02,560 The Japanese delegation was in the backstage. 1131 01:23:02,640 --> 01:23:04,440 They came to see the concert. 1132 01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:07,320 I would have loved to be a star in Japan. 1133 01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:09,600 So when the Japanese delegation 1134 01:23:09,680 --> 01:23:13,360 came to see us and offered a release there, we broke up. 1135 01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:15,080 In their fucking faces. 1136 01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:18,480 We said goodbye and came back separately to Zaragoza, 1137 01:23:18,640 --> 01:23:21,200 And... it was over. 1138 01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:39,040 After the most ambitious tour ever made by a Spanish rock band, 1139 01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:40,720 Héroes del Silencio are breaking up... 1140 01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:43,720 They leave after 12 years and more than 1000 concerts... 1141 01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:46,000 They have sold over six million records in 40 countries. 1142 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:49,440 Héroes del Silencio members will start their solo careers, 1143 01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:50,440 Enrique Bunbury... 1144 01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:53,080 What seemed a break in October 1996... 1145 01:23:53,160 --> 01:23:56,360 Years after the band breakup, the legend goes on... 1146 01:23:56,440 --> 01:23:59,560 When Héroes are asked about coming back to the stage, 1147 01:23:59,640 --> 01:24:03,400 the members of the band keep completely silent. 1148 01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:16,800 TEN YEARS LATER 1149 01:24:18,080 --> 01:24:20,480 ZARAGOZA FEBRUARY 2007 1150 01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:21,600 Whenever you want. 1151 01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:23,400 Hi, we are Héroes del Silencio. 1152 01:24:23,480 --> 01:24:26,800 After ten years away from the stages, 1153 01:24:27,080 --> 01:24:29,240 we are so excited to announce that, 1154 01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:33,760 this year, after the 20th anniversary of the release of our first recordings, 1155 01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:37,280 we will do a reunion tour of just ten concerts. 1156 01:24:42,800 --> 01:24:46,680 This is the non-silent return of one of the most iconic bands in Spain. 1157 01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:49,040 They will play together in a historic tour 1158 01:24:49,120 --> 01:24:51,760 over the U.S., Latin America and Spain. 1159 01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:56,000 Héroes del Silencio are back 11 years after they split up. 1160 01:24:56,160 --> 01:24:58,720 Three, two, one...! 1161 01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:00,880 At 12 o'clock tonight 1162 01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:03,680 the gates opened to start selling tickets 1163 01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:06,000 for the Héroes del Silencio concert. 1164 01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,840 I think it was necessary. 1165 01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:15,280 In a selfish way, 1166 01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:18,800 I think we needed to come back to the stage, 1167 01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:20,400 to play these songs, 1168 01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:23,960 to be united, as we were at the band's origins. 1169 01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:29,240 In public, in front of everybody, we're recovering the good vibes 1170 01:25:29,320 --> 01:25:31,080 we have for one another. 1171 01:25:44,840 --> 01:25:49,000 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes! 1172 01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:55,560 Jota! 1173 01:25:57,080 --> 01:26:02,080 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes! 1174 01:26:10,680 --> 01:26:11,600 Ready? 1175 01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:24,200 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes! 1176 01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:29,800 Hell yeah! 1177 01:26:34,520 --> 01:26:37,920 The time's come. Well, the time's come. 1178 01:27:57,240 --> 01:27:58,960 When you go up the stairs of the stage, 1179 01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:01,320 you need to forget everything but music. 1180 01:28:01,480 --> 01:28:04,880 The only place where Héroes fully understand each other 1181 01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:06,760 is on a stage, playing their songs. 1182 01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:09,440 Actually, the band's life was very short, 1183 01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:12,320 the band could have gone so much further. 1184 01:28:12,480 --> 01:28:14,440 We could have done more things. 1185 01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:17,840 I wish we were still together and had 15 records. 1186 01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:21,280 Then, we would really have made history. 1187 01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:29,360 I guess no one played their role, 1188 01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:33,400 and we must consider them one of those big anomalies. 1189 01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:36,440 During the 10 years they stopped, 1190 01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:39,400 they grew even more than when they were together. 1191 01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:41,720 That's not normal in the world of rock. 1192 01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:45,640 Songs... Music survives everything. 1193 01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:57,520 I had long dreamt of being in a stadium, in a show, 1194 01:28:57,680 --> 01:28:58,960 like the Rolling Stones. 1195 01:28:59,240 --> 01:29:01,640 All our dreams came true, sure they did. 1196 01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:13,360 It's emotional to reach the end of something. 1197 01:29:13,720 --> 01:29:17,240 To properly complete a work is better than extending it forever. 1198 01:29:17,720 --> 01:29:21,160 Thank you so much! Goodbye! 1199 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:33,480 Thank you so much! 1200 01:29:57,240 --> 01:29:59,320 Goodbye forever! That's it! 1201 01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,920 THE LAST CONCERT BY HÉROES DEL SILENCIO WAS HELD IN VALENCIA 1202 01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:05,360 ON THE 27th OF OCTOBER, 2007 1203 01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:10,600 MORE THAN 80,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SHOW. 1204 01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:15,600 THEY HAVE NEVER PLAYED TOGETHER AGAIN 1205 01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:26,480 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes! 1206 01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:31,080 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes! 1207 01:30:31,160 --> 01:30:34,800 Héroes, Héroes, Héroes!