Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
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hard rock
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band from
Barcelona
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, formed in 2006 by brothers Armand Valeta and LG Valeta.
History
The band's first lineup included Armand Valeta on vocals and rhythm guitar and LG Valeta on lead guitar, plus bassist Raw and drummer Dolphin Riot. They recorded an EP in 2007, and in 2009 they released their first full-length album, ''21st Century Rock,'' in Spain via Weight Recordings. The band then began to tour extensively throughout Europe.
In 2010 they signed with the French label
Listenable Records
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The company has published albums from many acclaimed extreme metal bands, such as Immo ...
, which re-released ''21st Century Rock'' in additional European countries and in Japan. While on tour in Sweden they met musician
Nicke Andersson
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, then with
The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson (sometimes known as Nick R ...
, who offered to serve as their producer. Their second album, ''High Decibels'', was produced by Andersson and was released in late 2011.
The band's third album, ''Maximum Rock 'n' Roll'', was co-produced by Andersson and
Fred Estby
Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage. Estby appeared in various other projects including ...
and was released in late 2013. In 2014, Raw and Dolphin Riot left the band and were replaced by Guillem Martínez and Andy Cobo respectively. They signed with
Century Media
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A centennial or ...
in early 2015. Later that year they released their fourth album, ''Nothing's Gonna Stop Us''. The band then toured throughout Europe, first supporting
Michael Schenker
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's Temple of Rock and then
Danko Jones
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