Amparo Llanos Fayos (born 27 May 1965) is a Spanish musician, guitarist and songwriter. She was the leader, along with her sister

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, of the Spanish rock band Dover.

Biography

Before the foundation of the band, she worked in the shop of her mother in

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. She took a course in history and three of Journalism, but according to her, "I left it because I was too timid". Her influences are

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and

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. Dover released his first album in 1995 ("

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") with Amparo, her sister Cristina (vocals and guitar), Jesús Antúnez (drums) and Alvaro Díez (bass). The album was not a big success, because they sold only 700 copies. Two years later, they released " Devil Came to Me" with which they got a remarkable success of sales, 800,000 copies. In 2006, " Follow the city lights" was released, turning its music genre to electronics. A few years later, the album " I Ka Kené" was published and had a strong influence of African sounds. In February 2015, they released a new album, " Complications", with which they returned to their origins of rock. Amparo was the one who managed to speak to the manager, with the label, and signed on groups for the label Loli Jackson Records. She was also in charge of handwriting letters to the 'fans', taking advantage of the tours.

Discography

Dover

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'' (1995) * '' Devil Came to Me'' (1997) * '' Late at Night'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' The Flame'' (2003) * '' Follow the City Lights'' (2006) * '' I Ka Kené'' (2010) * '' Complications'' (2015)

References

External links

Official Web: Dover

Twitter: Dover

Facebook: Dover

MySpace: Dover
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