Caifanes is a
rock
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band from
Mexico City
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. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original line-up was
Saúl Hernández
Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada (born January 15, 1964), is a Mexican musician, writer, poet, songwriter and the lead singer of Jaguares and Caifanes, two prominent Mexican rock en español bands.
Biography
Saúl Hernández was born in t ...
(vocals and guitar),
Sabo Romo
Salvador Sabo Romo is a bass and guitar player, composer and producer. He was born in Mexico City.
Interested in music since childhood, he played drums, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the bass, and formed “Ma ...
(bass guitar), (drums) and
Diego Herrera (keyboards and saxophone). Alejandro Marcovich later joined as lead guitar player. Caifanes' style can be described as a hybrid of British
new wave,
progressive rock
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and Latin percussion underscored by deep, somber and Latin American-Mexican-Spanish-influenced lyrics and the vocal style of Saúl Hernández. Members of Caifanes have cited
The Cure
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,
The Beatles
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and
King Crimson
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as major influences.
Adrian Belew
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having produced their third studio album, ''
El Silencio
''El Silencio'' (The Silence) is a studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in 1992. It was produced by Adrian Belew. It is the last Caifanes album to feature bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist/saxophonist Diego Herrera.
Critical rece ...
'', as well as making a guest appearance on it.
The name "Caifanes" is said to be derived from the 1940s Mexican ''
pachuco
Pachucos are male members of a counterculture associated with zoot suit fashion, jazz and swing music, a distinct dialect known as '' caló'', and self-empowerment in rejecting assimilation into Anglo-American society that emerged in El Paso, ...
'' (zoot suiter) slang "''cae fine''". Its equivalent in English would be "cool dude". The word has also been used to describe the proverbial Mexican ''pachuco'', delinquent or outsider.
History
Early years
The seeds of what later became Caifanes were planted in 1984 with
Las Insolitas Imágenes de Aurora (The Unusual Images of Aurora), a band that included
Saúl Hernández
Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada (born January 15, 1964), is a Mexican musician, writer, poet, songwriter and the lead singer of Jaguares and Caifanes, two prominent Mexican rock en español bands.
Biography
Saúl Hernández was born in t ...
, Alfonso André and Alejandro Marcovich. According to Marcovich, Insólitas started as a side project for the purpose of performing as a party band for the filming of his brother's film project. (Marcovich's brother went on to direct videos for Caifanes). At the time, both Hernández and Marcovich were playing in different bands. They enjoyed the experience of playing in Insolitas and decided to continue. As the seriousness of the project grew the band began to play in different venues in Mexico City like Rockotitlán, High Tower and El Jabalí. In May 1986, Insolitas recorded a live demo at Rockotitlán. Insólitas developed a strong cult following in
Mexico City
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.
Insólitas broke up in 1986. Saúl and Alfonso reformed as Caifanes with the bass guitar player/producer
Sabo Romo
Salvador Sabo Romo is a bass and guitar player, composer and producer. He was born in Mexico City.
Interested in music since childhood, he played drums, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the bass, and formed “Ma ...
and Diego Herrera on keyboards and saxophone. Caifanes' first live show was on April 11, 1987, in Rockotitlán. The building was filled to capacity and many people were left outside. Their popularity began to grow throughout Mexico City. By late 1987, Caifanes had carved a niche for themselves as a dark contrast to the corporate pop/rock and light ballads that dominated Mexican radio and television during the 1980s. At times the image and the sound were considered radical for the Mexican music industry. Between December 28, 1986, and January 3, 1987, Juan Aceves produced a four-song demo for the band using "free" studio time at night at Arco Studio (where Aceves was chief engineer). The demo was showcased on the independent radio program ''Espacio 59'' (Space 59), a show that promoted up-and-coming rock bands. With demo in hand, Caifanes approached
CBS
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Mexico. The musical director at the time shunned them for dark new wave attire and said, "You look like fags." At the time, Caifanes' sound and look was influenced by British post-punk groups such as
The Cure
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and
The Jesus and Mary Chain
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. They dressed in black suits and sported frizzly hair and make-up. Upon hearing the demo of "Será Por Eso" (English: "That's Why"), the CBS executive said, "At CBS, our business is to sell records, not coffins."
Nevertheless, the movement of
Rock en Español
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or ''rock en tu idioma'' (
Rock in your language
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) was too strong to ignore by record executives. The flood of groups from
Spain
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, i ...
and
Argentina
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forced Mexican labels to take a second look at up-and-coming Mexican bands. Caifanes received a big break when Ariola records invited them to open for the Argentinean rocker
Miguel Mateos
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' Mexico City show. The show brought Cafaines to the attention of Miguel Mateos' producer, Oscar Lopez. He fell in love with the band and took them to the studio to record a demo. Lopez was instrumental in their signing to
RCA
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-
Ariola
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and went on to produce their first two albums.
Caifanes' first album, ''
Caifanes
Caifanes is a rock band from Mexico City. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original line-up was Saúl Hernández (vocals and guitar), Sabo Romo (bass guitar), (drums) and Diego ...
'' (also known as ''Mátenme Porque Me Muero, Volumen I'') was released in August 1988 by RCA-Ariola. It was preceded by an EP of three songs, in order to test the market. The immediate sale of 300,000 copies of the EP cemented the band's appeal. The first single, "Mátenme Porque Me Muero" ("Kill Me Because I'm Dying"), became a minor hit in Mexico City. The first three singles received radio play.
In December 1988, Caifanes released a cover of the Cuban folk singer Guillermo Rodriguez Fiffe's classic ''
cumbia
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...
'' (tropical dance song), "
La Negra Tomasa" (The Black Woman Tomasa) as a Maxi single. It was a massive hit in Mexico and introduced Caifanes to a wider audience nationally and abroad.
National success
By 1989, Caifanes had emerged as one of the hottest rock acts from central Mexico. In June, Caifanes played two sold-out shows at the
National Auditorium
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The National Auditorium is considered among the world's best venues by specialized media. It was designed by Mexica ...
, a 10,000 person venue – a first for a Mexican rock band.
In late 1989, Caifanes began to record a second album in New York City. It was produced by Lopez, assisted by
Gustavo Santaolalla
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and Daniel Freiberg. ''
El diablito
''El Diablito'' (The Little Devil, which was originally to be called ''Volumen 2'') is the second studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released on June 19, 1990. Original members Saúl Hernández, Alfonso André, Sabo Romo, and Diego He ...
'' (The Little Devil) was released in July 1990 by
BMG Records
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. The band now included the former Insolitas guitarist Marcovich. His textural guitar work considerably changed Caifanes' sound and cemented the "classic" Mexican rock sound for which Caifanes became famous. "La Célula Que Explota" (The Cell that Explodes), with its brushes of mariachi and bolero guitars and a crescendo of mariachi trumpets and its music video directed by Juan Carlos Colín became both a signature of the band as well as a massive hit in 1990 and 1991.
By this time, Caifanes along with
Maná
Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band. The band is considered one of the best-selling Latin music artists and the most successful Latin American band of all time with over 40 million records sold worldwide. The group's current lineup consists o ...
,
Fobia
Fobia is a Mexican rock en español band from Mexico City.
History
The band was formed in 1987 by Leonardo de Lozanne and Francisco "Paco" Huidobro, brother of Micky Huidobro of Molotov. The original lineup consisted of Lozanne, Huidobro, ...
,
Maldita Vecindad
La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (, usually called only "La Maldita") is a band formed in Mexico City in 1985. They are pioneers of rock en español and one of the most influential rock bands in Mexico.
They first made an impac ...
,
La Lupita
La Lupita is a Mexican band that combines rock and Latin music. Their lyrics are humorous and sometimes sarcastic. They released their first album, ''Pa' Servir a Ud'', in 1992, combining heavy metal, norteñas, disco music, funk, mambo
M ...
,
Café Tacuba
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and Los Amantes de Lola, helped to move Mexican rock toward a wider audience and catapulted the Rock En Español movement of the 1990s.
In 1992, Caifanes released ''
El Silencio
''El Silencio'' (The Silence) is a studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in 1992. It was produced by Adrian Belew. It is the last Caifanes album to feature bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist/saxophonist Diego Herrera.
Critical rece ...
'' (The Silence). Recorded in Wisconsin and produced by
Adrian Belew
Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...
of King Crimson, ''El Silencio'' had a more direct guitar driven sound. "No Dejes Que" (Don't Let It), "Estas Dormida" (You're Sleeping), "Debajo de Tu Piel" (Under Your Skin), and the soaring "Nubes" (Clouds) went on to become Mexican rock staples. The influence of Belew, who also played guitar on the album, was felt strongest in "Hasta Morir" (Until Death), "Tortuga" (Turtle) and "Vamos a Hacer un Silencio" (Let's Make a Silence). With its string of hits and hybrid of rock and traditional Mexican music, ''El silencio'' is considered to be one of the most influential records of the Rock En Español genre. Caifanes toured extensively in support of it. By this time, the group had started to make inroads into Central and South America as well as in the United States. In August 1992, Caifanes sold out the
Hollywood Palladium
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. In 1993, Caifanes became the first Mexican rock group to sell out
Palacio de los Deportes
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in Mexico City.
By late 1993, Caifanes became a three piece with the exit of Romo and Herrera.
Federico Fong
Federico Vicente Fong Pharris (born 1967 in San Rafael, California) simply known as Federico Fong is a musician and producer, member of several bands in Mexico and the United States; these include Hip Hop Hoodíos, Jaguares (rock band), Jaguares ...
filled in on bass guitar and Yann Zaragoza played keyboards. ''
El nervio del volcán
''El nervio del volcán'' is the fourth and final album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in the summer of 1994.
With bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist Diego Herrera out of the band since the previous year, Saúl Hernández (vocals), Alfon ...
'' (The Volcano's Nerve, 1994, released by BMG, showed Caifanes with a heavier, more progressive sound. Without the distractions of Romo's lively and fluid bass guitar playing or Herrera's atmospheric keyboards, Marcovich's staccato guitar work, Alfonso's polyrythmic drumming and Hernandez's brooding and haunting vocal style became even more prominent. "Afuera" ("Outside"), the first single, fused rock grooves with an ethnic-inspired guitar solo. "Aquí No Es Así" ("Here Is Not Like That ") and "Ayer Me Dijo Un Ave" ("Yesterday a Bird said to me...") became radio favorites. "Aquí No Es Así" achieved great success in Mexico and several countries of Latin America. It became the last massive hit of the band, shortly before their break up, and its music video, directed by
Carlos Marcovich (Alejandro's brother, who also directed "Afuera") tells the history of the
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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in just one shot.
In 1994, Caifanes were at the height of their popularity and was, along with Maná, one of Mexico's top stadium rock acts, selling out stadiums in Mexico and large venues throughout Latin America and the United States. They were a staple on
Latin MTV, Rock en Español radio and appeared regularly at music festivals. In 1994, Caifanes opened for the
Rolling Stones
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in Mexico City and participated in
Peter Gabriel
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's
WOMAD
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History
WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, ...
festival.
Breakup
1995 was the end for Caifanes. The relationship between Hernández and Marcovich was strained. On 18 August 1995, Caifanes played the final show in San Luis Potosí. A legal scuffle over the name "Caifanes" ensued, forcing Saúl Hernández to choose the name
Jaguares (Spanish for "jaguars") for his new project, which was not a radical departure from the Caifanes sound. Hernández was joined by the former Caifanes and Insolitas drummer Alfonso André.
Reunion
On December 14, 2010, it was announced that the band would reunite for the
Vive Latino
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The event takes place in Foro ...
festival and the
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* "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind", a 2017 song by Lana del Rey
See also
* Coachell ...
Festival of 2011,
after a reconciliation between Hernández and Marcovich.
After not having recorded since 1994, the band released a new single, "Heridos". The band's intention was that the release of the single would be the starting point of what could be the recording of a fifth studio album.
[(9 February 2019)]
Caifanes: se alista para lanzar nuevo sencillo
''Monterrey Rock''.
Legacy
Influence on popular culture
Caifanes collaborated in the de-sanitization of rock — its condition was one of marginalization and veiled in a conservative Mexico of the 1980s. Their arrival marked a total rupture in structures and of many taboos of the time, and their look collided with social norms. It was extremely unusual for a Mexican band at the time to wear make-up, dress in black, and have disheveled hair.
Influence on the Mexican rock scene
The presence of Caifanes and the media coverage forced record companies to take existing groups seriously as well as to revitalize veteran rock figures who had long careers behind them, such as
El Tri. , , Alquima and
Maldita Vecindad
La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (, usually called only "La Maldita") is a band formed in Mexico City in 1985. They are pioneers of rock en español and one of the most influential rock bands in Mexico.
They first made an impac ...
. Maná and El Tri already had records out to take advantage of the surge in media support.
Fobia
Fobia is a Mexican rock en español band from Mexico City.
History
The band was formed in 1987 by Leonardo de Lozanne and Francisco "Paco" Huidobro, brother of Micky Huidobro of Molotov. The original lineup consisted of Lozanne, Huidobro, ...
gives enormous credit to the influence of Caifanes on their music -Hernandez collaborated in the production of the demos "Puedo Rascarme Solo", "La Iguana" and "Moscas" for a television show. Saul offered moral support to
Fobia
Fobia is a Mexican rock en español band from Mexico City.
History
The band was formed in 1987 by Leonardo de Lozanne and Francisco "Paco" Huidobro, brother of Micky Huidobro of Molotov. The original lineup consisted of Lozanne, Huidobro, ...
and helped them sign with BMG Ariola. Many other bands owe their existence in the media to Caifanes, including
Santa Sabina
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,
La Castañeda, ,
Maldita Vecindad
La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (, usually called only "La Maldita") is a band formed in Mexico City in 1985. They are pioneers of rock en español and one of the most influential rock bands in Mexico.
They first made an impac ...
,
La Cuca
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,
La Lupita
La Lupita is a Mexican band that combines rock and Latin music. Their lyrics are humorous and sometimes sarcastic. They released their first album, ''Pa' Servir a Ud'', in 1992, combining heavy metal, norteñas, disco music, funk, mambo
M ...
, the
ska
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band , ,
Botellita de Jerez
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. All of these bands have commented on the support of Caifanes for their careers.
Members
Current
*
Saúl Hernández
Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada (born January 15, 1964), is a Mexican musician, writer, poet, songwriter and the lead singer of Jaguares and Caifanes, two prominent Mexican rock en español bands.
Biography
Saúl Hernández was born in t ...
- vocals / guitars (1987 - 1995, 2011–present)
*
Alfonso André
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- drums (1987 - 1995, 2011–present)
*
Diego Herrera - keyboards (1987 - 1993, 2011–present)
*
Rodrigo Baills
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- lead guitars (2014–present)
*
Marco Renteria
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* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...
- bass guitar (2020-present)
Former
*
Alejandro Marcovich - Lead Guitars (1989 - 1995, 2011 - 2014)
* Sabo Romo - bass guitar (1987 - 1993, 2011–2020)
*Juan Carlos Novelo - drums (1986-1987)
*Santiago Ojeda - lead guitars, backing vocals (1987)
*Jorge "Gato" Arce - drums (1987)
Guest musicians and collaborators
Rodrigo Baills (guitars),
Chucho Merchán
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(bass guitar),
Federico Fong
Federico Vicente Fong Pharris (born 1967 in San Rafael, California) simply known as Federico Fong is a musician and producer, member of several bands in Mexico and the United States; these include Hip Hop Hoodíos, Jaguares (rock band), Jaguares ...
(bass guitar), (guitar),
Stuart Hamm
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Career
Born in New Orleans, Hamm spent his chil ...
(bass guitar),
Gustavo Cerati
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(guitar),
Adrian Belew
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(guitar), Yann Zaragoza (keyboards), Leo (percussion),
Graham Nash
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(harmonica), Lenny Castro
immy Z Zavalaharmonica, saxophone
Tours
The Caifanes 2019 Tour was a
concert tour
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to promote their 2019 single "Heridos".
Select discography
Studio albums
*1988: ''
Caifanes (Matenme porque me muero, Volumen 1)''
*1990: ''
El Diablito (Volumen 2)''
*1992: ''
El Silencio
''El Silencio'' (The Silence) is a studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in 1992. It was produced by Adrian Belew. It is the last Caifanes album to feature bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist/saxophonist Diego Herrera.
Critical rece ...
''
*1994: ''
El Nervio Del Volcán
''El nervio del volcán'' is the fourth and final album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in the summer of 1994.
With bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist Diego Herrera out of the band since the previous year, Saúl Hernández (vocals), Alfon ...
''
Compilations
*1997: ''
La Historia (History)''
*1999: ''Rock Milenium: Caifanes''
*2009: ''Essential Caifanes''
Live album
*1994: ''
Caifanes MTV Unplugged''
See also
*
Jaguares
*
Rock en español
Rock en español () is a term used widely in the English-speaking world to refer to any kind of rock music featuring Spanish vocals. Compared to English-speaking bands, very few acts reached worldwide success or between Spanish-speaking countri ...
*
Latino punk
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*
Rock en tu idioma
*
Comrock
Comrock is the name of a record label created in Mexico in the 1980s that was dedicated to promoting rock bands. It was coordinated by Ricardo Ochoa, guitar player of Kenny y los Eléctricos, and brought a wide audience to many Mexican bands. Fiv ...
References
External links
Caifanes' Reunion web siteJaguares Official web site*
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Mexican post-punk music groups
Rock en Español music groups
Mexican alternative rock groups
Musical groups from Mexico City
Musical groups established in 1987
Musical groups reestablished in 2011
Mexican rock music groups