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''.Hoy Gano Yo on ''Frets on Fire''
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Meaning

On the band's official website Víctor García stated that the song talks about heavy metal, and about the "heavies", with a clear message, "one for all and all for one". He said the main purpose of the song is "to appeal for unity" among the metal enthusiasts, stating also that "sometimes total victory is an accumulation of partial victories, like opening a bar to play only metal music ..to do things to make heavy metal more important in the society."Hoy Gano Yo
WarCry.as Retrieved April 17, 2002 Hoy Gano Yo makes reference to how ignored is heavy metal on these times, in lyrics like: On the main chorus appears what García said it was an "appeal for unity"

Personnel

* Víctor García -

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Notes

External links

WarCry
— official website
Hoy Gano Yo
at

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