Jesús Antúnez (born 25 December 1973) is a Spanish musician, DJ, producer and drummer of the Spanish rock band

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Biography

Jesús was born in Badajoz, where he attended at High School until 15. He left it because he needed to work. At 17 years old, he started playing drums, having influences as

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, Matt Cameron and Dave Abbruzzese. He moved to Madrid in 1992 where, by an advert published in a newspaper by Cristina Llanos, he joined the music group Dover. Later he would become partner of Amparo for a couple of years; even with the breakup as a couple they remained in the group. He organized his time working and playing for the group, until one day he met Julio Ruiz, director of the radio program Disco Grande from Radio 3, whom he asked a favor to play a demo of the group. Julio set it up and he liked it a lot. Shortly after, Dover released their first album " Sister", although international musical success would come with their next album, " Devil Came to Me" (He designed the cover, as he was a graphic designer), which made the group live from music and make tours around different countries. After a few albums more, in 2006, "

Follow The City Lights ''Follow the City Lights'' is the sixth album by Spanish rock band Dover. In contrast to previous releases, the album has an electronic character. Cristina Llanos, Amparo Llanos and programmer and drummer Jesús Antúnez were joined by Samuel T ...

" was released, turning its music genre to electronics. A few years later, the album "

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" was published and had a strong African influence. Jesús was commissioned to produce and mix multiple tracks of these albums. In February 2015, Dover released a new album, " Complications", with which they returned to their rock origins. Jesús is characterized by very cheerful and funny, having starred in several stories, like doing a couple of concerts totally naked. He has worked in Los Angeles with producers and mixers known as Barrett Jones,

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and Chris Lord-Alge.

DrumKillers

In 2011 he formed, together with Héctor Polo (drummer of the Spanish rock band Pignoise), the group "DrumKillers". Jesús left the band in February 2014 because of personal reasons. The musician James Vaquero replaced him.

Discography

Dover

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

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'' (2001) * '' The Flame'' (2003) * ''

Follow the City Lights ''Follow the City Lights'' is the sixth album by Spanish rock band Dover. In contrast to previous releases, the album has an electronic character. Cristina Llanos, Amparo Llanos and programmer and drummer Jesús Antúnez were joined by Samuel T ...

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Complications'' (2015)

Biography

DrumKillers

Discography

Dover

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