Mojinos Escozíos (Spanish for "Burnt Asses") is a Spanish comedy rock band, mostly significant because of their lyrics on their songs, that may be considered irreverent, humorous, and possibly scatological.

Style

In their songs, the musical influence of the big bands of

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and heavy metal like

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and

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is appreciable. Their style sounds most like this sound, but some songs are known because of the influence of

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on their style.

Members

* Miguel Ángel Rodríguez ''El Sevilla'': Nicknamed for his birthplace, he is the leader of the band, performs the vocals, and is also able of playing

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such as the pan flute and the

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, as well as

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. He is an easily recognizable person by his appearance: he is an obese man with a long curly hair and a bushy beard covering most of his face. *Juan Ramón Artero ''Chicho'': El Sevilla's childhood friend, he played the

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. In their songs, it was common that El Sevilla would order Chicho to play the

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. He was also capable of

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; in Ópera Rock Triunfo he portrayed a contestant in a television

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. Chicho passed away on 26 September 2020. *José Carlos Barja ''Zippy'':

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. In their songs he is constantly angry and using foul language. Some in-jokes of the band are that Zippy kills El Sevilla at the end of every album (this was discontinued in 2002), and his anger comes from the fact that he is a

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.Flash Lyrics
Homenaje a Zippy er vikingo In their 2008 album, Zippy takes revenge and hooks up with El Sevilla's wife. *Vidal Barja Sr. ''El Puto'':

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. He is Zippy's brother and the oldest member of the band, and the only one that does not have long hair because of his hair loss; sometimes he is seen wearing a cap. He often boasts of having a

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, and allegedly, his nickname, ''El Puto'' (English: The Prostitute) comes from the fact that his wife pays him for sex.Flash Lyrics.
Frankistein *Vidal Barja Jr. ''Vidalito'':

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. He is El Puto's son and the youngest member of the band. Since 2008 he has also become the

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of the band. ;Former members *Esteve Coll ''Maestro'': Was the record producer of their albums until 2008, and also the

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when needed. Taught Vidalito to produce records and they produced together their 2007 album.

Discography

# '' Mojinos Escozíos'' (1996) # '' Demasiao perro pa trabajá, demasiao carvo par rocanró'' (1998) # ''

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'' (2000) # '' Las margaritas son flores del campo'' (2001) # '' Más de 8 millones de discos vendidos'' (2002) # '' Ópera Rock Triunfo'' (2003) # '' Semos unos Mostruos'' (2004) # '' Con cuernos y a lo loco'' (2005) # '' Diez años escozíos'' (2006) # '' Pa pito el Mío'' (2007) # '' Los novios que las madres nunca quisieron para sus hijas y el novio que las hijas nunca quisieron para sus madres'' (2008) # '' La leyenda de los hombres más guapos del mundo'' (2010) # '' Mená Chatruá'' (2011) # '' Semos unos máquinas'' (2013) # '' Selfi, bragas y rocanró'' (2015) # '' Maduritos y resultones'' (2017)

References

Spanish musicians Spanish musical groups Spanish rock music groups Comedy rock musical groups {{Spain-band-stub