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band formed in 2000 in

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town. The band was originally composed of vocalist and bassist Ekhi Lopetegi, guitarist Tomas Palomo, keyboardist Unai Lazcano and drummer Igor Escudeo; they created the band to explore their mutual interests, from the local punk rock scene to

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. Palomo was replaced in 2008 by Guillermo Astrain. Delorean are named after the

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featured in the ''

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'' series, which was a DeLorean car.

Career

The quartet released an EP and two

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s between 2004 and 2006 to little mainstream success. In 2008, Palomo left the band and was replaced by Guillermo Astrain. Delorean subsequently relocated to Barcelona, veering towards more computer-based composition and production. Tiring of the relative low quality of the local

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scene, the band members created their own eclectic club night, ''Desparrame'', in which they continued the evolution of their music.

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es for the likes of

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gave Delorean exposure in the music press. Following their successful visit to the 2007

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festival in

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, the band released ''Transatlantic KK'', a variation of the second studio album ''Into the Plateau'', on the New York-based Simple Social Graces label. The ''

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'' was released in 2009 to positive reviews from critics. The band subsequently toured with Swedish groups jj and

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. In 2010, Delorean released their third album, '' Subiza'', and secured a worldwide distribution deal with New York label

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. In October 2013, the band members, while on tour in

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, were taken hostage as part of a "virtual kidnapping", by criminals posing as security officers, who moved them to another hotel, then called their family members attempting to extort money from them. The ordeal lasted 30 hours before police rescued them. The band cancelled several of their subsequent tour dates as a result. In October 17, 2018, the band announced its break-up on its official Facebook page. They played a final set of tour dates in early 2019, with the last being in

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on 15 March 2019.

Discography

Studio albums *''Delorean'' (2004) *''Into the Plateau'' (2006) *''Transatlantic KK'' (2007) *'' Subiza'' (2010) *'' Apar'' (2013) *''Muzik'' (2016) *''Mikel Laboa'' (2017) EPs *''Metropolitan Death EP'' (2005) *''

'' (2009) Singles *"Bena" (2015) *"Crystal" (2015)

References

External links

Delorean at last.fm
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delorean (Band) Musical groups established in 2000 Musical groups disestablished in 2019 Spanish alternative rock groups Alternative dance musical groups Basque music bands Defiance Records artists