Dover (band)

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Dover
Dover (banda) .jpg
General information
origin Madrid , Spain
Genre (s) Alternative rock (until 2005), electropop (from 2006), alternative rock / rock (from around 2015)
founding 1992
resolution 2016
Website www.dover.es
Last occupation
Cristina Llanos
Guitar, vocals
 Amparo Llanos
Jesús Antúnez
Samuel Titos
former members
bass
 Álvaro Gómez (1994–1997)
bass
 Alvaro Diez (1997-2005)

Dover was a Spanish rock band .

history

Dover was founded in 1992 by the sisters Cristina and Amparo Llanos in a suburb of Madrid . In 1995, Dover, influenced by the grunge scene in Seattle and especially Nirvana , released their first album called Sister , but it sold poorly.

With the follow-up album Devil Came to Me they made the breakthrough: It sold over half a million copies and made them known in Spain. The following albums also sold well: I Was Dead for Seven Weeks in the City of Angels , recorded in Los Angeles , hit the top of the Spanish charts straight away in 2001, and the group became last but not least in other parts of Europe, especially in Germany through touring, increasingly popular. The group's supporting acts include Muff Potter and their friends She-Male Trouble .

With the album Follow the City Lights , released in 2006, Dover launched a musical style change. The band moved from grunge / rock to pop and used a lot of synthesizer effects on their new album . The album was produced in the PKO studios by Daniel Alcover and the band themselves. The first single, Let Me Out , reached number 1 in the Spanish charts.

In November 2016, the breakup of the band became known.

Discography

Albums and EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2006 Follow the city lights IT4th
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)IT
2007 2 IT30 (16 weeks)
IT
Remix / best of
2010 I Ka Kené IT14 (6 weeks)
IT
2013 Dover Came to Me IT32 (6 weeks)
IT
2015 Complications IT20 (6 weeks)
IT

More albums

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1999 DJ / Me and My Mulon / Silver Ray
Late At Night 		IT1 (8 weeks)
IT
Promo single
2001 King George / Lady Barbuda
I Was Dead for Seven Weeks in the City of Angels 		IT6 (5 weeks)
IT
2003 The Flame
The Flame 		IT2 (5 weeks)
IT
2006 Let Me Out
Follow the City Lights 		IT1 (16 weeks)
IT
2010 Dannayá
I Ka Kené 		IT31 (10 weeks)
IT

More singles

  • 1996: Angelus
  • 1997: Serenade
  • 1997: Devil Came to Me
  • 1997: Loli Jackson
  • 1998: Judas
  • 1999: Cherry Lee
  • 1999: The Hitter
  • 2000: Flashback
  • 2000: Far
  • 2001: The Weak Hour of the Rooster
  • 2002: Better Day
  • 2002: Big Mistake
  • 2002: Mystic Love
  • 2003: Honest
  • 2003: Die for Rock 'n' Roll
  • 2004: Mi Sombrero
  • 2007: Do Ya
  • 2007: Keep on Moving
  • 2007: Soldier
  • 2011: Under Your Spell
  • 2012: What Goes Around Comes Around
  • 2015: Sisters of Mercy

Video albums

  • 2003: Dover: 1993-2003 ( DVD )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sebas E. Alonso: Amparo Llanos confirma la separación de Dover. In: jenesaispop.com. November 26, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2017 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: ES
  3. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: ES