El Canto del Loco

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El Canto del Loco

El Canto del Loco (Eng: "The song of the crazy") was a Spanish pop-punk band that was founded in 1994 in Madrid by singers Daniel Martín and Iván Ganchegui . In 2005 she won the MTV Europe Music Award in the category "Best Spanish Artist" (German "Best Spanish Artist").

Band history

The history of El Canto del Loco began in 1994 when Dani Martín studied at the Escuela de Interpretación de Cristina Rota in Madrid, where he met the guitarist Iván Ganchegui. The school is named after the Argentinian actress Cristina Rota, who lives in Spain . They were enthusiasts of the Spanish music group Radio Futura and in particular their title El canto del gallo (German "The Song of the Rooster "), the content of which led to the name of their group in 1994 "El Canto del Loco". At that time, the formation consisted of a female drummer, a bassist and another guitarist. In a theater school they attended, they met the other later band members and began their first rehearsals as a band.

David Otero and Dani Martín during a concert

Due to problems, the quartet briefly broke up, but quickly reunited. One day before their first concert, David Otero, Dani's cousin, joined the group as a replacement for the guitarist who had left the band. After Daniel had met Alejandro "Jandro" Velázquez, the son of a friend of his parents' friends, at a flamenco festival, he soon became the band's new drummer. The bass player was replaced by José María "Chema" Ruiz.

The band recorded their first demo tape in a small, independent studio in just 48 hours. Shortly afterwards, the producer Pedro del Moral made the band an offer from the Sony BMG label .

Her first album, "El Canto del Loco" was released in 2000 and sold around 80,000 times. Two years later the second album "A Contracorriente" was released. It received good reviews because it looked much more mature and of better quality. The song of the same name, which was released as a single from this album, is one of the band's greatest successes.

After Iván Ganchegui left "El Canto del Loco" in May 2003, the third studio album, "Estados de Ánimo", was released. It is a compilation of 12 songs that signify the band's success across the borders of Spain .

After hundreds of concerts in Spain and Latin America , the band released their fourth album, "Zapatillas", in June 2005, which achieved the highest sales figures to date. In the same year they went on tour with the Spanish band Hombres G and played in front of more than 56,000 visitors at the Estadio Vicente Calderón in Madrid.

Three years later, on April 1st, 2008 her album "Personas" was released, the first single of which was "Eres tonto!" is. In 2010 the band announced their breakup.

Jandro Velázquez (left in the picture) and Chema Ruiz (on the right) during a concert.

occupation

  • Daniel " Dani Martín " García ( vocals from 1994 to 2010)
  • Iván Ganchegui (guitar, from 1994 to 2002)
  • David Otero (also El Pescao , guitar from 1999 to 2010)
  • José María "Chema" Ruiz ( bass from 1999 to 2010)
  • Alejandro "Jandro" Velázquez ( drums from 1999 to 2008)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
singing Dani Martín    
1st guitar Ivan Ganchegui Xavier Mendiluce    
2nd guitar David Otero    
bass Chema Ruiz    
Drums Jandro Velázquez Carlos Gamón    
Keyboard Iñaki García    

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2000 El canto del loco IT42 (2 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2006
2002 A contracorriente IT47 (16 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2005
2003 Estados de ánimo IT28 (17 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2005
2005 Zapatillas IT1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(113 weeks)IT
2008 Personas IT1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(73 weeks)IT
2009 Radio la Colifata presenta: El Canto del Loco IT2
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)IT
Por mí y por todos mis compañeros ... IT3
platinum
platinum

(54 weeks)IT
2018 Aquellos años locos IT16 (13 weeks)
IT

More studio albums

  • 2003: El Canto del Loco en directo

Live albums

  • 2002: En directo: Sala Caracol ( Madrid )
  • 2004: En directo: Sala Bikini ( Barcelona )
  • 2005: En directo: Hombres G & El Canto del Loco desde el Vicente Calderón (Madrid, DVD)
  • 2006: En directo: Sala Oasis ( Saragossa )

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2006 Pequeños grandes directos IT1
gold
gold

(11 weeks)IT
2007 Arriba el telón! IT7 (10 weeks)
IT

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2001 Vivir así es morir de amor
El canto del loco 		IT19 (1 week)
IT
2002 Son sueños
A contracorriente 		IT8 (3 weeks)
IT
Puede ser
A contracorriente 		IT9 (4 weeks)
IT
with Amaia Montero
2009 Peter Pan
Personas 		IT4th
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)IT
Me gustas cuando
 IT46 (1 week)
IT
with Lucas Masciano
La suerte de mi vida
personas 		IT28 (22 weeks)
IT
Quiero aprender de tí
Radio la Colifata presenta: El Canto del Loco 		IT4th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)IT

More singles

  • 2000: Pequeñita
  • 2000: No quiero nada
  • 2000: Llueve en mí
  • 2001: Eres un canalla
  • 2001: Y si el miedo
  • 2002: A contracorriente
  • 2002: crash
  • 2002: Contigo
  • 2003: La madre de José
  • 2003: Volver a disfrutar
  • 2003: Ya nada volverá a ser como antes
  • 2004: Insoportable
  • 2004: No voy a parar
  • 2004: Una foto en blanco y negro
  • 2004: Despiértame
  • 2005: Elise Voigt
  • 2005: Zapatillas
  • 2005: Volverá
  • 2006: Besos
  • 2006: Tal como eres
  • 2006: Pot ser (Catalan version of "Puede ser")
  • 2008: Eres tonto

Video albums

  • 2005: Hombres G & El Canto del Loco, Vicente Calderón Stadium
  • 2006: ECDL Episode 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data and photos on Iván Ganchegui
  2. ↑ Official website of the Escuela de Interpretación de Cristina Rota
  3. ↑ Abril, Guillermo: El salto más cuerdo de los locos . El País . April 6, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  4. ↑ a b El Canto del Loco - More information . click2music from Sony BMG . Archived from the original on April 4, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  5. ↑ Cristina Ruiz: El Canto del Loco enseña cuerpo y alma en 'Personas', su nuevo álbum de estudio (Spanish) . In: El Mundo , March 27, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2011. 
  6. ↑ a b c Chart sources: ES
  7. ↑ Music Sales Awards: ES ES2