Luzbel
| Luzbel | |
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| Origin | México |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Years active | 1983 - 1991 - 1994 -2006 |
| Labels | Sony Music, Warner Music |
| Members | |
| Raul Fernández Greñas - Guitar Juan Bolaños - Vocals Paco "Rock" Yescas - Guitar Daniel Kano - Bass Armando "Magnus" - Drums |
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Luzbel was a Mexican heavy metal band, founded in 1982 by Raul Greñas (lead guitar), Antonio "la Rana" Morante (bass guitar), Jorge Cabrera (vocals), Hugo Tames (drums) and Fernando Landeros (guitar). They were signed to Warner Music in 1985, just as Arturo Huizar, the so-called father of Mexican heavy metal, joined the lineup. He would later try to bring back Luzbel under the name Lvzbel in 1996. Luzbel was best known during the 1980s and 1990s with songs like «Por piedad», «La gran ciudad», «Pasaporte al infierno», «Alarido nocturno», «Souvenir», «Lluvia de metal», among others.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early
Their first demo, called El Comienzo, included some of Red's songs, the band of guitarist Raúl Fernández in England, which had a hard rock-influenced Motörhead style and a little peer voice of Ian Gillan, which would be published until 1995 including songs with Jorge Cabrera on vocals, LP, tape, and then CD officially in projecting issues such as: "Father's son", "la magia esta en el aire "and" Holocausto ".
[edit] 1985 - 1987
In 1985, as part of the birth of Comrock subsidiary of WEA label Warner Music now, Lucifer is chosen from other groups to record their first official material acclaimed EP, Metal caido del cielo letras with well-developed character. The guitar work was shown by a musician of the highest level, Raúl brace of Grenada (guitar music) and Arturo Huizar (vocals and lyrics) for the first time we showed what could be done in Mexico. to which would ultimately triggered the popularity of Lucifer Arturo Huizar and drummer Sergio López items included in this disc are: "The angel of lust", "The Madman", "Tonight is our"and "The great city ", the first three letters ran by Huizar and the fourth the tablature of the Brothers Grenas.
In 1986 began the recording of Pasaporte al infierno with the integration of Alejandro Vasquez on drums and Sergio López early exit. occur throughout the country, and also in Los Angeles and San Francisco the themes of this material were as follows: "Pasaporte al infierno", "For pity's sake, " "hijos del metal"
[edit] changes
It was in 1987 that the (un)expected happens Huizar group decided to separate from "health issues" (minor throat), is relieved by Juan Bolaños to publishing the third album simply called Luzbel (album) and last of the band for Warner Music, Luzbel loses the sense of poetry that gave Huizar, adopting more fierce themes on lyrics. Bolaños just did have the stature to fill the gap (wider voce range, attitude, look), had marked not much limitations voice and his lyrics were pretty different, which is why the group keeps growing the status achieved in their first two productions. In the music, the hard work is remarkable and technically is even higher than the previous. A totally different direction is under this age of Luzbel, forging real metal on the Mexican soil.
In 1990, with Hugo Tamez on drums and Francisco Yescas on second guitar recorded the album "Again?! for the independent label albums Sanchez, has nothing to do to try to return to the idea that Luzbel had with Huizar, instead, include some commercial songs not that you were selling is that Luzbel wanted to attract more audience. including a cover of the Beatles in Spanish called "For No one" in this record is seen as Bolaños filled totally the void left Huizar with powerful lyrics, it included one of his greatest ballads, "souvenir", but some people saw it different, and the bad reviews did not wait not achieve the expected success due to its limited distribution.
[edit] La rebelion de los desgraciados and dissolution
In 1994, after a period of separation Luzbel regrouped again with Huizar in his voice and now as a plus Zito Martinez on bass from the group Coda; as a result of this meeting the album "la rebelion de los desgraciados" was produced with Sony music of which contained the following singles: "Generacion pasiva", "contrato suicida" and "resucitando el sentido", which eventually were re-released under the label "Discs and Tapes Denver" while changing the cover and buggy remastering. The meeting of the dumbbell Huizar / Grenada had caused a lot of expectations and most of his followers hoped to reach the levels of its first two productions, however, the record was very different from what it had been thought since the intention was attracting other groups, according to a time dominated by grunge and alternative rock. It is in a TV program with Victor Trujillo (also known as Brozo) that the last public appearance of the band Luzbel was made and maybe the last one of Luzbel as whole, as Raúl Fernández Grenas decided to disband the group and start a new musical adventure. The last work that would appear on the market under the name of Luzbel was a compilation called "The Best of Luzbel" (1998) with new remasters of the three albums with Warner Music.
[edit] 2000 - 2006
In 2000 several Mexican heavy metal band decided to record an album in tribute to Lucifer by Metropolis Records discography, titled: Tribute to Luzbel. where participating bands like, Agora, the Garrobos, calvaria, and Anabantha In 2004 the band was reformed under the name "luzbel", with Juan Bolaños on vocals, guitar Raul Grenada, Paco Rock on second guitar, Armando "Magnus " Boland on drums and Daniel Kano on bass. for a small period of activity of the original band luzbel. And in 2006 was released a double live album called: Otra vez en Vivo Desde El Infierno!!!, by the people of El Tianguis Cultural Chop someone tapes recorded using a simple tape recorder in one home two concerts of the tour drive ... Again? and which remained unpublished, includes version of "On Piety" in the voice of Juan Bolaños, and other issues at the time of Huizar. This album is nothing but collected and arranged a concert performed for Televisa programs.
[edit] Members
Last known line-up:
- Juan Bolaños - Vocals
- Raúl Greñas - Guitars
- Paco "Rock" - Guitars
- Daniel Kano - Bass
- Armando "Magnvz" Bolaños - Drums
[edit] Past members
- Arturo Huizar - Vocals (Lvzbel, Raxas (Mex), Transmetal, Huizar, Ultratumba (Mex))
- Fernando Laderos - Guitars
- Paco Hernandez - Guitars
- Zito Martínez - Bass
- Antonio ``La Rana`` Moranter - Bass
- Marcos Ramirez - Bass
- Alejandro Vázquez - Drums
- Sergio Lopez - Drums
- Antonio Vasquez - Drums
- Hugo Tamés - Drums
- Víctor Herrera - Drums
- Ricardo III - guitar
[edit] Discography
- Metal Caído del Cielo, 1985
- Pasaporte al Infierno, 1986
- Luzbel, 1989
- ¡¿Otra vez?!, 1989
- La Rebelión de los Desgraciados, 1994
- El Comienzo, 1997
- Anthologia Perdida I, 1998
- Anthologia Perdida II, 1998
- Lo Mejor de Luzbel, 1998
- ¡¿Otra vez?! en vivo, 2006
