Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy (born 11 August 1967),[1] best known as Enrique Bunbury, is a Spanish singer and songwriter.[2] He has been described as "by far the most international star of Spanish rock."[3] He was propelled to fame as lead singer of Héroes del Silencio. After the band disbanded in 1996, Bunbury gradually developed a solo career.[4] His "tessitura" singing style would be in the baritone range.
Enrique Bunbury | |
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 Bunbury in 1992 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 August 1967 |
| Origin | Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain |
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| Years active | 1984–2024 |
| Website | Official website |
Career
editBunbury got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984, Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from the Oscar Wilde stage play The Importance of Being Earnest, the musician founded the band Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Hispanic rock scene. The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury embarked on his solo career in 1997 by launching an electro-rock album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), Del Moran (bass), Ramon Garcias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarist Alan Boguslavsky.
Known for reinventing himself,[5] in 1999 Bunbury released the album Pequeño (Small), which sounded very different from anything he had ever done before. His band also underwent changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Dominguez, and new faces came on board: Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier Garcia Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.
This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Wandering Hurricane") they had great energy on stage and performed with tremendous gusto. In 2005 after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band due to a series of events that caused Bunbury to feel frustrated with the record label and his future. Bunbury took a trip to disconnect and clear his thoughts by spending some time in Cuba. After some time he connected with Spanish singer songwriter Nacho Vegas. They agreed to record a new album titled "El Tiempo De Las Cerezas". The album was released in 2006 with a small tour. This led to the release of a live DVD performance at The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
In 2007, Héroes del Silencio agreed to take part in an exclusive worldwide tour consisting of ten concerts to be given in ten cities around the world, which bore the name "Tour 2007" and marked the 20th anniversary of their first performances and the ten years that had elapsed since their dissolution as a band in 1996.[6] The first concert took place in Guatemala City on 15 September, followed by Buenos Aires (21 September), Monterrey, Mexico (25 September), Los Angeles (28 September), Mexico City (4 & 6 October), Zaragoza, Spain (10 & 12 October), Seville, Spain (20 October) and Valencia, Spain (27 October), which wrapped up the '07 Tour.
Bunbury went on to ensemble a new band which goes by the name "Los Santos Inocentes" (The Innocent Saints). Bunbury has recorded eight studio albums with Los Santos Inocentes. Helville De Luxe (2008), Las Consecuencias (2010), Licenciado Cantinas (2011), Palosanto (2013), MTV Unplugged: El Libro De Las Mutaciones (2015), Expectativas (2017), Posible (2020), and Curso De Levitación Intensivo (2020).
Unlike Héroes del Silencio, Bunbury's solo career has been very different in terms of musical sound but managed to keep the essence of rock, while experimenting with various rhythms from electronic music and Middle Eastern sounds in the early stages of his solo career to cabaret music, rancheras, blues, flamenco and tango, or to salsa, milonga, boleros and cumbia in one of his latest works which pays tribute to Latin America.[7] According to La Banda Elastica, "Rock gods do exist... and Enrique Bunbury is definitely one of them."[8] He is renowned for his powerful, operatic voice[9][10] which can range from F2-A5 with the ability to hit C3.[11] Bunbury is a baritone.[12] The SESAC Latina Music Awards honoured him with the Icon Award in 2019.[13]
A documentary directed by Alexis Morante was released in 2016 entitled El camino más largo (The Longest Way), which chronicles the 2010 tour Bunbury did of the United States.[14][15]
On February 28, 2022 Bunbury through his social media announced his final tour and retirement from the stages, this is due to health issues, mainly respiratory that the singer had to get through for a long time.[citation needed]
Despite the tour was meant to end in September, on May 10 Bunbury announced that due to an unexpected worsening of his health, he would have to cancel the rest of the tour, and retire earlier.[citation needed]
On March 25, 2023 Bunbury took to social media to announce a comeback tour scheduled to take place in 2024 with five dates - Ciudad de México (June 8th), Guadalajara (June 12th), Los Angeles (June 15th), New York (June 18th) and, Madrid (June 29th). [citation needed]
Discography
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Studio albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPA [17] |
ARG [18] | ||
| 1997 | Radical Sonora | — | — |
| 1999 | Pequeño | 10 | — |
| 2002 | Flamingos | 11 | — |
| 2004 | El Viaje a Ninguna Parte | 39 | — |
| 2008 | Hellville de Luxe | 1 | — |
| 2010 | Las Consecuencias | 1 | — |
| 2011 | Licenciado Cantinas | 2 | — |
| 2013 | Palosanto | 2 | — |
| 2017 | Expectativas | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | Posible | 16 | — |
| 2020 | Curso de Levitación intensivo | 3 | — |
| 2023 | Greta Garbo | 1 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Live albums
edit| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPA [17] |
MX [19] | ||
| 2000 | Pequeño Cabaret Ambulante | — | — |
| 2003 | Una Cita en Flamingos | — | — |
| 2005 | Freak Show | 3 | — |
| 2011 | Gran Rex | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | De Cantina en Cantina. On Stage 2011–12 Live | — | — |
| 2013 | Cualquier Tiempo Pasado... Live 2011–2012 | — | — |
| 2015 | MTV Unplugged: El Libro De Las Mutaciones | — | 1 |
| 2019 | California Live!!! | — | 6 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Awards and nominations
editLatin Grammy Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | "El Extranjero" | Nominated | [20] |
| 2005 | Best Rock Solo Vocal Album | El Viaje a Ninguna Parte | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Hellville de Luxe | Nominated | [21] | |
| Best Rock Song | "Hay Muy Poca Gente" | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Best Long Form Music Video | Licenciado Cantinas, The Movie | Nominated | [22] |
| 2014 | Best Rock Album | Palosanto | Nominated | [23] |
| Best Rock Song | "Despierta" | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | "La Actitud Correcta" | Nominated | [24][25] | |
| Best Rock Album | Expectativas | Won | ||
| 2021 | Curso de Levitación Intensivo | Nominated | [26] | |
| 2022 | Best Rock Song | "Esperando una Señal" | Nominated | [27] |
Note: Two other songs performed by Bunbury but not written by him have been nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, "Gozilla" with Leiva and Ximena Sariñana in 2019 and "El Sur" with Love of Lesbian in 2021, both nominations went to the songwriters of each song; Leiva for the former and Santi Balmes & Julián Saldarriaga for the latter.
MTV Europe Music Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Spanish Act | Himself | Nominated | [28] |
| 2004 | Won | [29] | ||
| 2016 | Won | [30] |
References
edit- ^ Cubillo, Óscar (27 April 2016). "Bunbury: diario de ruta". El Correo.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury | Biografía | MTVla.com". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury: «Un camerino con niños es el gesto más auténtico del rock". Larazon.es. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Santamarta, Rubén (3 November 2017). "Bunbury da otro estirón a sus 50 años". La Voz de Galicia.
- ^ "Bunbury: Un Artista En Constante Mutación". Labandaelastica.com. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Movistar Store". Entretenimiento.terra.com.co. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury Rocks the Hollywood Palladium • May 19, 2016". Labandaelatica.com. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury". IMDb. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury to End World Tour in L.A."[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury". Therangeplace.forummotions.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Reed Johnson. "Enrique Bunbury tour to include Anaheim, Hollywood Palladium". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Enrique Bunbury to Receive Icon Award at SESAC Latina Music Awards". Billboard.
- ^ "El documental sobre gira de Enrique Bunbury se exhibirá en México". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Pablo Scarpellini (27 February 2016). "La triple corona de Enrique Bunbury". Al Borde. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Ordóñez, Mónica (3 December 2015). "ENTREVISTA – Enrique Bunbury: 'reconozco que mis obsesiones son insistentes'". M80radio.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Search for: Bunbury". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Los discos más vendidos". Diario de Cultura (in Spanish). CAPIF. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Peak position in México:
- Gran Rex: "Top 100 México Semana Del 13 al 19 de Junio del 2011" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- MTV Unplugged: El Libro de las Mutaciones: "Puesto #1 del #Top100MX del 27 de noviembre al 3 de Diciembre..." (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Twitter. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- California Live!!!: "Top Album – Semanal (del 17 al 23 de mayo 2019)" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". allbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ^ "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "J Balvin Tops Latin Grammy Nominations, Romantic Singer-Songwriters Edge Out Reggaeton and Trap". Billboard. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Lista completa de ganadores de los Latin Grammy". Marca. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations" (PDF). The Latin Recording Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "IGLESIAS, BUNBURY, SÔBER, AMARAL Y EL CANTO DEL LOCO, CANDIDATOS A LOS PREMIOS MTV" (in Spanish). Los 40. 13 November 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Bunbury, Ubago, Bisbal, Bebe y Estopa, candidatos a los MTV Europe" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 6 October 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Álvaro Soler, Amaral, Bunbury, Corizonas y Leiva compiten este domingo en los MTV EMAS 2016 por 'Mejor artista español'" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
Further reading
edit- Pep Blay Enrique Bunbury. Lo demás es silencio. Barcelona, 2007, Plaza & Janés. 448 pages, Spanish. ISBN 978-84-01-30551-1.