MusicFilter: Need help locating a Spanish pop/rock band.

July 25, 2008 6:43 PM

MusicFilter: Need help locating a Spanish pop/rock band.

Asking for my boyfriend about a band he used to watch videos of on YouTube but can no longer remember the name of.

"I unfortunately have very little information to go on but assure that I have already spent several hours googling for variations of it. I've been finding Spanish lyrics sites woefully inadequate.

I hazily recall one line from the beginning of one song: "me dijo que su boca era de miel / y su cuerpo tambien" and also that there is one song where, as part of the chorus, the band shouts in unison "LAGARTA." I had hoped this was the title of a song but nothing has turned up.

A few of their videos feature the band on beaches or boats in spring-break or vacationing style. They are all fairly young (late teens? early 20s?) and similar in tone to bands such as Blink 182, Green Day, Weezer, Sublime, etc.

I appreciate and thank you for your attention in this matter."

posted by liesbyomission to media & arts (7 comments total)

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but Maná is a pretty popular band in South America.

Also, RBD and Sin Bandera are huge on the pop front.

Can you give us more information? Is it all guys/all girls/mixed? When did you hear the song? Do you know what country they're from? The more you know, the easier it is for the rest of us.
posted by mynameismandab at 11:13 PM on July 25, 2008

As far as I could tell, the band was entirely guys, at least 4, possibly as many as 6.

They had several professionally-made videos on Youtube in 2006, maybe half a dozen, but I haven't heard anything similar since so I am fairly certain they are either no longer popular or are at least not popular in the US.

I do not know which country they are from, unfortunately, though Mexico is more likely than Spain as there were scenes from what I believe were Cancun and an Aztec temple.

Thank you for your suggestions, I will look into these three bands.
posted by liesbyomission at 12:22 PM on July 26, 2008

In addition, other popular bands that I already know are not the one I am looking for include:

Amaral
Attaque 77
El Cuarteto De Nos
Fiel a la Vega
Johnie All Stars
La Barranca
La Ley
La Lupita
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Libido
Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Brujos
Los Crudos
Los Lobos
Los Prisioneros
Los Toreros Muertos
Los Violadores
Molotov
Panteón Rococo
Pereza
Pito Perez
Polbo
Posguerra
Siniestro Total
Ska-P
Stravaganzza
The Locos
Todos Tus Muertos
Yayo Tropical 6

and also just about every other band on the Wikipedia list Rock en Espanol (I have spent HOURS on this search so far x.x)

I have also already checked all the bands on the other AskMeFi thread concerning spanish music ().
posted by liesbyomission at 12:22 PM on July 26, 2008

Seguridad Social? They put out a ton of stuff, and recorded in the US as well...
posted by msittig at 9:14 AM on July 27, 2008

Two of my three main guesses (El Canto del Loco and Motel) are on the wikipedia list you say you've already exhausted - Pignoise isn't...
posted by benzo8 at 11:52 AM on July 27, 2008

Molotov?
posted by mynameismandab at 6:07 PM on July 27, 2008

Might as well throw in Calle 13 while we're at it.
posted by mynameismandab at 6:09 PM on July 27, 2008