Los Lobos • biografía & discografía

Biografía:

Los Lobos es una banda de rock creada por hijos de inmigrantes chicanos asentados en Los Ángeles (California), cuyas influencias provienen del rock and roll, el tex-mex, la música country, el folk, el rhythm & blues, el blues, la cumbia, el son caribeño y la música tradicional mexicana, como los boleros y los norteños.

La banda surge en los años sesenta, su trabajo se centra en esa época en interpretar éxitos del momento. Es a partir de los años setenta cuando comienzan a fusionar la música tradicional mexicana con los nuevos ritmos y sonidos rockeros, siendo determinante en su carrera la inclusión de la canción La Bamba en la película del mismo título que narra la historia de Ricardo Valenzuela, más conocido como Ritchie Valens. La consagración definitiva de este grupo llega en 1983, con el disco, Anselma, disco con el que conseguirían el Grammy en 1984.

Lanzaron un EP independiente en los años setenta, y un EP en el año 1983.

> Influencia en Videojuegos

Esta banda ha tenido una influencia en video juegos este último año, ya que, el video juego multiplataforma, Guitar Hero World Tour ha incluido la versión de Los Lobos de La Bamba en uno de sus juegos. La canción también aparecerá en el juego portátil Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades para el Nintendo DS.

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Los Lobos, uno de los grupos más distintivos y originales de los años 80. La música de estos mexicanos es una fusión de rock, tex-mex, blues, country, folk, y R&B. El tema que los popularizó en 1987 fue “La Bamba”, el cual ocupó el número uno en las radios y la televisión.

La canción formó parte de la banda sonora de la película La Bamba, que recreaba la vida y frustrada carrera musical de Richard Valenzuela, más conocido como Richie Valens, creador del éxito musical que le da nombre al filme y la primera estrella de rock hispana que surgió en 1958.

Los Lobos es una de las agrupaciones musicales de habla hispana más antiguas de los Estados Unidos, se unieron en 1974 en la zona este de los Ángeles y son los creadores de la música latina en ese país.

Se ven a sí mimos como un conjunto de artistas que tocan rock and roll americano, pero que también resulta chicano. En 2006 publicaron su primer disco recopilatorio “Wolf Traces: The Very Best Of” con los 20 mayores éxitos del quinteto, creados entre 1983 y 2002.

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Los Lobos released an independent LP in 1978 and an EP in 1983. Their first major-label, critically acclaimed release was 1984's T-Bone Burnett-produced How Will the Wolf Survive? In 1986, members of Los Lobos appeared alongside Tomata du Plenty in the punk rock musical Population: 1. In 1987, they released a second album entitled By the Light of the Moon. In the same year, they recorded some Ritchie Valens covers for the soundtrack to the film La Bamba, including the title track which became a number one single for the band. In 1988 they followed with another album, La Pistola y El Corazón featuring original and traditional Mexican songs. Seen as akin to commercial suicide, the album sold poorly.

The band's first noteworthy public appearance occurred in 1980 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles when they were hired by David Ferguson and CD Presents to open for Public Image Ltd. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the band toured extensively throughout the world, opening for such acts as Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Los Lobos returned with The Neighborhood in 1990, and the creative and wildly experimental Kiko (produced by Mitchell Froom) in 1992. In 1991, the band contributed a lively cover of Bertha, a song which they often performed live, to the Grateful Dead tribute/rain forest benefit album Deadicated. In 1994 they also contributed a track, Down Where the Drunkards Roll, to the Richard Thompson tribute album Beat the Retreat.

On the band's twenty-year anniversary they released a two-CD collection of singles, out-takes, live recordings and hits entitled Just Another Band from East L.A.

In 1995, Los Lobos released the prestigious and bestselling record Papa's Dream on Music for Little People Records along with veteran guitarist and singer Lalo Guerrero. The band also scored the film Desperado. The album track "Mariachi Suite" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, and stands as their last Grammy Award to date (the other two Grammy Awards were in the category of Best Mexican-American Performance in 1983 and 1989 for the song Anselma and the album La Pistola y El Corazon.

In 1996 they released Colossal Head. In spite of the fact that the album was critically acclaimed, Warner Brothers decided to drop the band from their roster. Los Lobos spent the next few years on side projects.

Los Lobos signed to Hollywood Records in 1999, and released This Time. Hollywood also reissued 1977's Del Este de Los Angeles. In 2000, Rhino/Warner Archives released the Cancionero: Mas y Mas boxed set.

On the night of October 23, 1999, while the band was on tour, Sandra Rosas, wife of Cesar Rosas, was kidnapped from her house. She was found dead on November 22, 2000. Her half-brother Gabriel Gomez was convicted of her kidnapping and murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In 2002, the band released their Mammoth Records debut, Good Morning Aztlan; they released The Ride in 2004. The Ride featured artists such as Tom Waits, Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack and Elvis Costello covering Los Lobos music along with the band.

Los Lobos released its first full-length live-show DVD Live at¨the Fillmore in 2004. The DVD captures the band's act over a two-day period in July at the famed San Francisco venue.

In September 2006, Los Lobos released The Town and the City to much critical acclaim. The album's lyrics deal with Louis Perez's childhood in East Los Angeles while the music portrays complex and original soundscapes reminiscent of their previous release Kiko. Jaime Hernandez did the artwork for the album.[1]

In 2007 the group performed the song Billy 1, Bob Dylan's cover from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid album, recorded in I'm Not There soundtrack.

The group is now in the studio recording the next album which will be an album of Disney covers.

On March 26 2009, Los Lobos will perform at Bimbo's in San Francisco, where they will be supporting contribution to music education, which is sponsored by the Blue Bear school of rock. Two bands from James Lick Middle School, Obstruction of Justice and Chrome Potato, who will open for Los Lobos. The bands are expected to do songs by Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and Cheap Trick.

Miembros:

• Steve Berlin
  
• Louie Pérez
  
• Conrad Lozano
  
• David Hidalgo
  
• Cesar Rosas

Discografía:

• Los Lobos - Si Se Puede! (1976)
  
• Los Lobos - Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles (1978)
  
• Los Lobos - ...And a Time to Dance (1983)
  
• Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)
  
• Los Lobos - La Bamba [Original Soundtrack] (1987)
  
• Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon (1987)
  
• Los Lobos - La Pistola y El Corazón (1988)
  
• Los Lobos - The Neighborhood (1990)
  
• Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
  
• Los Lobos - Just Another Band From East L.A. - A Collection (1993)
  
• Los Lobos - Music for Papa's Dream (1995)
  
• Los Lobos - Colossal Head (1996)
  
• Los Lobos - This Time (1999)
  
• Los Lobos - El Cancionero Más y Más (2000)
  
• Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlán (2002)
  
• Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlán (2004)
  
• Los Lobos - The Ride (2004)
  
• Los Lobos - Ride This - The Covers EP (2004)
  
• Los Lobos - Live At The Fillmore (2005)
  
• Los Lobos - Acoustic En Vivo (2005)
  
• Los Lobos - This Time (2005)
  
• Los Lobos - Wolf Tracks - Best of Los Lobos (2006)
  
• Los Lobos - The Town and The City (2006)