Los Secretos

Los Secretos
Los Secretos performing in 2009
Los Secretos performing in 2009
Background information
OriginMadrid, Spain
Genres
Years active1978–present
Members
  • Álvaro Urquijo
  • Ramón Arroyo
  • Jesús Redondo
  • Juanjo Ramos
  • Santiago Fernández
Past members
  • Enrique Urquijo
  • José EnriqueCano
  • Pedro Antonio Díaz
  • Javier Urquijo
  • Nacho Lles
  • Paco Beneyto
  • Iñaki Conejero
  • Steve Jordan
Websitelos-secretos.net

Los Secretos are a Spanish rock band founded in Madrid in 1978 and often associated with the movida madrileña movement.[1][2]

The band's lineup has undergone many changes over the years, beginning with the successive deaths of two of their drummers, Canito (1979) and Pedro A. Díaz (1984), both to traffic accidents. In their early years, the core of the band was made up of the three Urquijo brothers, Álvaro, Enrique, and Javier. Javier left the band in the mid-80's, and Enrique died of a drug overdose in 1999, leaving Álvaro as the sole remaining founding member. The band's current lineup consists of Álvaro Urquijo (vocals and guitars), Ramón Arroyo (guitars), Jesús Redondo (keyboards), Juanjo Ramos (bass), and Santi Fernández (drums).[3]

Alongside such bands as Nacha Pop, Mamá, and Trastos, they were an integral part of the Spanish popular music revival which came to be known as "The New Wave of Madrid", and they have remained active for over thirty years; to this day they are considered to be one of the most important groups in the history of Spanish pop rock music.[4]

  1. ^ William J. Nichols, H. Rosi Song (2013). Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida: Back to the Future. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-1611476309.
  2. ^ Román, Manuel (17 November 2017). "40 años de Los Secretos: con ellos comenzó la movida madrileña" [40 years of Los Secretos: with them began the Madrid Movement]. libertaddigital.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ "A guitar for Álvaro Urquijo". alhambrasl.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Los Secretos: sacudir la movida madrileña y marcharse" [Shaking up the Movida Madrileña and moving on]. qualsevolnit.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2019.