They were seen frequently on television and in teen magazines. Hombres G exploded into a mass phenomena, and held a whopping number of 100 concerts. They also included ballads such as Alice Cooper's "I Never cry", which they named "No lloraré" (I won't cry).ġ985 was their most prolific year. Simply named "Hombres G", the group included "Venezia" from its already recorded songs, and recorded a new soon-to-be hit single: "Devuélveme a mi chica". Paco Martín, who had just had made his new discographic seal, "Twins", offered to record their first album. At that time, they received a new recording offer. In early 1984, Hombres G were almost in a dead-end alley, their record company wasn't able to launch them, and other record companies were not listening. At the time, their first record company, "Lollipop", wasn't in good financial position. The record's name was "Milagro en el Congo" (Miracle in the Congo). In 1983 they released their first two singles, "Milagro en el Congo" / "Venezia" y "Marta tiene un marcapasos" / "La cagaste. The movie was screened in Spain as Contra el imperio del crimen (Against the Crime Empire), where the G-Men ("Hombres G" in Spanish), were FBI special agents. After rejecting their first thought of a name, Bonitos Redford, they decided to name themselves after the James Cagney 1935 movie, G-Men. When Rafa entered, they didn't even have a name. One thing led to another, and in a short time, Rafa started working with them, whom had already been playing months before by different names, such as "Los Residuos" (The Residues) and "La Burguesía Revolucionaria" (The Revolutionary Bourgeoisie). Felipe was free and Rafael didn't quite clearly see his role in the different groups he had been in, like "Plástico" (group he formed with Toti Árboles and Eduardo Benavente before they were implicated in other groups like Alaska y los Pegamoides), Las Chinas, and even Los Zombies de Bernardo Bonezzi (which he toured with some times).ĭavid accepted, but he asked to put his guitar for the alternate project he was preparing with two childhood friends, Dani Mezquita (Daniel Mezquita Hardy, June 10 of 1965) on keyboard and guitar, and Javi Molina (Francisco Javier de Molina Burgos, June 16 of 1964) on the drums. It was the year of 1982, and Tequila had just dissolved. A while after, Rafael asked David to play clarinet in the new group he was planning to do with his brother Felipe (David always had admired the clarinetist Benny Goodman, and he had studied the instrument because of him). ![]() Rafa Gutiérrez (Rafael Gutiérrez Muñoz, April 11 of 1960) and David Summers (David Summers Rodríguez, February 26 of 1964) met in Televisión Española's corridors, where they had to do a figuration work in the show "Aplauso". ![]() Several tribute albums such as, "Voy a pasármelo bien, un tributo a Hombres G", have been made. Like the Beatles, Hombres G's music has transcended generations ], and their albums continue to sell decades after their formation. To name a few, at the time of release of their two movies, over 6,000 people covered the Gran Vía madrileña and Lima's airport was nearly closed due to the 20,000 fans ] that covered the landing runway. The number of records Hombres G have broken and the accompanying fan-fever has been compared to The Beatles. Since then, Hombres G have been nicknamed the Spanish Beatles. ![]() To date, Hombres G have performed more than 600 concerts and sold more than 9 million albums ] across Spain and the Americas. Hombres G is a Spanish rock band that formed in Spain in 1982. ![]() Img_capt = David Summers (right), Dani Mezquita (left)Ĭurrent_members = David Summers Dani Mezquita Rafa Gutierrez Javi Molina
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