With over 18,500 attendees expected this Saturday, Fòrum is not a common sense place to start a tour.
We ‘naburros’ are brave enough to do as much as possible. If the first one is on the forehead and goes well, the rest will go down more easily. There are so many desires.
They are turning 25, but being melancholic is not for them.
No, no, we had the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary on this tour because we are the longest running band in the country with the original lineup, but this will be our classical tour, we will be playing new songs, which is what? we want. The whole album and some ‘best hit’, if you can call them that.
How did you manage to stay the same five members in 1997?
We’re Marea on stage, but we’re friends first and foremost, and we send out anything that might cloud our friendship or cause the slightest friction. People are surprised that we are like this, and we are surprised that others are not like that. Seems normal to us.
They collectively sign the songs. Authorship credits caused major conflicts in the groups.
I guess I haven’t seen them around me. When there are desertions in groups, it is because of stupid egos and ego is worthless. Being a rock star in Spain seems silly to me. Is our town in Berriozar? We’ve never stopped believing national or state rock stars or whatever you want to call it. Five of us sign songs, 20% of everything the band produces is distributed and that’s it.
The starting point for the album was the taranta ‘Porque son de pura raza’ by singer José Domínguez Muñoz, El Cabrero. What did you suggest?
“Time colts pass, no one can stop you, it’s like they’re not reaching you, but they’re leaving you behind because they’re purebreds.” That’s when I said to myself that I would try to make one of those conceptual albums and then no one would understand what I was saying, but hey… The passage of time and its consequences, songs until inevitable death. However, while the cover art and titles of the songs are all very bleak, the message is more about taking advantage and dancing before the music ends.
He says it is not understood, but has reached a very large audience.
I have a somewhat labyrinthine and baroque style of writing, and I try not to be that way to make it easier, but I can’t succeed. When I finish a record, I think “now they will understand it the first time”. And then people say to me, “This is the record where I understand you the least”. Shit.
When you turned 40, you had some health problems: you had throat surgery; By heart Alén Ayerdi and Kolibrí had hearing problems. Are they better now?
Now we’re crazy. Earlier we talked about recordings and parties, and now it’s about kids and drugs. We can describe the term mecum from memory.
After all, rock is already an adult thing.
New generations are in a different mood, yes. We were interested in rock in adolescence because there was a message we identified with, and rock no longer has that message. There’s rap. In that sense, there are people who do it better, creating something that gives you goosebumps if you’re young. What will a 50-year-old man tell you about what’s going on in the street? Rock has become a message to the past. And it’s okay, I admit defeat!
They put tickets for the Fòrum concert for a single price of 35 euros, without VIP areas or ‘golden rings’. Is the concert goer being harassed?
We are from 32 to 35 euros on tour, including distribution costs. We never had VIP areas; They look ugly to us, pure classicism. Do you reward those who can? You should reward those who can’t. We have a setup and a team that has nothing to envy many Yankees and certain citizens with double tickets. So yes you can, don’t tell me the movies. We do it. Would we sell the same tickets if we set the price like everyone else? probably. But I like to sleep peacefully.
Did you know that your concert coincided with the Eurovision Song Contest?
But is this still being done? You’re leaving me crazy. I thought, ‘One, two, three’, it’s over. You should see even malaria return when it appears to be extinct.