The Rise and Reign of Sinestro Total

From Vigo comes the tale that rose from the charred remains of a Renault 12, its graffiti of fate stamped along Avenida de Beiramar on August 20, 1981. An insurance note labeling them Total Loss marked the moment. Forty years later, a band that carried a mission to bury rock and roll finally hauled it out of the bars. With two farewell concerts on consecutive Fridays and Saturdays at the WiZink Center in Madrid, they closed a life filled with music, spectacle, laughter, and tightly packed moments. A legacy that influenced Spanish popular culture more deeply than most in the past half century. Julian Hernandez, the steady captain of what some call the sinister ship, surveys the damage and revisits the band’s most iconic songs. There are ten originals and a single cover, though which version remains a telling question.