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Las Ánimas del Cuarto Obscuro
12+ albums
post-punkgothnew waveminimaldark wave
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"Las Ánimas del Cuarto Oscuro" is one of the most enigmatic Mexican projects of the 80s, because with the only album they released at the end of the decade they achieved a cult status. Toño Sánchez Uribe on vocals and synthesizers; Juan Ezcurdia on guitar and José Ezcurdia on bass, managed to bring together the experiences of eight years playing separately to form a style of rock with substance and release a full-length album without having to attract the attention of businessmen, promoters, record labels and other paraphernalia. They were in charge of forming the band in 1988, with which they quickly got to work on an album that is currently considered one of the greatest relics of national rock. The band was born from another punk band in which Toño Sánchez and Juan Ezcurdia played. "Los Vomits". Then they were in several bands that did not make it out of the underground until 1988, when they met again. They started writing songs and with the addition of José Ezcurdia they managed in less than 2 months to write 8 songs, they started recording and the famous album "The Eye" came out at a time when everyone was looking to enter the mainstream, like Neón, Maldita Vecindad or Alquimia. The band's concept was coming down the low lane. In a way, they were playing against, to be in the real underground. That attracted attention. The name was born because Toño was writing solo songs and found the name "Las Ánimas" (a name he would use again when the band left) and because Juan and
