Los Piratas

[2] The group was in both the mainstream and independent scenes, and evolved from pop rock to a sound with electronic touches and greater musical maturity.

[3] The band released in 1995 their second studio album, Poligamia, under the Warner label and the production of Juan Luis Giménez, from Presuntos Implicados, who helped them to get closer to the desired sound, more rock, as well as incorporating more complex elements and samplers.

[11] At the beginning of 1999 a second edition was released featuring the song "My Way" by Paul Anka, which would be used by the telephone company Airtel for one of its commercials, which brought the band to a privileged place in the Spanish music scene.

[3] The album was recorded, as was Poligamia, in a residential studio in France located in the middle of the countryside[4] and with Juan Luis Jiménez still as producer.

[3] It was more dark and electronic than their previous works, losing the protagonism of the guitars and moving away from a more rock sound, which caused it to be received with coldness by critics and the public.

It featured collaborations with Enrique Bunbury, El Drogas from Barricada and Amaral, and included both videos of the performance and CD recordings.

[16] Iván, leader of the band, commented on the split: The group broke up because it had to break up, nothing specific happened, we were simply saturated and the best thing to do was to conclude the matter before we started to get along badly so we could continue to be friends.

[17] After splitting up, Iván began a solo career in early 2005, while Alfonso Román formed Trash of Dreams with Suso Saiz, to later start playing individually.

Each one included short texts written by journalists or people close to the band who talked about it, and some unreleased tracks and never released demos.

In addition, the set-box included a DVD with a documentary reviewing the history of Los Piratas and how each album was recorded, photos of the band, unreleased covers and a wide range of material.

[1] In Poligamia they moved closer to rock[9] and in Manual para los fieles they continued along that line, only adding electronic and fusion elements, such as folk.

[1] The group also covered songs by several artists, such as "Las cosas que pasan hoy" (with Anton Reixa) and "Dime Que Me Quieres" by Tequila, "My Way" by Paul Anka, "Bésame Mucho" by Consuelo Velázquez and "Toda una vida" by Nuria Villazán.