After the breakup of Las Insólitas Imágenes de Aurora, the group's demo was widely circulating in the Mexico City music scene.

When Caifanes was formed, the lineup consisted of Alfonso André on drums, Sabo Romo on bass and Diego Herrera on keyboard.

José Manuel Aguilera was involved in Jaguares' first studio album;[2] Cesar "Vampiro" Lopez later took over on lead guitar and has been in the band since.

Towards the end of 2010, Saúl Hernández reconciled with former Caifanes guitarist Alejandro Marcovich and announced their return for the Vive Latino 2011 festival, which marked the reunion of the original band members.

Enrique Lopetegui of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 1996: "Hernandez has never been a great singer, but he became Mexico’s biggest rock hero thanks to a unique timbre, a moving delivery, poetry of devastating darkness and a rare talent for writing hymn-like songs".