Dover (band)
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| Dover | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Madrid, Spain |
| Genre(s) | Rock Grunge Electropop |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label(s) | Everlasting-Caroline Subterfuge Records Chrysalis Records Loli Jackson Records |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Amparo Llanos Cristina Llanos Jesús Antúnez Samuel Titos |
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| Former members | |
| Álvaro Gómez | |
Dover is a Spanish rock band from Madrid that sings in English in most of their songs. Its current lineup is:
- Amparo Llanos, guitar and band leader
- Cristina Llanos, singer and guitar
- Jesús Antúnez, drums
- Samuel Titos, bass guitar
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[edit] Band history
Dover originated in the outskirts of Madrid at the beginning of the 1990s when the Llanos sisters decided to form a rock band encouraged by the alternative scene from Seattle. In 1994, the drummer Jesús Antúnez and the bass guitarist Álvaro Díez joined in. One of the band's demo tapes reached the radio program Disco Grande on RNE Radio 3. The band then entered into a one-year contract with the small independent record label Everlasting-Caroline. Their debut album Sister in 1995 lacked promotion and sold poorly; however, the Spanish fanzine Mondo Sonoro included it among the 10 best national albums of the year.
After their initial contract expired, they signed for the independent label Subterfuge Records, which produced their second album Devil Came To Me. This album turned out to be an unprecedented success in the Spanish independent scene. A fragment from the title song was included in a popular Radical Fruit Company television commercial and the band got launched to national fame. While promoting this album, the bass guitarist was replaced by Álvaro Díez, who had already been part of the band at its beginning. The album sold over 500,000 copies and gained them fans abroad in Europe and the Americas.
Their relationship with Subterfuge Records deteriorated and they signed with Chrysalis Records. In 1998, the band created their own label Loli Jackson Records. The next year they recorded their third album Late At Night in Seattle.
In 2000, they received the MTV Europe Best Spanish Artist award. In 2001, Chrysalis re-released their first album Sister including a previously unreleased song - Noche tras noche - as a bonus track. In September that year, after tense recording sessions in Los Angeles marked by disagreements with their album producer Barret Jones, the band released their fourth album I Was Dead For 7 Weeks In The City Of Angels.
In 2003, they released their fifth album The Flame, recorded in Spain and produced by Rick Will. The album that shows all the fury that has made them big without forgetting those great songs rooted on melody and quality. Stephen Marcussen (Marcussen Mastering, NYC) did the mastering, a classic that has mastered a lot of the legendary records of the last 15 years.
In 2006 Dover released Follow the City Lights. Recorded at PKO Studios and self-produced with Daniel Alcover, the album was preceded by the single "Let Me Out".
In 2007, The single "Do Ya" features in the video game FIFA 08. In December, they release their debut album in the United Kingdom called 2. It's lead single, Soldier was released in Spain on the 2nd of December, and will be released in the UK sometime within the new year.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Chart pos. | Sales/Certification | |
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| 1995 | Sister
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Sales Spain: 700 | ||
| 1997 | Devil Came To Me
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1 | Worldwide sales: 500,000 Cert. 5x Platinum |
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| 1999 | Late At Night |
1 | Worldwide sales: 300,000 Cert. 3x Platinum |
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| 2001 | I was dead for 7 weeks in the City of Angels
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1 | Worldwide sales: 215,000 Cert. 2x Platinum |
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| 2003 | The Flame
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12 | Worldwide sales: 50,000 Cert. Gold |
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| 2006 | Follow The City Lights
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4 | Worldwide sales: 180,000 Cert. Platinum |
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| 2007 | 2
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30 | Sales Spain: +25.000 | |
| 2008 | Devil Came To Me (Reedit) | TBA | Worldwide sales: TBA | |
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| Number one albums | 3 | |||
| Top ten albums | 4 |
Dover's singles:
Devil Came to Me
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Late At Night
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I Was Dead For 7 Weeks in The City of Angels
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The flame
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Follow The City Lights
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2
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[edit] EP
- 2002: "It's good to be me"
[edit] DVD
- 2003: "DOVER: 1993-2003"
[edit] Video
- 2001: "Dovercametome"
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- dover.es Band's website.
- dovercitylights.com Album's website.
- Dover on Musicoscopio Unofficial website.
