Fobia (album)
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Fobia is an album released by Mexican
rock
band Fobia
. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1990. The songs are primarily themed around common phobias and anxieties, filled with dark humor and melodic music inspired by British bands like The Cure
. Songs like Los muñecos and Las moscas deal with the fear of dolls and flies respectively. Other songs like Dios bendiga a los gusanos and El crucifijo deal with the anxieties of love. El microbito delivers humor and a quick change of pace towards the album's finale. It is worth noting that the songs listed above are all hits.
The band received critical and commercial success, added to the fact that Rock en español
was going through a revival at the time and new bands seemed to come out of the woodwork.
The original lineup was:
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Rock and roll
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band Fobia
Fobia
Fobia is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City, whose career started in 1987, a time when there wasn't much promotion of Mexican rock bands.In December 1987, RCA Ariola de México promoted a famous battle of amateur rock bands: "Rock en tu idioma"...
. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1990. The songs are primarily themed around common phobias and anxieties, filled with dark humor and melodic music inspired by British bands like The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
. Songs like Los muñecos and Las moscas deal with the fear of dolls and flies respectively. Other songs like Dios bendiga a los gusanos and El crucifijo deal with the anxieties of love. El microbito delivers humor and a quick change of pace towards the album's finale. It is worth noting that the songs listed above are all hits.
The band received critical and commercial success, added to the fact that Rock en español
Rock en Español
Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...
was going through a revival at the time and new bands seemed to come out of the woodwork.
The original lineup was:
- Leonardo de Lozanne (voice)
- Cha! (bass)
- Francisco Huidobro (guitar)
- Gabriel Kuri (drums)
- Iñaki (keyboards)
Track listing
- Los muñecos (The Dolls)
- Dios bendiga a los gusanos (God bless the worms)
- Las moscas (Flies)
- El cumpleaños (The birthday)
- Corazón en caracol (Heart in snail)
- La iguana (The iguana)
- Pudriendo (Rotting)
- Puedo rascarme solo (I can scratch myself)
- El microbito (The little microbe)
- El crucifijo (The crucifix)