M Clan is a Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 rock band

Band (music)

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. The band, initially named Murciélagos Clan, was formed in Murcia

Murcia

-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

, (Spain

Spain

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) in 1992 by Carlos Tarque and Ricardo Ruipérez.

In March 1993 the band added Santiago Campillo, Pascual Saura, Juan Otero and Íñigo Uribe, under the name '', (The Clan of Bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

s), which soon became 'M-Clan'. The band's sound was heavily influenced by Southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

 artists. The group currently consists of Carlos Tarque (vocals), Juan Antonio Otero, Ricardo Ruipérez (guitar), Carlos Raya (guitar), Pascual Saura, and Alejandro Climent 'Boli' (keyboard).

The band's 1999 release went platinum, leading to the release of their 2001 Unplugged

Acoustic music

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 album . The band released in 2004 under Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 and Eastwest Records.

Discography

• (1995)
• (1997)
• (1999)
• (Unplugged) (2001)
• (2002)
• (2004)
• (1995-2006)
• (2008)
• (2010)

External links

Official website

• M-Clan photographs in Todomusicaymas Live in Bilbao 2008