2/04/2012

Mana

By Octavio Mercas


If you want pop rock music, then you must be a lover of Mana. Hailing from the lovely state of Mexico, Mana has received lots of awards such as the Grammy's. Their audio has been described by a lot of music experts as pop rock with a little of reggae and ska. With the band's capability to do well in a large crowd, it's no wonder that they are well-known in Australia and Spain. Also, they have acquired a fan base in Asia, Europe and in the united states. Their worldwide victory has bought them to the record busting twenty five million albums being sold up to date .

The band's singer named "Jose Fernando "Fher" Olvera made the band with the guitar performer Gustavo Orozco . They formed the band with 3 brothers referred to as Juan Calleros on the bass sounds guitar , UlisesCallerosand AbrahanCalleros playing the guitar and also the drums, correspondingly. They began singing covers and luckily in 1989; they're able to launch their very first studio album entitled Sombrero Verde within the record label Ariola . They were able to release 4 efficient singles namely "Long Time", Despiertate", Vampiro" as well as "Professor".

To make things more interesting, the group has released a next album with several collaborations from various performers which includes Cisne Raff . The singles entitled "Laura" and "Hechos Nada Mas" became world-wide hits.They launched their third studio album titled Falta Amore under a new label, Warner Music. Rayando el Sol was their album's first single that hit the chart tops . In that same year, they visited the different locations like Peru, Ecuador as well as their hometown , Mexico.

UlisesCalleros, who was their guitar player, quit undertaking with the band and began managing them. They added Ivan Gonzales to the team to do the keyboards as well as Cesar Lopez to change Calleros in his duties. Without UlisesCalleros as their guitarist, they launched DondeJugarian Los Ninos and have become the bands first ever internationally acclaimed album with the hits that include Vivir Sin Aire and also Como TeDeseo. Because of the achievement of this album , they were able to do more than 200 concerts in many different countries. That was their largest accomplishment with regards to executing live to date .

Unfortunately after the bands accomplishment, the 2 newly added band members particularly Cesar Lopez and also Ivan Gonzalez left Mana. And suddenly , the remaining members FherOldera, Alex Gonzales as well as Juan Calleros continuing on with their career as a trio . With only the three of them remaining , they launched their first live album titled Mana en Vivo which they collaborated with the guitar player Gustavo as well as Sheila Rios. Having only 3 of them on the team, it did not stop them through getting honors and acknowledgement. In 1997, they received their first ever Grammy Award in the Finest Latin Rock/Alternative Album . Being an internationally renowned band , they did a live concert for the worldwide music television MTV Unplugged titled Mana MTV Unplugged. Their overall performance in that mentioned show can now be purchased on DVD. Currently, they are set to release their latest album on 2012 entitled ,Drama y Luz.




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