El Gran Silencio

El Gran Silencio
El Gran Silencio performing at Barrio Antiguo, Monterrey in March 2005.
Background information
Also known as	Zona de Silencio
Origin	Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Genres	Rock en español, Mexican cumbia, Latin rap
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Ark 21, EMI
Members	Cano Hernández (vocals and guitar) Tony Hernández (vocals and guitar) Isaac "Campa" Valdéz (accordion) Julian "Moco" Villarreal (bass guitar) and Ezequiel Alvarado (drums)
Past members	El Comás

El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia, vallenato and banda as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Current members include brothers Cano and Tony Hernandez, Isaac "Campa" Valdez, Julian "Moco" Villarreal, and Ezequiel Alvarado. Their first album (1999) is titled Libres y Locos, which means 'free and crazy' in English. It was on this album that they scored a hit with the song "Dormir Soñando". Their follow up album (2001) is called Chuntaros Radio Poder ("Chuntaro" referring to a type of Mexican music and referenced in the song ("Chuntaros Style") and was even more successful than the first. Their third album is called Superiddim Internacional Vol. 1. Their latest album (2006) is called Comunicaflow Underground. El Gran Silencio was the opening act at LA Rising in Los Angeles, California on July 30, 2011.

Discography

• Dofos (1996 Independent - Demo)
• Libres y Locos (1998 EMI - Álbum)
• Chúntaros Radio Poder (2000 EMI - Álbum)
• Super Riddim Internacional Vol.1 (2003 EMI - Álbum)
• Comunicaflow Underground (2006 EMI - Album)
• Vi - Vo (2008 Independent - Live Album)
• Revolusound vs Systema (2010 Independent - Album)

External links

• Site at EMI Latin
• El Gran Silencio MySpace page