Amparo Llanos Fayos (born 27 May 1965) is a Spanish musician, guitarist and songwriter. She was the leader, along with her sister

Cristina Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American ...

, of the Spanish rock band

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Biography

Before the foundation of the band, she worked in the shop of her mother in

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. She took a course in history and three of Journalism, but according to her, "I left it because I was too timid". Her influences are

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and

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. Dover released his first album in 1995 ("

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") with Amparo, her sister Cristina (vocals and guitar),

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(drums) and Alvaro Díez (bass). The album was not a big success, because they sold only 700 copies. Two years later, they released " Devil Came to Me" with which they got a remarkable success of sales, 800,000 copies. In 2006, "

Follow the city lights ''Follow the City Lights'' is the sixth album by Spanish rock band Dover. In contrast to previous releases, the album has an electronic character. Cristina Llanos, Amparo Llanos and programmer and drummer Jesús Antúnez were joined by Samuel ...

" was released, turning its music genre to electronics. A few years later, the album "

I Ka Kené I Ka Kené is the seventh album by the Madrid-based group Dover, released on 4 October 2010. The title translates to ''"Are you fine?"'' in the Bambara language. The songs were composed between March 2009 and May 2010. The album itself was recor ...

" was published and had a strong influence of African sounds. In February 2015, they released a new album, " Complications", with which they returned to their origins of rock. Amparo was the one who managed to speak to the manager, with the label, and signed on groups for the label Loli Jackson Records. She was also in charge of handwriting letters to the 'fans', taking advantage of the tours.

Discography

Dover

* ''

'' (1995) * '' Devil Came to Me'' (1997) * '' Late at Night'' (1999) * ''

I Was Dead for 7 Weeks in the City of Angels ''I was Dead for 7 Weeks in the City of Angels'' is the fourth album of the Spanish rock band Dover, released on 17 September 2001. It sold 200,000 copies. The name of the album comes from a series of irregularities that the group had in its re ...

'' (2001) * '' The Flame'' (2003) * ''

Follow the City Lights ''Follow the City Lights'' is the sixth album by Spanish rock band Dover. In contrast to previous releases, the album has an electronic character. Cristina Llanos, Amparo Llanos and programmer and drummer Jesús Antúnez were joined by Samuel ...

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Complications'' (2015)

References

External links

Official Web: Dover

Twitter: Dover

Facebook: Dover

MySpace: Dover
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