Locomía (also known as Loco Mía) was a Spanish
pop group popular in the 1980s. They combined elements of tropical with
British music
Throughout the history of the British Isles, the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from Church Music.
Traditional folk music, using instruments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Each of the ...
of the
new wave and
New Romantics
The New Romantic movement was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The movement emerged from the nightclub scene in London and Birmingham at venues such as Billy's and The Blitz. The New ...
. Their first hit was the eponymous song "Locomia".
The original members were Francesc Picas, Manuel Arjona, Gard Passchier, and Luis Font. In 1982, the latter two were replaced by Juan Antonio Fuentes (later replaced by Santos Blanco) and Carlos Armas, and later Francesc Picas replaced Xavier Font. They often appeared in extravagant outfits that combined Spanish matador pants with frilly jackets done in eighteenth-century style. Fan-twirling was an important part of both their stage performance and their music videos. Both their outfits and their fan-twirling became trademarks of the group and contributed to their popularity.
On June 15, 2018, their singer Santos Blanco died at the age of 46, from natural causes.
On July 16, 2018, another ex-member, Frank Romero, died at the age of 46, in
Huelva
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(Spain) from bacterial infection.
Discography
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Taiyo (1989)
*''
Loco Vox
''Loco Vox'' is the second studio album by Spanish Europop group Locomía. As in the debut, the line-up consisted of a quartet, which included: Xavier Font, Juan Antonio Fuentes, Carlos Armas and Manuel Arjona. Its music incorporates the pop music ...
'' (1991)
*''Party Time'' (1992)
*''Samba Pasion'' (1999)
*''Corazon'' (2001)
*''Loco Mia'' (2007)
*''Imperium'' (2013)
Their first album was recorded in Spain. It was entitled ''Taiyo'' which means sun in Japanese.
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Spanish musical groups