David Saavedra

3 weeks ago | english.elpais.com | Carlos Marcos |David Saavedra

The ‘Houdini’ singer is the latest to revisit the Australian rockers. We’ve ranked the pop stars who have taken on the anthems of Angus Young and companyMadrid - When Angus Young was asked in an interview by this newspaper about Shakira’s cover of his classic Back in Black, the guitarist and soul of AC/DC didn’t know who the Colombian star was. We’re talking about 2008, when Shakira could barely go outside due to her huge popularity.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | David Saavedra |Fernando Navarro

The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most successful bands of the 1990s, but the turn of the millennium didn’t sit well with them. They decided to release one last ambitious album and disband at the end of 2000. At the time, frontman Billy Corgan was 33 years old, and the Pumpkins had sold 25 million records.

1 month ago | english.elpais.com | David Saavedra |Al Pereira

Twenty years after his last album, the Oscar-winning — and controversial — actor returns to music, reminding the world that before he became a Hollywood superstar, he was one of the pioneers who helped bring rap into the mainstream

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | David Saavedra |Fernando Navarro

In the second half of the 1990s, Alanis Morissette was the most popular female soloist in the world. It was all thanks to her album Jagged Little Pill (1995), a phenomenon that sold 33 million copies. Her later albums — more experimental ones, like Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie — couldn’t top those numbers (no artist could have), but they’ve helped her build a career. To date, she has sold 75 million records in total.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | David Saavedra |Carlos Marcos

On January 16, 1998, a band called Starfish played their first gig at a small pub in London’s Camden called The Laurel Tree. Shortly afterwards, Chris Martin (vocals and piano), Jonny Buckland (guitar), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will Champion (drums) changed the band’s name to Coldplay and self-released their debut EP Safety. The group made just 500 copies — including both CDs and cassettes — which they basically distributed to record companies and concertgoers.