Los Rodriguez's Sin Documentos

Sin Documentos is a landmark album in Spanish popular culture, featuring a guitar riff that remains popular at parties. The album's success came after a decade of local-language punk and new wave bands, but rock journalism was fascinated by the thriving indie scene. This book evaluates the influence of Latin American pop-rock in the modernization of Spanish popular music from the 1950s, despite the Anglophilia of Spanish rock scenes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Sin Documentos is a landmark album in Spanish popular culture, and its popularity has endured for over two decades since its release. The title song's distinctive guitar riff, a blend of rumba-rock, remains a staple at parties across Spain. The Los Rodríguezs success followed a decade marked by the rise and fall of local-language punk and new wave bands. However, by the time Sin Documentos emerged, rock journalism was captivated by the thriving indie scene, where bands sang in English and embraced genres like grunge and noise rock. This book evaluates the influence of Latin American pop-rock on the modernization of Spanish popular music, despite the Anglophilia prevalent in Spanish rock scenes, particularly in the 1990s. Through interviews with band members and representatives from the record label DRO, analysis of media coverage of the album, and a cultural examination of its meanings, it delves into the cultural trends of Spain during the 1990s and beyond.

Weight: 158g
Dimension: 127 x 197 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501357893