Iván Ferreiro: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Maga
• Jarabe de Palo
• Le Vibrazioni
• Muse

• Alaska y Dinarama
• Andrés Calamaro
• Los Planetas

• Conchita

• Los Piratas

Genres:

Latin Music, Alternative Latin Music, Rock En Espanol Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Spanish rocker Ivan Ferreiro was well known before embarking on his solo career. For thirteen years before striking out on his own he was the vocalist and band leader for the Rock en Espanol staple group Los Piratas. Towards the end of '03, Los Piratas split, and Ferreiro decided to take a break from professional music. For fun, he and his brother started playing a weekly gig at a pub in their hometown of Vigo. Without any promotion, the brother's shows were quickly well attended. They played mainly covers of artists such as Los Planetas, Andres Calamaro or Alaska y Dinarama. They began adding in their own material, and it wasn't long before there were enough original tunes to record an album. Canciones Para el Tiempo y la Distancia (2005) generated enough buzz that the brothers Ferreiro soon toured throughout Spain, taking on drummer Jarlos Arancegui. In November of 2005, Ivan had the idea to rent a house in Bueno Aires for two weeks with a group of musician friends, and spend two weeks writing completely new material. The project produced a record entitled Las Siete y Media, which was released in October of '06. The musicians involved took their new material on tour starting in the latter months of that year, performing all over Spain and Latin America.

- Evan C. Gutierrez, All Music Guide