Enrique Urquijo
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Enrique Urquijo was a Spanish
singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Born in Madrid
, Spain
, Urquijo is best known as one of three brothers in the Spanish New Wave music
group Los Secretos formed in 1980. Later in the career of Los Secretos, he formed his parallel band Los Problemas.
Urquijo died in Madrid on November 17, 1999 of a drug overdose
. He is buried in the Cementerio de la Almudena
in Madrid.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Born in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Urquijo is best known as one of three brothers in the Spanish New Wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
group Los Secretos formed in 1980. Later in the career of Los Secretos, he formed his parallel band Los Problemas.
Urquijo died in Madrid on November 17, 1999 of a drug overdose
Drug overdose
The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced...
. He is buried in the Cementerio de la Almudena
Cementerio de la Almudena
The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe...
in Madrid.
With Los Secretos
- Tos (1978)
- Los Secretos EP (1980)
- Los Secretos (1981)
- Todo sigue igual (1982)
- Algo más (1983)
- Lo mejor (1985)
- El primer cruce (1986)
- Continuará (1987)
- Directo (1988)
- La calle del olvido (1990)
- Adiós tristeza (1991)
- Cambio de planes (1993)
- Dos caras distintas (1996)
- La historia de Los Secretos (1996)
- Grandes éxitos (1996)
- Grandes éxitos II (1999)
- A tu lado (2000)
With Los Problemas
- Enrique Urquijo y Los Problemas (1993)
- Desde que no nos vemos (1998)