Gossos is a Catalan rock group from Manresa

Manresa

Manresa is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographic centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are arranged around the basilica of Santa María de la Seo....

. Until 2002, their music stood out for being completely acoustic, with only guitars and bass. They later added drummer Santi Serratosa and began to electrify their sound.

History

In the summer of 1993, Oriol Farré, Juanjo Muñoz, Natxo Tarrés and Roger Farré, all from Manresa decided to form a group to compose and write songs. After a few concerts, they entered two contests, and in the second they won the prize of having their first album produced. Their self-titled first album was released in 1994. Their acoustic style made them stand out from other Catalan rock groups of the era and they played an increasing number of concerts around Catalonia while preparing their second disc, "En privat", released in 1996.

In 1997 they released their third album, "Metamorfosi". The album cover does not include the title but rather an image of the four band members forming a Mandala

Mandala

Maṇḍala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point...

. Their fourth album was the live disc "Directament" (1999), recorded at the Teatre Conservatori in their hometown of Manresa with guest appearances by Cris Juanico (Ja t'ho diré), Gerard Quintana

Gerard Quintana

Gerard Quintana Rodeja is a Catalan singer, songwriter, poet, writer, actor, and radio and TV personality. He came to prominence in 1986-2001 as the lead singer of the Catalan rock/pop group Sopa de Cabra. Since the dissolution of the band in 2001, he has pursued a very successful solo career...

 (Sopa de Cabra

Sopa de Cabra

Sopa de Cabra was a musical group from Girona, Catalonia, Spain, active from 1986 to 2002. They are considered to be one of the leading representatives of the rock català movement, though the band preferred not to be placed in the same category as other Catalan-language groups, some of whom had...

) and Pemy Fortuny (Lax'n'Busto

Lax'n'Busto

Lax'n'Busto are a pop-rock group formed in 1986 in El Vendrell, Catalonia.-Discography:* 1989: "Vas de punt ...o què!!!"* 1991: "Lax´N´Busto"* 1992: "Vas de punt ...o què!!!" without banned song "Carme Flavià".* 1993: "Qui ets tu?"...

). In 2000 they decided to make an album in Spanish, "De viaje", recorded 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...

. The group then returned to recording in Catalan with their sixth release, "Cares" (2001).

In 2002 the group left behind the acoustic sound that had characterized their music and decided to incorporate electric guitars and a drummer. Their seventh album, "El jardí del temps" (2003), featured the group's new sound. They followed it with "8" (2005) and "Oxigen" (2007). The latter album included the group's best-known song, "Corren", which features Dani Macaco

Macaco (band)

Macaco is a musical band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new flamenco group Ojos de Brujo...

.

In 2008, Gossos celebrated their 15th anniversary with a concert in Barcelona and also played in the Netherlands and Germany. With the singer Berta, they wrote and recorded music for the TV3

TV3 (Catalonia)

TV3 is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...

show Ventdelplà.

Gossos' tenth album, "Dia 1", was released in 2010. In the fall of 2011, the group announced they would be taking a break from touring in 2012, with the intention of presenting a new album in 2013.

Members

• Natxo Tarrés - vocals and guitar
• Roger Farré - vocals and bass
• Juanjo Muñoz - vocals and guitar
• Oriol Farré - vocals and guitar
• Santi Serratosa - drums (since 2002)

Discography

• Gossos (1993)
• En privat (1996)
• Metamorfosi (1997)
• Directament (1998)
• De viaje (2000)
• Cares (2001)
• El jardí del temps (2003)
• 8 (2005)
• Oxigen (2007)
• Dia 1 (2010)
• 69 (2011)