Mezquita were a Spanish rock

Spanish rock

Spain has produced a great variety of rock and roll.There have also been a number of acts who have incorporated the Celtic musical heritage of that region into Celtic rock sung in Spanish, like Celtas Cortos....

 band famous for having released Recuerdos de mi tierra (1979). The Gnosis community, having rated more than 700 Spanish records, currently holds it as one of the top three Spanish records ever released. It is a mix of flamenco-rock and progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 that's energetic, powerful and melodic from start to finish.

They released a second album, Califas del rock, in 1981.