Nacha Pop was a Spanish

Spain

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 pop/rock group active from 1978 to 1988.

The band was formed by Antonio Vega

Antonio Vega (singer)

Antonio Vega Tallés was a Spanish pop singer-songwriter. He was born in Madrid and died in the same city, succumbing to pneumonia. He was 51 years old. In 1978 he formed the band Nacha Pop out of another band, Uhu-Helicopter. In 1980, Nacha Pop released their debut album...

 and Nacho García Vega (guitars and vocals), Carlos Brooking (bass) and Ñete (drums). They signed with Spanish EMI

EMI

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 subsidiary Hispavox in 1980, and their debut album was produced by Teddy Bautista. Several albums followed, including 1987's El Momento, which was produced by Carlos Narea. Their final concerts took place on October 19 and 20, 1988, after which the group disbanded.

In 2000, Alejandro González

Alejandro González Iñárritu

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 used the Nacha Pop song "Lucha de Gigantes" in the film Amores Perros

Amores perros

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Nacha Pop were to reunite in 2007. Antonio Vega died in Madrid

Madrid

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 on May 12, 2009 of lung cancer at age 51.

Discography

• Nacha Pop (EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
  -Hispavox, 1980)
• Buena disposición (EMI-Hispavox, 1982)
• Más números, otras Letras (DRO, 1983)
• Una décima de segundo (DRO, 1984). Maxi-single.
• Dibujos animados (Polydor, 1985)
• El momento (Polydor, 1987)
• 80-88 (Polydor, 1988).

Compilations

• Bravo (1996).
• Lo mejor de Nacha Pop - Rico - Antonio Vega (1997)
• Un día cualquiera: colección de canciones (2003)
• La Más Completa Colección Nacha Pop (2005)