Siniestro Total is a Galician punk rock

Punk rock

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 group from Vigo

Vigo

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 (Spain

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). It was founded in 1981 by Julián Hernández, Alberto Torrado and Miguel Costas. After many changes in personnel, current members are Julián Hernández, Javier Soto, Óscar G. Avendaño, Ángel González and Jorge Beltrán.

Style

Their first album, ¿Cuándo se come aquí? (When do we eat?), features very short songs, with a marked punk style. In the second one, Siniestro Total II: El Regreso (Siniestro Total II: The Return), songs are essentially punk, but more instruments come to play. In the third one, Menos mal que nos queda Portugal (At least we still have Portugal), the punk evolves to a more classical rock

Rock music

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, although lyrics are still punk. In the fourth one, Bailaré sobre tu tumba (I'll dance over your grave) the rock style continues. The fifth and sixth ones, De hoy no pasa (Today is the last time) and Me gusta cómo andas (I like the way you walk), the rock is still softer, becoming power-pop, whereas the lyrics continue being punk in essence.

The seventh, En beneficio de todos (For the general good), they get back to rock, and lyrics evolve and become more complex. The eighth and ninth ones, Made in Japan and Policlínico miserable (Miserable clinic), feature a harder rock (even heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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, and lyrics are darker and critic. In their tenth album, Sesión vermú (Vermouth session), the rock is softer. They make an unexpected turn in their eleventh album, La historia del blues (The history of blues), and they play blues, with lyrics based in someone else's work (Jack Griffin). With the twelfth one, Popular, democrático y científico (Popular, democratic and scientific), they return to rock, with a style close to grunge

Grunge

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Members

• Julián Hernández — electric guitar, vocals, backing vocals
• Javier Soto — electric guitar, backing vocals
• Óscar G. Avendaño — bass and backing vocals
• Ángel González — drums
• Jorge Beltrán — saxophone and backing vocals

Former members

• Original formation (1981)
  • Miguel Costas — vocals
  • Alberto Torrado — electric guitar, bass and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — synthesizer

• First formation (1981–1983)
  • Germán Coppini — vocals
  • Miguel Costas — electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Alberto Torrado — bass and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — drums and backing vocals

• Second formation (1983–1985)
  • Miguel Costas — electric guitar and vocals
  • Alberto Torrado — bass and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — drums and backing vocals

• Third formation (1985–1987)
  • Miguel Costas — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Javier Soto — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Alberto Torrado — bass, vocals and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — drums, vocals and backing vocals

• Fourth formation (1987–1988)
  • Xoxe — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Javier Soto — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals

• Fifth formation (1988–1994)
  • Miguel Costas — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Julián Hernández — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Javier Soto — electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Segundo Grandío — bass and backing vocals
  • Ángel González — drums

• Sixth formation (1994–1996)
  • Julián Hernández — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Javier Soto — electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Segundo Grandío — bass and backing vocals
  • Ángel González — drums

• Seventh formation (1996–2001)
  • Julián Hernández — electric guitar, vocals and backing vocals
  • Javier Soto — electric guitar and backing vocals
  • Segundo Grandío — bass and backing vocals
  • Ángel González — drums
  • Jorge Beltrán — saxophone and backing vocals

Studio albums

• :es:¿Cuándo se come aquí? (1982)
• :es:Siniestro Total II: El Regreso (1983)
• Menos mal que nos queda Portugal (1984)
• Bailaré sobre tu tumba (1985)
• :es:De hoy no pasa (1987)
• Me gusta cómo andas (1988)
• En beneficio de todos (1990)
• es:Made in Japan (1993)
• :es:Policlínico miserable (1995)
• Sesión vermú (1997)
• La historia del blues (2000)
• Popular, democrático y científico (2005)
• :es:Country & Western (2010)

Live albums

• Ante todo mucha calma (1992)
• Cultura popular (1997)
• Así empiezan las peleas (1997)
• Que parezca un accidente (2008)

Compilation albums

• Gran D Sexitos (1986)
• ¿Quiénes somos? ¿De dónde venimos? ¿A dónde vamos? (2002)

Collaborations

• Héroes de los ochenta (1990)
• Trabajar para el enemigo (1992)
• Ojalá estuvieras aquí (1993)
• Gato por liebre (1997)
• L'asturianu muévese (1997)
• La edad de oro del pop español (2001)