Biography
Musically speaking, Hipospadia was a compendium of all the paranoias of its components. They have been compared with Mastretta (in Radio 3, RNE), Mr. Bungle, Muse... It also has been told that they seem a verbena band. But this is only the iceberg top. The felt such unhappy playing an only style of music that they decided playing several styles: pop, death metal, tango, thrash metal, bossanova, black metal, classic metal, hard rock, jazz, blues, oriental, country, funk, techno, punk, classic, rock, latin and progressive metal. And circus music. They were such a bastards!
Hipospadia was born in October 1999, when Álvaro Blanco, Sergio Domínguez and Antonio decided to create a band. In the beginnings, the band was called Mr. Frog. After probing several guitarists, Daniel Bautista was the chosen one. The meetings began in Arucas in November 1999. Miguel García (vocalist of a band called In Albis) joined the band as keyboardist.
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There was no idea of the music they would make. In fact, they pretended to create a normal band. But in the first meetings that idea became impossible, if you have in mind that the more rotten brains of the island were in the same band. In december the name of the group changed to Hipospadia (a weird illness...). They were playing in the rehearsal local for 6 months, composing themes, and recording some homemade material, finally recompiled in a cassette called "The Calima Hedionda EP", with dreadful themes and terrible sound.
In August 2000, the entered the Arr.wav studios of Carlos Eximienta, to record their first demo. It was recorded live in two hours, and mixed in another 4 hours. That demo, called "Troops Of Glam", has 13 tracks. Some themes of this recording were always part of their set-list.
In April 2001 the decided to fire the drummer because of his lack of motivation. This led the band to change its philosophy. Daniel Bautista started programming the drums via MIDI (as in Evil Inside). And they changed their rehearsal local to Las Palmas de G.C.
In May 2001 they recorded the Gonzo Dreams demo, with MIDI drums. In May 2002 Ezequiel Rivero "Kuly" (Witches Sabbath, Container, Tengu) joined the band. They were classified in the Paraninfo Contest Half-Final of 2001 (a competition between local bands), and they won the Contest of 2002. They have been MKM cover. During 2002, they produced two video-clips: "Smgma" and "Porno Autosy". In Ocotober 2002 they released their third and last demo: "Krapulas".
Hipospadia was dissolved in April 2004.
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