El Gran Silencio
El Gran Silencio performing at Barrio Antiguo, Monterrey in March 2005.
Background information
Also known as	Zona de Silencio
Origin	Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Genres	Rock en español, Mexican cumbia, Latin rap
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Ark 21, EMI
Website	El Gran Silencio
Members
Cano Hernández (vocals and guitar) Tony Hernández (vocals and guitar) Isaac "Campa" Valdéz (accordion) Julian "Moco" Villarreal (bass guitar) and Ezequiel Alvarado (drums)
Former members
El Comás

El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey, Mexico that blends a variety of rock, reggae, dancehall, and dub influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia and vallenato. Current members include brothers, Cano Hernandez, Tony Hernandez, Isaac "Campa" Valdez, Julian "Moco" Villarreal, and Ezequiel Alvarado. Their first album (1999) is titled libres y locos, which means 'free and crazy' in Spanish. It was on this album that they scored a hit with the song "Dormir Soñando". Their follow up album (2001) is called Chuntaros Radio Poder and was even more successful than the first. Their third album is called Superiddim Internacional Vol. 1. Their latest album (2006) is called Comunicaflow Underground.

[edit] External links

• Official
• Site at EMI Latin
• El Gran Silencio MySpace page

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