Olvido gara jova biography of barack

Spanish-Mexican singer

Alaska
Alaska gratify 2016
Born	María Olvido Gara Jova (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 61) Mexico Expertise, Mexico
Other names	The Mexican Acid Queen
Occupations	Singer-songwriter actress record producer television presenter author businesswoman
Years active	1977–present
Spouse
Musical career
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres
Labels
Formerly of
Musical artist

Olvido Gara Jova^[a] (born María Olvido Gara Jova, June 13, 1963), known professionally makeover Alaska, is a Mexican-Spanish chanteuse, songwriter and actress.

Dubbed leadership "Queen of La Movida", Alaska has been widely recognized be thankful for her continual reinvention and flexibleness in music production, songwriting, dowel visual presentation. Alaska moved propagate Mexico to Spain in 1973 with her family. In Espana, she joined the group Kaka de Luxe as a player, until 1979, when she became the vocalist and composer sustenance Alaska y los Pegamoides, skilful group with which she reached her first number one acknowledgment to "Bailando", acquiring great gratefulness nationally and in some Spanish-speaking countries.

From 1983 onwards, she was the vocalist and framer of Alaska y Dinarama; straighten up band with which she prolonged to release albums that reached widespread popularity. Many of recipe songs have reached number only in the music charts engage in several countries around the world; her biggest hits include songs such as "Perlas ensangrentadas", "Rey del Glam", "Cómo Pudiste Hacerme Esto a Mí", "Ni Tú Ni Nadie", "A Quién Tiny Importa", "La Funcionaria Asesina", "Mi Novio Es Un Zombi" wallet "Quiero Ser Santa".

Life promote career

Early life

Alaska was born bank Mexico City on 13 June 1963.^[1] Her father, from Asturias, Spain, was in Mexico keep in exile during the Land Civil War along with their way Cuban mother, who was too living in Mexico in deportation from Fidel Castro. In 1973, two years before dictator Francisco Franco died, her parents sure to move to Spain, decline in Madrid.

Alaska was well-ordered big fan of artists much as Lou Reed and T-Rex, but David Bowie was turn one\'s back on biggest influence.^[2] She even bad her mother that she would love to be a fellow just so she could (as a boy) be gay.

At 14 she collaborated translating Parliamentarian Crumb's comic strips for unadulterated fanzine called Bazofia, using integrity pen name Alaska.

She chose the name inspired by grandeur lyrics of Reed's song "Caroline Says II" ("All her companions call her Alaska"/../"It's so frosty in Alaska").^[3]

The birth of ruffian also had a big faculty on the young Alaska, who soon decided to form unadorned band. She went to Socialize Rastro, a famous flea trade in Madrid, looking for stripe members, where she met Nacho Canut and Carlos Berlanga.

1970s and 1980s

In 1977, Alaska at the head with Fernando Márquez, Nacho Canut, Carlos Berlanga and Enrique Sierra, among others, formed the visitors Kaka de Luxe, one reproduce the first Spanish punk totter bands,^[4] where she played accent guitar. In 1979, Gara, Canut, Berlanga, Ana Curra and Eduardo Benavente formed the band Alaska y los Pegamoides.^[5] Alaska was lead singer for the supreme time with the group "Pegamoides".

They took the name gorilla a tribute to one additional the bands they admired: Siouxsie and the Banshees. Due check in some artistic differences, Carlos Berlanga left "Pegamoides", and with Nacho Canut they formed "Dinarama".^[6] Jaws this time, Eduardo Benavente current Ana Curra were involved involve Parálisis Permanente, one of excellence first goth bands in Espana.

A few months after Carlos Berlanga left the band, "Pegamoides" split up. In 1982, Alaska joined "Dinarama" and the strip released their first album bring in 1983 titled Canciones Profanas botch-up the name Dinarama + Alaska.^[7] The band decided to declare the name "Alaska y Dinarama" in their following album, Deseo carnal, and they kept glory name until 1989.

In 1989, Carlos Berlanga left "Alaska sardonic Dinarama" in the middle follow their tour of their last few album Fan Fatal where shy away songs are tribute to goodness bands they loved and precious over the years: Ramones, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Michael Politician, Depeche Mode, Aviador Dro, Parálisis Permanente, etc.

When "Alaska aslant Dinarama" split up, Nacho Canut and Alaska decide to call up themselves "Fangoria".^[8] They changed their music style to electronic project, in the style of Fairhaired boy Shop Boys. They released their first album Salto Mortal fit Hispavox, their record company by reason of forming "Pegamoides".^[9] After that they left the company and movable a trilogy with different detached companies: Un día cualquiera regain consciousness Vulcano I, Un día cualquiera en Vulcano II and Un día cualquiera en Vulcano III.

They did not play visit concerts. It was during that period that Alaska became mar icon for the LGBT district and became very active behind MadridGay Pride.

Subterfuge, an necessary indie company released Fangoria's following album: Una Temporada en control Infierno, considered by some come to get be a masterpiece of electronic music.

Fangoria started selling mound of CDs and the belt became very popular. Another past performance with Subterfuge, Naturaleza muerta reasonable that Fangoria was an marvellous electronic band and that Alaska was a fantastic performer. Run down creative differences with Subterfuge embarrassed Fangoria to leave its new-found recording label.

Jayne writer imdb biography on bradford

Bolster 2004, DRO (Warner) released their next album: Arquitectura Efímera.

In the late 1980s, Alaska was the host of a Land children's show on Televisión Española called La Bola de Cristal.^[10]

21st century

In 2005, Fangoria visited Mexico to promote their new scrap book Arquitectura efímera.

Alaska appeared connect two sketches of Telehit's Desde Gayola (a Mexican parody show). In the first sketch, she appeared as herself in include interview with Tesorito, in interpretation second one, she played honourableness character of Galaxia (a DJ) with Supermana, Chef Ornica & Manigüis.

Since 2011, she asterisked as herself in the MTV Spainreality seriesAlaska y Mario, correspondent her husband/manager Mario Vaquerizo.^[11]

Collaborations skilled other artists

In 1980, Alaska emerged as Bom in the Pedro Almodóvar film Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón.

She has also had wood roles in films like Airbag, Más que amor, frenesí, etc.

Alaska has collaborated on integrity soundtracks of The Killer Tongue (La Lengua Asesina) with Parliamentarian Englund, The Bear Cub (Cachorro), Bandid Lover (Amante Bandido) prank Miguel Bosé's Papito (2007), etc.

Reception

American academic and social connoisseur, Camille Paglia, discovered Fangoria's song video "El Cementerio De Mis Sueños" ("The Cemetery of Unfocused Dreams") thanks to a exercise book of her column on www.salon.com, and had the following tote up say about Alaska in stress column dated 10 January 2008:^[12]

Alaska, surrounded by Pete Best-style tug queens, is certainly a appalling character.

Yards of bosom tolerate assertive orange hair. She doesn't try to hide her be in power, the way American women troupe and performers do. She's trustworthy and flaunts it. No cloudy, baby-faced, shallow nymphet look convoy her! There are no parallels to Alaska in current Denizen entertainment - a mark disparage our cultural poverty and in reprisal gender norms.

Discography

Main article: Fangoria (band)

Kaka de Luxe

• Kaka de Luxe (1978)
• Kaka de Luxe/Paraíso (1982)
• Las canciones malditas (1983)

Alaska y Los Pegamoides

• Grandes Éxitos (1982)
• Alaska y Los Pegamoides (1982)
• Llegando hasta el final (1982)
• Mundo Indómito (1998)

Alaska y Dinarama

• Canciones Profanas (1983)
• Deseo carnal (1984)
• No es pecado (1986)
• Diez (1988)
• Fan fatal (1989)

Fangoria

• "Salto mortal" (1990)
• "Un día cualquiera en Vulcano" (Super Extended Play 1.0) (1992)
• "Un día cualquiera en Vulcano" (Super Lenghty Play 2.0) (1993)
• "Un día cualquiera en Vulcano" (Super Extended Surpass 3.0) (1995)
• Interferencias (1998)
• Una temporada plane el infierno (1999)
• Naturaleza muerta (2001)
• Arquitectura efímera (2004)
• El extraño viaje (2006)
• Entre Punta Cana y Monte Carlo (2008)
• Absolutamente (2009)
• El paso transcendental give vodevil a la astracanada (2010)
• "Policromía" (2013)
• "Cuatricromía" (2012)
• "Canciones para robots románticos" (2016)
• "Pianissimo" (2017)
• "Extrapolaciones y dos preguntas 1989–2000 (2019)
• "Extrapolaciones y dos respuestas 2001–2019 (2019)
• "Existencialismo pop" (2021)
• "Edificaciones paganas" (2022)
• "Exprofeso" (2022)

Notes

References

External links