Gabinete Caligari

The origins of the group go back to 1977, when the band Rigor Mortis was formed with the participation of Jaime Urrutia, Fernando Presas "Ferni" and Edi Clavo together with Eugenio Haro. This band only gives one concert and quickly dissolves after Edi's departure. The band was then named Los Drugos, made up of the three remaining members. This band is even more ephemeral than Rigor Mortis, as Jaime joins Ejecutivos Agresivos. The two remaining members of Los Drugos form the band Automáticos rescuing Edi. This new formation is also ephemeral and after the dissolution of Ejecutivos Agresivos, Jaime, Edi and Ferni meet again to form Gabinete Caligari (which was going to be called Los Dandies in the beginning) and, influenced by British post-punk and the personality of Eduardo Benavente, they got into sounds darker than those that were played at the time

The name of the group refers to the 1920 German horror film "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari", a key film in German expressionism. In fact, the song "Sombras Negras" alludes to that film. In their post-punk era their image and attitude had a marked provocative character and their songs had a content that evoked from the interwar period to sadomasochistic relationships. Representative themes of that stage were "Olor a Carne Quemada", "¿Cómo Perdimos Berlín?" or the emblematic "Golpes". 

Their first albums were characterized by a constant reinvention. In this way, around 1983 they inaugurate a new current that was baptized as "Rock Torero". It was pop influenced by castizo sounds (from Spanish folklore), such as pasodoble. This influence is already evident in their first album, which mixes dark songs such as "Héroes de la URSS" or "Grado 33", with others from this new batch such as "Sangre Española" or "Que Dios Reparta Suerte". This mixture of rock with popular rhythms will be a maxim in the career of the band, achieving with it such popular themes as "Al Calor Del Amor En Un Bar", "La Culpa Fue Del Cha-Cha-Cha", "Camino Soria" or "Cuatro Rosas". 

They reach the peak of their popularity with the albums 'Camino Soria' and 'Privado'. From that moment on, their success begins to slowly decline. Already in the 90's, the musical style they defend does not receive the approval of the general public and, in spite of maintaining the quality, not adapting the sound to the scene that was being lived ends up costing them. Thus, in 1999 the group was officially dissolved, partly due to the lack of attention that the media had paid to his last two works, 'Gabinetíssimo' and '¡Subid la Música!' In 2002 Jaime Urrutia began a solo career, releasing several albums. Edi Clavo and Ferni Presas founded the group Paraphernalia, which was dissolved shortly afterwards, and they have continued rehearsing together. 

In 2016 they released their first live album, which corresponds to a performance on February 11, 1984, which has remained in the DRO warehouse for more than 30 years. In March 2018, and as a tribute to his most emblematic album, a remastered version of the LP 'Camino Soria' was published, as well as a book by Eduardo "Edi" Clavo with the same title (and published by the Contra publishing house) in which the ex-drummer of the group narrates the genesis, influences and development of the aforementioned album. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]