Familia Real

Familia Real formed in Tenerife (Canary Islands) around 1980 with Arturo (vocals), Domi Delgado (guitar), Pistol (drums) and Silver (bass). Their previous experienceis rather scarce; Silver only mentions the time he spent playing the electric guitar that his parents had given him when he was 13 years old and the band he formed with Pistol: RIP. They had their first show at the Láser pub, where Arturo sang, although he soon left the band, leaving the microphone to Silver.After leaving Familia Real, Arturo and Domi playes on a short-lived project, Taco & The Bunny-Tex. 

 

Silver suggested the name for the group, inspired by the news that said that Johnny Rotten was considering the possibility of forming a new band called Son of the Royal Family. Many bass players passed through the band. One of them was Endika Zulueta, born in San Sebastian but who arrived in Tenerife at the age of 17. He joined the band at the invitation of Silver, who saw him walking around the city wearing a Sex Pistols t-shirt and a spiked wristband. The singer asked him if he knew how to play bass, and Endika, who was then playing in Edipos Despiertos, replied that he had no idea how to do it. 

 

It was not until the entrance of Eduardo Bercedo -Edui- that the band participated in a battle of the bands celebrated at the Lennon discotheque in the fall of 1982. They won the contest and five hundred copies of the 7" 'Destruye / Depresion' (Canary, 1982) were released, four hundred of which were for the band and the remaining hundred were distributed in contests organized by the local newspaper El Día. Familia Real also participated in the TVE program in the Canary Islands "Acetato Futuro", along with Comic and Moral Femenina. After Silver left for Madrid without telling his bandmates, the band disbanded in 1983. [SOURCE: BASE DE DATOS DE GRUPOS Y SOLISTAS CANARIOS]