Los Iniciados

Servando Carballar, alma mater by Aviador Dro, set up a parallel group in December 1980 that he called Los Iniciados, of variable formation with hidden identities, giving a clear nod to foreign bands like The Residents. The base of the group revolved around Marta Cervera "Arco Iris" ("Rainbow"). Next to it, and under a scrupulous oath of anonymity were "Componente Norte" ("North Component"), "Estrato Cúmulo" ("Stratum Cumulus") and "Precipitación Atmosférica" ("Atmospheric Precipitation"), all of them alias closely linked to meteorology, as you can see. However, it is assumed that two components of Alphaville were in Los Iniciados: Juan Antonio Nieto and José Carlos Sánchez. The couple began to rehearse at their home in Zabaleta and in just three months they are already played live on the mythical 1st. Tecno Symposium, held in Marquee Hall, in March 1981. This was not their only performance, as they also shared stage with Agrimensor K and Todo Todo, a synth-pop group from Alicante. 

In 1982 'El Cantor De Jazz' appeared, a 4 songs EP edited by DRO. That same year, 'La Marca de Anubis', their first album, was released, with the contribution of José Luis Garrido (percussion) and TNT Jesús Arias (guitar). The group appears in the TV show "Caja de Ritmos" of Carlos Tena playing two songs, one of them was "Atlas". In 1983, DRO issued 'Todo Ubú', soundtrack of the theatre play of the same title of Francisco Nieva, which was recorded in the studies Colores and interpreted by Los Iniciados in Madrid. Some copies are even accompanied by the libretto of the work, which is mainly the text of Alfred Jarry's book "Ubú Rey". [SOURCE: GRUPOS NACIONALES NUEVA OLA 80]