Jorge Enrique Silva Duarte

En 2007, después de lanzar tres exitosos álbumes, haber sido nominados tres veces a los premios Grammy, vender más de siete millones de discos, y convertirse en la primera banda estadounidense en actuar en un concierto al aire libre en Cuba, Cornell anunció que dejaba la banda «debido a conflictos personales irreconciliables, además de diferencias musicales». Como los otros tres miembros estaban ocupados con la reunión de Rage Against the Machine, y Cornell y Morello habían lanzado álbumes en solitario, la banda se separó de forma definitiva.

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Anteriores: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón, Jaén.

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El nombre de la rosa (título original Il nome della rosa en italiano) es una novela de misterio e histórica de Umberto Eco publicada en 1980.

Ambientada en el turbulento ambiente religioso del siglo XIV, la novela narra la investigación que realizan fray Guillermo de Baskerville y su pupilo Adso de Melk alrededor de una misteriosa serie de crímenes que suceden en una abadía de los Apeninos ligures.

La gran repercusión de la novela provocó que se editaran miles de páginas de crítica de El nombre de la rosa, y se han señalado referentes que incluyen a Jorge Luis Borges, Arthur Conan Doyle, y el escolástico Guillermo de Ockham.

Overview

Daniel Bejar ( /ˈbeɪhɑr/) is an independent pop singer-songwriter from Vancouver who formed Destroyer in 1995. He self-produced his first album, the lo-fi We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, which was recorded at his in home studio in Vancouver. As Bejar gained popularity within the Vancouver music scene, he was joined by John Collins on City of Daughters and Destroyer formally became a band. In 2000, the band broke up and Bejar took an extended vacation in Spain.

Following his brief break from Destroyer, he returned to Vancouver to release Thief in 2000. Interpreted by many critics as an indictment of the music industry, this album brought Destroyer significant recognition.[1]

Following Thief's release, Bejar put more focus into his pop music, beginning his music contributions to The New Pornographers. After the 2001 release of Streethawk: A Seduction on Misra Records, Destroyer picked up something of a cult following. Having the band Frog Eyes play back-up for several shows inspired Notorious Lightning & Other Works, a reworking of six tracks from the previous album Your Blues with Frog Eyes once again as back-up.

Destroyer continued its sonic development with 2006's Destroyer's Rubies, 2008's Trouble in Dreams, the 2009 EP Bay of Pigs, and 2011's full-length Kaputt. On June 16, 2011, Kaputt was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.[2] On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award; the winner was subsequently announced as Arcade Fire for "Suburbs".

[edit]Style

Bejar called Destroyer's style, for the album Your Blues "European Blues" but has since stated that this description has come to haunt him. He has stated that the album was an attempt to emulate musician Scott Walker. It is often compared to David Bowie; the band's admitted influences are Pavement, and Guided by Voices, as well as other indie and shoegaze bands. Bejar's lyric stylings are also noteworthy for their cryptic poetry, which frequently vex and intrigue listeners. Bejar openly borrows phrases from other artists and a variety of other sources, even political rhetoric (ex: Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire"). Your Blues presented a new direction in Destroyer's style by introducing orchestral elements as well as a heavy reliance on midi instruments.[1]

[edit]Musical collaborators

Over the ten-plus years that Bejar has been

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