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José Manuel Aguilera
Background information
Birth name	José Manuel Aguilera
Born	(1959-02-14) February 14, 1959 (age 65) Guadalajara, Mexico
Genres	Rock Rock en español Mexican rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1981–present
Member of	La Barranca
Formerly of	Sangre Asteka La Suciedad de las Sirvientas Puercas Nine Rain Caifanes Jaguares

José Manuel Aguilera (born 14 February 1959, in Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican guitar player, singer and composer. He has been part of bands such as Sangre Azteka, Nine Rain and Jaguares. He is the founder and leader of rock band La Barranca. He has also collaborated with artists such as Julieta Venegas, Cecilia Toussaint, Ely Guerra y Lila Downs.

Career

Aguilera started playing with his cousins and guitarist Luis Arteaga in the band El Fracaso (The Failure) in the area of Ciudad Satélite, Mexico City. In 1986 he was part of the audience in the first gig of the band Sangre Asteka, in the Museo Universitario del Chopo. The next year accordionist Humberto Alvarez invited Aguilera to join Sangre Asteka.

In 1994 Aguilera recorded the album Odio Fonky: tomas de buró with Mexican singer and songwriter Jaime López, which has achieved a cult status in Mexican rock. The album has blues, folk and Danzón influences and consists of 16 songs, including the classic Chilanga Banda, which was covered by Café Tacuba in Avalancha de Exitos. Hugo García Michel, writing in Nexos, described Odio Fonky as: "... an eminently urban work, with a taste of pavement, neon lights, vehicular traffic, rough neighborhoods, street soccer, homeless people and scavengers, office workers and secretaries and students and housewives, canteens with stained floors, seedy bars and dives, bucolic parks with yellowish trees, atmospheric and visual pollution, fog, alcohol and bohemianism, the slow rush to get nowhere."

Aguilera was part of the initial line up of Jaguares, alongside Saúl Hernández and Federico Fong. He recorded their first albúm, El Equilibrio de los Jaguares, released in 1996 and went in one tour with the band. According to Enrique Lopetegui from the Los Angeles Times, Aguilera's guitar gave Jaguares most of their edge.

References

1. "El rock se tiñe de elegancia con José Manuel Aguilera". El Universal Querétaro (in Spanish). 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
2. López, Mixar (2016-11-08). "El espejo humeante de la guitarra: Una retrospectiva con José Manuel Aguilera". VICE (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
3. Maza Bustamante, Verónica (7 June 2017). "Humberto Álvarez: Música para sanar". Milenio. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
4. Cantú, Domingo (2021-08-30). ""Odio Fonky, tomas de buró"; un esencial álbum". Rock en México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
5. García Michel, Hugo (2 February 2014). "El Odio Fonky de Jaime López y José Manuel Aguilera". Nexos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-14.
6. Lopetegui, Enrique (1996-10-14). "Hernandez, Jaguares Balance Passion With Gutsy Presence". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-03.

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• Mexican rock musicians
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• Mexican male guitarists
• 1959 births