Jesús Antúnez (musician)

Jesús Antúnez (born 25 December 1973) is a Spanish musician, DJ, producer and drummer of the Spanish rock band Dover.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Antúnez.
Jesús Antúnez
Jesús Antúnez, 2013
Background information
Birth nameJesús Antúnez
Also known asJesús
Born (1973-12-25) 25 December 1973
Badajoz
OriginBadajoz, Spain
Genres
  • Rock
  • Grunge
  • Dance
  • Electro House
  • Progressive House
Occupation(s)Musician, DJ, producer, drummer
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1993–present
Labels
Associated actsDover, DrumKillers
Websitewww.dover.es

Biography

Jesús was born in Badajoz, where he attended at High School until 15. He left it because he needed to work. At 17 years old, he started playing drums, having influences as Dave Grohl, Matt Cameron and Dave Abbruzzese. He moved to Madrid in 1992 where, by an advert published in a newspaper by Cristina Llanos, he joined the music group Dover. Later he would become partner of Amparo for a couple of years; even with the breakup as a couple they remained in the group.

He organized his time working and playing for the group, until one day he met Julio Ruiz, director of the radio program Disco Grande from Radio 3, whom he asked a favor to play a demo of the group. Julio set it up and he liked it a lot. Shortly after, Dover released their first album "Sister", although international musical success would lead with their next album, "Devil Came to Me" (he designed the cover, as it was a graphic designer), which made the group live from music and make tours around different countries.[1] After a few albums more, in 2006, "Follow the city lights" was released, turning its music genre to electronics.[2] A few years later, the album "I Ka Kené" was published and had a strong influence of African sounds.[3] Jesús was commissioned to produce and mix multiple tracks of these albums. In February 2015, they released a new album, "Complications", with which they returned to their origins of rock.[4]

Jesús is characterized by very cheerful and funny, having starred in several stories, like doing a couple of concerts totally naked. He has worked in Los Angeles with producers and mixers known as Barrett Jones, Rick Will and Chris Lord-Alge.

DrumKillers

In 2011 he formed, together with Héctor Polo (drummer of the Spanish rock band Pignoise), the group "DrumKillers".[5] Jesús left the band on February 2014 because of personal reasons. The musician James Vaquero replaced him.[6]

Discography

Dover
Main article: Dover (band)
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References
  1. Beltrán, David H. (16 January 2013). "Gira 15 Aniversario 'Devil Came to Me'" (in Spanish). No Me Pierdo Ni Una.
  2. González, Adaya (7 October 2006). "El renacer de Dover" (in Spanish). El Mundo.
  3. Manrique, Diego A. (17 September 2010). "No hay historia más extraordinaria que la de Dover" (in Spanish). El País.
  4. Pérez, Lucas (24 February 2015). "Dover sigue siendo novedad" (in Spanish). El Mundo.
  5. López, María (18 January 2014). "Actuación de DrumKillers en Vilagarcía de Arousa" (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo.
  6. "Jesús Antúnez leaves DrumKillers" (in Spanish). Facebook. 21 February 2014.
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