Duncan Dhu

Duncan Dhu originated in 1984 as a pop-meets-rockabilly ensemble based in San Sebastian, established by Mikel Erentxun, Diego Vasallo, and Juan Ramon Viles. Their opening album Por Tierras Escocesas achieved immediate commercial traction by surpassing 175,000 copies sold. Radio dominance propelled the single "Cien Gaviotas" to song-of-the-year status. The second album El Grito del Tiempo, issued in 1987, eclipsed those figures with roughly 400,000 units moved. The subsequent project Grabaciones Oldivada appeared in a deliberately capped run of 50,000 copies. Viles exited the lineup that same year to begin a solo trajectory inaugurated by the double-CD Autobiografia. Vasallo issued Cabaret Pop in short order, after which the band entered a hiatus while its members pursued individual endeavors. Duncan Dhu reemerged in 1992 through the album Supernova, whose release was celebrated by a Sevilla concert attended by more than 120,000 people. Solo continuations followed, among them Erentxun’s Naufragios and Vasallo’s Realidad Virtual de Rock ’n’ Roll. A 2000 anthology collected material recorded between 1985 and 1998, and the fresh studio album Crepusculo appeared in 2001. During 2005, artists including Alex Ubago, Hombres G, and La Oreja de Van Gogh acknowledged the group’s lasting imprint on Spanish rock by performing selections drawn from its catalog of hits.