Pignoise
Pignoise is a Spanish rock band comprising three members: Álvaro on guitar and vocals, Polo on drums, and Pablo on bass.
Beginnings
After Álvaro, a former soccer player for teams such as Getafe CF and Real Madrid, suffered a serious injury, he began to play guitar and compose songs during his rehabilitation period. He finally quit football and created a band called PIG NOISE. The group later used many of the songs he composed while in rehabilitation. Later Polo, another former soccer player for Real Zaragoza and other teams, joined the group. The last to join was Pablo, a student who had come from Asturias to Madrid to study theater. Their popularity increased sharply after appearing in a very well known Spanish show, Los hombres de Paco.
During the elections in the Basque Autonomous Community the band played in a meeting created by the conservative Spanish political party Partido Popular. The band has been heavily criticized after that, but during an interview for 20minutos.es, the bandmembers said that they thought it was just an event for young people created by Partido Popular and concluded saying that they'll never play in a political meeting again.
Pignoise is described as a pop punk band. Even though they have been seen wearing NOFX shirts in music videos, their light punk rock characteristics and their predominant pop music sound makes them clearly a pop punk band. They may also be considered pop rock or alternative rock. The band cites Ramones, blink-182, Green Day, NoFX, Slick Shoes, Allister and The Offspring as some of their main influences.
Discography
The group has released seven discs. The first two were Melodías Desafinadas and Esto No Es Un Disco de Punk. Their third release is titled Anunciado en Televisión, which became a hit in Spain and whose first single, "Nada Que Perder", is the theme song of the television series Los Hombres de Paco.
Studio albums
Melodias Desafinadas - 2003Esto no es un disco de punk - 2005Anunciado en televisión - 2006Cuestión de gustos - 2007Año Zero - 2010El tiempo y el espacio - 2013Lo que queda por andar - 2015Diversión - 2022Las Ganas - 2025
Compilations
Cuestión de directo - 2009
EPs
Maqueta - 2001Pignoise por dentro - 2011
Singles
Nada Que Perder - 2006Te Entiendo - 2006Sigo llorando por ti - 2006Sin ti - 2007Sube a mi cohete - 2007Pasar de cuartos - 2008Estoy enfermo - 2009Todo me da igual - 2010Cama vacía - 2010Quiero - 2010Bajo tu suela - 2010Nubes de algodón - 2011La prisión del tiempo - 2011La gravedad - 2013Prométeme - 2015Interrogante - 2017