The definitive and authorized biography of Mecano
Forty years ago, a teenager named José María Cano asked his brother Nacho and his girlfriend Ana
to accompany him to concerts at student residences and taverns in Madrid. There they met Miguel Ángel Arenas,
“el Capi,” who suggested that Ana be the lead voice and secured a contract with CBS.
Thus Mecano was born, without imagining it would become the most important pop phenomenon in Spanish musical history.
But there are still unanswered questions about the group that sold more than twenty-five million records worldwide:
how was Mecano formed? Why did they provoke so much hostility in the Madrid scene?
What internal tensions led to their breakup?
This biography traces the group's history and answers all these questions, showing how,
even after their separation, Mecano has not stopped playing on the radios and in the collective memory.
Author’s biography
Javier Adrados was born in Moradillo de Roa (Burgos) and from a young age felt a special fascination for the musical world,
particularly for Mecano. He began his career as a collaborator at the multinational Virgin and later moved to Sony Music,
where he worked on the development of artists such as La Oreja de Van Gogh. He currently works in the promotion of various artists
and in musical journalism. He is the only authorized biographer of Mecano.
