Marea (band)

Marea
Kutxi Romero at Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona.
Background information
Origin	Spain
Genres	Hard rock
Years active	1997-present
Associated acts	Calaña Ciclonautas Malaputa
Website	Official website
Members	Kutxi Romero - vocals Alen Ayerdi - drums César Ramallo - Electric guitar David Díaz "Kolibrí" - Electric guitar and acoustic guitar Edu Beaumont "Piñas" - Bass

Marea are a Spanish rock band from Berriozar, Navarre formed in 1997 by Kutxi Romero. So far they have released six studio albums, a collection boxset and a live record.

In 1997, after having been a member of 9 different punk bands, Kutxi Romero decided to form a rock group.

He called Alen Ayerdi - former drummer of Begira - who didn't hesitate to join Kutxi's project. He then contacted Edu Beaumont "Piñas", whom he had met one year before. Piñas hadn't played previously in any other band, but Kutxi - who was a very good friend of his - persuaded him to join as bassist. Piñas accepted and introduced Kutxi to César Ramallo, who would become one of Marea's guitarists. David Díaz, aka Kolibrí, also a guitarist, also joined the band.

The band was initially called "La Patera" but as a band with the same name already existed they adopted the name Marea, that was supposed to be the title of their first album that they instead named La Patera.

BMG expressed an interest in their first album and in 1999 they became Marea's first label. Their first album was released all across Spain.

In 2000, due to problems with BMG they left them to join GOR. That year they released their second album: Revolcón.

A year later, on 2001, they began having conflicts with GOR and they ended their contract with them. They signed a new one with Dro Records. They began working on their 3rd album, Besos de perro.

Besos de Perro was released in 2002. After having played live about 200 times in approximately 3 years, they decided to take a little break from their music career and stopped touring to work on their following album.

In 2004, they released their fourth album, 28000 Puñaladas. They began touring until 2005.