Magneto (band)

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Magneto
Origin Mexico
Genres Latin pop (Boy-band)
Years active 1983–1996[1]
2009-present
Website [1] (unofficial fan site; Spanish)

Magneto was a popular Mexican boy band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band formed on February 14, 1983.[2] In 1986, Magneto was featured in "Siempre en Domingo," a Mexican entertainment show viewed across Latin America and parts of Europe. Mexican teen pop group Magneto emerged in 1983. Their first record, Dejalo Que Gire came in 1984, followed by Super 6 Magneto. Tha Latin pop outfit suffered several lineup changes before achieving their first gold record in 1986. Mostly playing dance-pop songs, the five-member ensemble started touring Central America after climbing charts with "Todo Esta Muy Bien," and "Soy Un Soñador." However, their breakthrough came after issuing a Spanish-language version of Desireless' "Voyage Voyage," a French pop hit from the '80s. In 1992 the boy band played the lead in their own movie, Cambiando el Destino. Magneto won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year, and received two nominations for the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1993: Pop Album (Magneto) and Pop Group of the Year.[3] Nevertheless, the original Magneto disbanded in 1996 after a sold-out show at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional.

A number of former Magneto members (the group's final lineup of Alan Ibarra, Mauri Stern, Elias Cervantes, Tono Beltranena, and Alex (real name Hugo de la Barreda), who made up Magneto from 1993 to 1996) reunited in 2009.

Original members

  • Francisco Mtz. Frank (Pepe Ovadia)
  • Diego Alfaro
  • Iñaki Huacuja
  • Enrique Oyanguren
  • Jose Javier Iñiguez

Replacements

  • Jose Antonio Chapa
  • Emiliano Balderas
  • Juan Botella
  • Mauricio Rocha
  • Santiago Antón
  • Mauri Stern (Marcos Stern Chernovetzky)
  • Eduardo
  • Carlos
  • Danny
  • Alex
  • Charlie
  • Alan (Erick Ibarra Miramontes)
  • Antonio (Tono) Beltranena

Albums

Singles

From the album Siempre (Always)

From the album Cambiando El Destino (Changing Destiny)

From the album Vuela, Vuela (Fly, Fly)

From the album Tu Libertad (Your Freedom)

From the album Más (More)

From the album X-Magneto

  • Vuela, Vuela (remix) (1992)
  • Vuela, Vuela (Fly away, Fly away) (1992)

From the album 40 grados (40 Degrees)

From the album Tremendo (Tremendous)

From the album Todo esta muy bien (Everything is Very Good)

Films

Awards

References

External links