Fangoria

Fangoria is an electro-pop band, the brainchild of Alaska and Nacho Canut. They have sold over 1,200,000 CDs. In 1977 Alaska, along with Nacho Canut and Carlos Berlanga, formed the band Alaska y los Pegamoides. Later, in 1982, they changed the name to Alaska y Dinarama. In 1989 Carlos Berlanga left, and the band transformed once again, this time adopting the name of the American horror film magazine Fangoria Ô[][] they had already made clear their fascination with American z-movies with songs like "Mi novio es un Zombi" ("My Boyfriend Is A Zombie") and "La rebeli├│n de los electrodom├®sticos" ("The household appliance rebellion"). With each name change, the band drove away from punk and embracing electronic pop, although strong guitars are normally present in their performances. Since the birth of Fangoria in 1990, Alaska and Nacho Canut have recorded and launched several albums, always under the patterns of dance-pop electronica. Fangoria have always admitted their influences, which sometimes are clearly reflected in their own songs. The Pet Shop Boys, Ramones, David Bowie, Michael Jackson or Pulp are some of their favourite artists[citation needed]. Today Fangoria remains as one of the most respected and acclaimed pop acts of Spanish musical panorama[citation needed].