Unlike most artists from rock en español's late-'80s golden years, Bunbury doesn't just play the hits. “I'm famous in the kitchens.”īunbury's cultlike following is more than just a testament to his distinctive, brooding vocals and intense, virtuosic guitar solos. He puts on a theatrical live show, playing songs from his eight studio albums, each divergent from the last.īut in L.A., he's “a kitchen celebrity,” as he calls it - a reference to our city's predominantly Latino restaurant staffs. They've diligently followed the singer-guitarist for the last 30 years, from the day he signed his first record contract with seminal Spanish rock band Heroes del Silencio through his prolific solo career, which started with 1997's experimental electronic album Radical Sonora and continues with his most recent release, a long-awaited MTV Unplugged set.ĭespite the fact that many fans long for the days before Heroes del Silencio separated, when his sound was more straightforward hard rock, Bunbury continues to fill stadiums from Bogotá to Buenos Aires and Mexico City to Madrid.

That's how the 49-year-old rock en español icon decided to move six years ago to L.A., a city that he says has since allowed him to lead a normal life - away from the inescapable fame he has in Mexico, South America and his native Spain.īecause while nobody on the patio at Bricks & Scones on Larchmont recognizes the well-preserved Jim Morrison look-alike wearing all-black denim and sipping cups of herbal tea, there are millions of Latinos around the world who would. For Enrique Bunbury, life is often as simple as a coin toss.

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