Cafe Tacuba: The key to keeping it real for 25 years
For bass player Enrique “Quique” Rangel, he never thought he’d kick it long with his band buddies. Twenty-five years later, he and his bandmates of Cafe Tacuba…
For bass player Enrique “Quique” Rangel, he never thought he’d kick it long with his band buddies. Twenty-five years later, he and his bandmates of Cafe Tacuba are kicking some serious butts.
“When we started, 25 years ago, we thought that it would not last long. We didn’t think it would be our job,” Quique told VOXXI.
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For a young aspiring rock band that formed in 1989 in Mexico City, the possibilities to record an album seemed impossible. “We thought we would only get gigs at clubs or bars,” he said.
But their opportunity came when a wave of alternative Latin rock bands also formed around that time.
“We, along with other rock groups of the nineties, had the opportunity to tour. That’s when we realized that we have to take care of our band and manage it in the best way.”
Quique admitted that throughout the years, the group faced many problems, crisis and even possible separation, but there has always been something that has kept them together.
“It’s recognizing that among the four of us there is respect and it’s also accepting the fact that each of us need time to do our own solo projects,” he told VOXXI. “I think that’s the key of why we’ve lasted such a long time and I feel very proud of that.”
Cafe Tacuba –composed of Rubén Albarrán, Emmanuel del Real, Enrique Rangel and Joselo Rangel– is simply everything they strived to be since the beginning: four people contributing ideas in one project.
As one of the pioneers of Latin rock, the quartet is celebrating their 25th anniversary with a US fall tour. But that’s not the only thing they’re thrilled about, 2014 also marks the 20th anniversary since the release of their most famous album to date, “Re.”
And that’s why their much-awaited gig around the states is called “20 RE – CT 25.”