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Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada is one of the most important rock musicians in Mexico. He led Caimanes, a band inspired by groups of such stature as The Doors, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and the Cure in their trajectory from 1987 to 1995. In September 1996, Saúl formed up the group, Jaguares, with full creativity authority as he would be the only stable member in the company of his invited gusts. And thus he would record El Equilibrio De Los Jaguares, produced by Don Was, with cuts like “Detrás De Los Cerros," “Nunca Te Doblarás” and “Dime Jaguar.” Just a few weeks later, serious problems wreaked havoc on his vocal cords, to the point of almost ruining his magnificent career. For a year and a half he kept his distance from the stage, but at the end of 1998 after many throat surgeries, the news of his band’s return was rampant: he returned with Bajo El Azul De Tu Misterio and simples like “Fin” that he performed successful for just over a year throughout Mexico and the US in addition to be called upon for the first Latin Grammies. Jaguares sang with personalities like Stuart Hamm and Rubén Cachetes Maldonado and Julieta Venegas. In 2001, the band recorded the CD Cuando la Sangre Galopa, which went on sale with the single “Como Tú,” backed by a large tour throughout Mexico, the US and Central America, and included a concert alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sting and Elton John in Hollywood. A year later, they came out with the work El Primer Instinto, an acoustic CD with 17 tracks: 14 songs by Saúl Hernández (with Caifanes and Jaguares.) Their first promoted short album would include “No Dejes Que,” "Mátenme Porque Me Muero," “Viento," including two never befote released, one dedicated in memory of the human rights defendant Digna Ochoa and a cover of Juan Gabriel: “Te Lo Pido Por Favor.” In 2005, Saúl Hernández, Alfonso André and César López, the Vampire, decided to take a break on their shaken up concert tour to enter the recording studies and work on their fifth production, which they titled Crónicas de un Laberinto, critically acclaimed as the best work to date.
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