In this acoustic set, the group included hits from their repertoire plus 3 covers.
In the 90s, MTV had been requesting the band's participation for several years to perform an Unplugged session, but due to their busy schedule and tour commitments the band was not able to accept such an offer.įinally, the stars aligned and on Mathe band recorded Maná Unplugged in Miami before an intimate audience of 70 lucky fans. Warner Music Mexico is now proudly releasing a series of 2020 remasters of the band's prolific output. In the midst of this rising movement, the band adopted the name that would give them international recognition, "Maná", chosen because of the meaning of the Polynesian word: "positive energy." The lineup was composed of Fher Olvera vocalist, the brothers Juan and Ulises Calleros, on guitar and bass espectively, and Alex González on drums. They were one of the first groups to venture out, composing their own songs even though rock in Spanish was not yet a trend.Īround the same time, a movement in Mexico began called "Rock en tu idioma" (Rock in Your Language), a business strategy from some record companies aimed at young people to develop rock in Spanish. They were originally known as The Spies of the Green Hat, but soon the name was shortened to Green Hat and was eventually adapted into Spanish as Sombrero Verde, as the band wanted to rock in their own language. In 1975 they decided to get together to play different songs from groups they admired, including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, The Police, among others. Mana origins date back to a band called Sombrero Verde.
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