THE YELLOW MELODIES
 
 
 

the first YELLOW MELODIES line-up was (1996-2001):

Rafa Skam (Voice and Guitar)
Raúl (Bass)
Nacho (Guitar and Backing Vocals)
Ismael (Drums)

RAFA

DATE OF BIRTH

16-4-72 (Aries)

INSTRUMENT

Voice and Guitar

JOB

ELEFANT Records, Yellow Melodies, Vacaciones & El Planeta Amarillo

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

The Beatles
Suede
Teenage Fanclub
The Smiths
The Stone Roses

SPANISH BANDS

Sexy Sadie
Ross
Cecilia Ann
Automatics
Flirt

POP or ROCK

POP

USA or UK

UK, with a bit of USA

OTHER CURRENT BANDS

Vacaciones

PREVIOUS BANDS

Rafa Skam
Lovely Dolores (Elda)
H-Boria (Playa Honda)
La Especie
Hergest Diamond
Nueva Especie
Vacas Locas
Takiqardia
Desensibilización Sistemática
Santa Compaña
Panceta
Mustafá Musrafá
Oveja Clónica Melódica
The Unlikes
The Newsies
Skam
Beatloss

INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS

Rubber Soul (The Beatles)
Help (The Beatles)
With The Beatles (The Beatles)
Strangeways, Here We Come (The Smiths)
Suede (Suede)
Grand Prix (Teenage Fanclub)
The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses)
Black Box Recorder (Black Box Recorder)
A Different Class (Pulp)
Olympian (Gene)
Rialto (Rialto)
Lorelei (Monograph)
Puzzle (Tahiti 80)
Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Hunky Dory (David Bowie)
Barafundle (Gorky´s Zygotic Mynci)
Aluminum Tunes (Stereolab)
Screamadelica (Primal Scream)
Vanishing Point (Primal Scream)
Show World (Redd Kross)
The Boy With The Arab Strap (Belle & Sebastian)
Mute (Catchers)
Deserter´s Song (Mercury Rev)
Automatic For The People (REM)
Andy Warhol (The Velvet Underground)
Hunting, High & Low (A-ha)
Forever Young (Alphaville)
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Pink Floyd)
The Wall (Pink Floyd)
The Doors (The Doors)

SPANISH ALBUMS

It´s Beatiful, It´s Love (Sexy Sadie)
Supersonic Spacewalk (Ross)
Un Segundo (Cecilia Ann)
La Habitación Roja (La Habitación Roja)
Parade (Parade)
Space Rock Melodies (Automatics)
Make´em Laugh (The Happy Losers)
Nadie Hablará de... (Nosoträsh)
Sióg (Supertube)
78 (Chucho)

INTERNATIONAL SONGS

All of The Beatles
Forever Young (Alphaville)
Big In Japan (Alphaville)
She´s Not Dead (Suede)
So Young (Suede)
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (The Smiths)
Hang On (Teenage Fanclub)
Song For My Sugar Spun Sister (The Stone Roses)
Call Her Name (Catchers)
Something To Do (Monograph)
The Only One I Know (The Charlatans)
No Milk Today (Herman´s Hermits)
Life On Mars? (David Bowie)
Sexy Boy (Air)
Show Girl (The Auteurs)
That Thing You Do! (The Wonders)
Something Changed (Pulp)
Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground)
Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground)
Bitterscene (Velocette)
Eurodisco (Bis)
Kerry Kerry (Cinerama)
It´s Only The End Of The World (Black Box Recorder)
Living City Plan (Miss Mend)
Live It Down (Rosita)
Holes (Mercury Rev)
Three Longers Later (Stereolab)

SPANISH SONGS

Days Of Love (Sexy Sadie)
I Can Believe (Ross)
I Remember (demo) (The Sueters)
Swayfest (Automatics)
She´s a Rebel (Flirt)

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO-CLIP

Take On Me (A-ha)
Charlotte Sometimes (The Cure)
Living In Another World (Talk Talk)

SPANISH VIDEO-CLIP

Ahora Sí (Vacaciones)

BEST GIG

Cane 141 at BAM ´99
Gene, The Divine Comedy, Flaming Lips, Cinerama, Marine Research, Elastica, The Auteurs, Fountains of Wayne and Cornelius at Reading Festival ´99
Black Box Recorder at Union Chapel (London - UK) (26-8-99)
Suedey Bis in Benicásim ´99
Suede at Caracol, Madrid (5-3-99)
Teenage Fanclub, Sonic Youth and Primal Scream in Benicásim´98
Teenage Fanclub in Castellón (21-3-98)
Suede and Geneva in Benicásim 97
Pink Floyd in Barcelona (27-7-94)
Los Imposibles at Deportivo (Murcia) (18-4-97)

BEST YELLOW MELODIES´ GIG

Calimero (Jumilla, Murcia) (6-3-98)

RADIO PROGRAMM

Viaje A Los Sueños Polares (Cadena 40)
Disco Grande (Radio 3)
Flor de Pasión (Radio 3)
Diario Pop (Radio 3)
8-12 Terminal Pop (Onda Regional de Murcia)

TV PROGRAMM

Radio 3 Concerts / La 2
Metrópolis

OTHER MUSICAL LIKES

Electronic pop (Ambient, Trip-hop, etc...)
New Age

HOBBIES

Music
Talking

FILM

El Club de los Poetas Muertos
Tommy
Koyaanisqatsi
The Doors
El Resplandor

BOOK

The Doors Of Perception (Aldous Huxley)

PUBLICATION

El Planeta Amarillo pop´zine
Isla Desierta (Fanzine)
Miracles For Sale (Fanzine)
Flanzine (Fanzine)

AUTHOR

Aldous Huxley
Jesús Llorente

HUMORIST

Mr. Bean
Faemino and Cansado
Monty Pyton

COMIC

Mortadelo and Filemón

MARK

Yellow Melodies (the name is registered as a mark)

SPORT

Football
Tennis

FOOTBALL TEAM

Real Madrid

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

None

LUCKY NUMBER

7
19

COLOUR

Yellow
Blue

NAMES

Hope
Dreams
Control
Energy

VERBS

Feel
Dream
Communicate - Talk
Hurry Up

FOOD

Spaghetti Carbonara
Chinese Rice

FRUIT

Strawberry

DESSERT

Ice-Creams

DRINK WITHOUT ALCOHOL

Coffee

DRINK WITH ALCOHOL

Champaigne

DRUG

HK/NA = He Knows / but No Answer

DREAM

To be well-known being happy every day
Do always what you like

VIRTUE

Intuition
Sincerity
Perseverance

DEFECT

Perfectionism

CITY

London

HOLIDAY

Playa Honda, Benicásim and Reading

SEASON

Spring

VEHICLE

Plane
Train
Internet

ANIMAL

Squirrel
Cat

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

The Boy With The Arab Strap (Belle & Sebastian)
Rialto (Rialto)
Black Box Recorder (Black Box Recorder)
Deserter´s Song (Mercury Rev)

BEST 1998 SPANISH ALBUM

It´s Beautiful, It´s Love (Sexy Sadie)
Parade (Parade)

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONAL SONG

The Everlasting (Manic Street Preachers)
If I Was Just The Last Junkie On Earth (The Dandy Warhols)
Demons (Super Furry Animals)

BEST 1998 SPANISH SONG

Days Of Love (Sexy Sadie)
I Can Believe (Ross)

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

Sounds From The Gulf Stream (Marine Research)

BEST 1999 SPANISH ALBUM

Duty (Automatics)

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL SONG

Everything Will Flow (Suede)

BEST 1999 SPANISH SONG

Cerca de Shibuya (La Casa Azul)

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL SINGLE

Pacific (Cinerama)
Living City Plan (Miss Mend)
Nothing Left To Say (Tram)

BEST 1999 SPANISH SINGLE

Imágenes (Me Enveneno de Azules)

BEST 1999 COMPILATION

Mascotas

BEST 1999 DEMO

With Me (Flirt)

NACHO

DATE OF BIRTH

12-12-78 (Sagitarius)

INSTRUMENT

Guitar and Backing Vocals

JOB

Student

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

Yo La Tengo
Sonic Youth
My Bloody Valentine
Teenage Fanclub
Pavement
The Posies
The Velvet Underground

SPANISH BANDS

Los Planetas
El Inquilino Comunista
Mercromina
Automatics
Corcobado
Sexy Sadie
La Buena Vida
Le Mans

POP or ROCK

ROCK

USA or UK

USA

OTHER CURRENT BANDS

Sr. Guindilla
Manuelle The Cat

PREVIOUS BANDS

Requiem
Boulevard 33
The Shoemaker
Beatloss
McGuffin

INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS

Electr-o-pura (Yo La Tengo)

SPANISH ALBUMS

Super 8 (Los Planetas)

INTERNATIONAL SONGS

Big Day Coming (Yo La Tengo)

SPANISH SONGS

10.000 (Los Planetas)

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO-CLIP

SPANISH VIDEO-CLIP

BEST GIG

Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub in Benicásim-98

BEST YELLOW MELODIES´ GIG

Antiguo Mercado Público (La Unión), 9-10-98

RADIO PROGRAMM

Any from Radio 3

TV PROGRAMM

7º de Caballería

OTHER MUSICAL LIKES

Any original one

HOBBIES

Music

FILM

"Abre los Ojos"

BOOK

PUBLICATION

AUTHOR

HUMORIST

El Chavo

COMIC

Mafalda

MARK

Fender

SPORT

None

FOOTBALL TEAM

I don´t like Football

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

None

LUCKY NUMBER

8

COLOUR

Blue

NAMES

Relaxation

VERBS

Enjoy
Laugh

FOOD

Meat

FRUIT

Orange

DESSERT

Tea

DRINK WITHOUT ALCOHOL

Water

DRINK WITH ALCOHOL

Whisky

DREAM

To Be Happy

VIRTUE

Adaptation

DEFECT

Punctuality

CITY

Oviedo (Asturias)

HOLIDAY

Zenia (Pili´s house)
the mountain

SEASON

Autumn

VEHICLE

Pick-up

ANIMAL

Horse

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONL ALBUM

A Thousand Leaves (Sonic Youth)

BEST 1998 SPANISH ALBUM

Una Semana En El Motor De Un Autobús (Los Planetas)

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONAL SONG

Is It Wicked Not To Care? (Belle & Sebastian)

BEST 1998 SPANISH SONG

Línea 1 (Los Planetas)

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

13 (Blur)

BEST 1999 SPANISH ALBUM

Panorama (La Buena Vida)

BEST 1999 COMPILATION

Mascotas

BEST 1999 DEMO

Penélope Glamour (Penélope Glamour)

RAÚL

DATE OF BIRTH

15-7-67 (Cancer)

INSTRUMENT

4-String LAG Bass

JOB

Prika-man (at the moment)

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

Queen
Stratovarius
Lyberint
Helloween

SPANISH BANDS

80´s Pop
80´s Heavy
Radical Rock

POP or ROCK

I don´t mind if it´s spanish

USA or UK

Hamburguer

OTHER CURRENT BANDS

Contragolpe
Sr. Guindilla

PREVIOUS BANDS

Beatloss

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

None

SPANISH BANDS

All

INTERNATIONAL SONGS

SPANISH SONGS

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO-CLIP

SPANISH VIDEO-CLIP

BEST GIG

Reincidentes

BEST YELLOW MELODIES´ GIG

Pedro-Pop - Las Palas 98, 11-7-98

RADIO PROGRAMM

El Penalty

TV PROGRAMM

Any of La 2

OTHER MUSICAL LIKES

Tangos

HOBBIES

Fishing
Photography
Computers
TV
Diving
Going Out At Night
Calling Pepito
Sex
Playing Bass
Playing "Primi" Lottery

FILM

Torrente
Cobra

BOOK

Tuareg and Ivory (Vázquez Figueroa)

PUBLICATION

Makoki

AUTHOR

Vázquez Figueroa

HUMORIST

Chiquito

COMIC

"El Cuervo"

MARK

Wolkswagen

SPORT

Playstation

FOOTBALL TEAM

Atlético de Madrid

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

What?!?

LUCKY NUMBER

The one that wins

COLOUR

Blue

NAMES

Fork
Knife
Spoon
(Also Glass and Bottle)

VERBS

Sleep
Play
*uck

FOOD

Rice at the Torraos

FRUIT

The Forbidden One

DESSERT

Rice With Milk

DRINK WITHOUT ALCOHOL

Water (Always)

DRINK WITH ALCOHOL

Dyc, Cutty-Sark, Ballantine´s... with Coke

DREAM

Porn

VIRTUE

You can always invite me for a meal in your house. I like everything. I´m grateful

DEFECT

I´m fat. I weigh 90 Kg.

CITY

Barcelona

HOLIDAY

With Money

SEASON

in Murcia: Winter
in the rest of Spain: Spring

VEHICLE

Ex_Blue Diesel Polo

ANIMAL

Polar Bear

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

I got lost in 1996

BEST 1998 SPANISH BAND

BEST 1998 INTERNATIONAL SONG

BEST 1998 SPANISH SONG

ISMAEL

DATE OF BIRTH

6-7-75 (Cancer)

INSTRUMENT

Drums

JOB

Administrative (Montoro Drugs, S.A.)

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Grateful Dead
The Posies
The Stone Roses

SPANISH BANDS

Los Planetas
Los Hermanos Dalton
Corcobado
Sexy Sadie
Killer Barbies

POP or ROCK

ROCK

USA or UK

USed

OTHER CURRENT BANDS

7 Iguanos
Sr. Guindilla

PREVIOUS BANDS

Bohemia
La Esfinge
La Estación
La Especie
Rafa Skam
Skam
Beatloss

INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS

Sergeant Peppers (The Beatles)

SPANISH ALBUMS

INTERNATIONAL SONGS

A Day In The Life(The Beatles)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles)
Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)
Mother (John Lennon)

INTERNATIONAL SONGS

Laboratorio Mágico (Los Planetas)
Algo Más Fuerte (M-Clan)
Mediterráneo (J.M. Serrat)

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO-CLIP

SPANISH VIDEO-CLIP

BEST GIG

Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth in Benicásim-98

BEST YELLOW MELODIES´ GIG

Calimero (Jumilla), 8-3-98

RADIO PROGRAMM

Chichirichachi (Radio 3)

TV PROGRAMM

Los Simpson

OTHER MUSICAL LIKES

All of them, except for "bakalao" and "mákina"

HOBBIES

Friends

FILM

Airbag

BOOK

Golden Beetle

PUBLICATION

AUTHOR

Edgar Allan Poe

HUMORIST

Mr. Bean

COMIC

Mortadelo and Filemón

MARK

Vic Firth

SPORT

None, they get stitch

FOOTBALL TEAM

Real Madrid

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

Centre

LUCKY NUMBER

5

COLOUR

Green

NAMES

Friendship

VERBS

Laugh

FOOD

Spanish Omelette (with onion)

DRINK WITHOUT ALCOHOL

Water

DRINK WITH ALCOHOL

Whisky (Cutty-Shark) with Orange

FRUIT

Water Melon

DESSERT

Cooked bananas

DREAM

Feeling fine with myself and with all the rest. Amen.

VIRTUE

Mood

DEFECT

Talk a lot, except with a microphone

CITY

HOLIDAY

Nacho usually chooses where to go

SEASON

Spring

VEHICLE

Van

ANIMAL

Monkey

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

13 (Blur)
Strange Weather Lately (Astrid)
One From The Modern (Ocean Colour Scene)

BEST 1999 SPANISH ALBUM

Canciones Para Una Orquesta Química (Los Planetas)

BEST 1999 INTERNATIONAL SINGLE

City Laws (Beck)

BEST 1999 DEMO

Penélope Glamour (Penélope Glamour)