In Spanish, the name means "Next Station: Hope", after a real station on the Madrid Metro. This album was Manu Chao's second studio album as a "solo" artist. He has been really popular in parts of Europe. The punk elements were less prominent, but he started to make music that "replicates the sound of street music and bar scenes from a variety of cultures". In 1995 Manu "went solo", forming the band Radio Bemba Sound System to be his backing band. This band took off and had 4 studio albums. In 1987, with his brother and cousin he founded the band Mano Negra, combining punk and world music influences and playing on the Paris Metro. In the mid-80s he was in a Spanish/English rockabilly group called Hot Pants. Manu Chao is a French-Spanish musician of Spanish descent who grew up on the outskirts of Paris.
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