When young David Broncano had a rock band: “They played Extremoduro or Maná”

Long, long before “The Revolt”, “The Resistance” and “Modern Life”, David Broncano had another project in his hands: a rock band. Specifically when I was in high school and just a teenager.

The organization of the group was simple: Daniel Broncano -his brother, today technical director of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra- he played the clarinet, David was on drums and his childhood friend, Pedro Barba, played bass. “We were about 15 or 16 years old, we could not name the groupbut It was considered to be called Sputnik.like the famous Russian rocket,” Pedro reminds EL ESPAÑOL.

“What he loved most was music and computers”Barba said about David. However, a very different future awaited David Broncano than in music or computers: a future awaited him as a comedian and star presenter on public television.

Broncano and music

David Broncano’s relationship with music began when he was practically a child, especially with the rock band he founded with his brother and his friend Pedro. A dream that the three young people shared and with which they loved to play music. “When we went to rehearse at the Union Building, We spent the whole afternoon thinking about the same Extremoduro songslike ‘Jesucristo García’,” explains Pedro, the band’s bass.

Apparently David was a fan of Extremoduro member Roberto Iniesta.. Although Pedro admits that within the group they tried to expand their music with songs like “Clavado en un bar” by Maná or “Maneras de vivir” by Rosendo.

However, the paths of its three members divided some time later.”Broncano’s brother stopped rehearsing with us because we couldn’t read sheet musicbut he already knew a lot about classical music,” Pedro explains. David delved deeper into the world of computing. “Whenever a topic interested him, he would look for information and investigate,” says Broncano’s friend. In fact, after finishing high school, he went to Madrid to study computer science and advertising at the Complutense University.

Pedro was the only one who kept his connection with music until today. Broncano’s friend became a guitar teacher in Granada and He founded a rock band called “El Barbas” with which he released two albums.. Pedro even made an appearance in “La Resistencia” as a guest, where he surprised Broncano with his presence.”He gave us a mini report right there“It was incredible. He put a T-shirt of our band on his table,” says the musician.

David arrives on TVE

The past In April, David Broncano’s signing for TVE became official after the Board of Directors of the public television approved the hiring of the presenter as well as his program ‘La Resistencia’. The The deal was concluded with a two-year contract worth 14 million euros each.. That is a total of 28 million euros.

It didn’t take long for TVE to sign Broncano to stir up controversy too bad for him high cost of the contract paid by the public broadcaster as for him calendar prime time chosen to compete with “El Hormiguero”.

So, after a summer full of criticism and speculation about the possible title and format of his new show, “La Revuelta” opened on September 9. Broncano’s new show He maintained his humor, the stage of the Príncipe Gran Vía theater and the same collaborators. The success of its debut was such that the program quickly overtook its competitors on Atresmedia in terms of audience.

He On September 10, “La revolta” surpassed “El Hormiguero” in terms of audience while the 11 reached it in screen share, with 19.9% ​​against 18.2% from Trancas and Barrancas.