GLAMOUR TO KILL
is a band initially created and formed by LUIS MIGUÉLEZ and ANTONIO CULEBRAS, JUAN TORMENTO collaborated with them and finally joint the band.
They started in Berlin in 2002 playing in all kiind of parties and clubs, their concerts, music, performance art, fashion and atittude brought them quickly to become one of the most exciting upcomming band from Berlin, Electronic glam-rock is the sound.
Anxious-electronic, noisy keyboards, obsessiv guitars & sexy vocals make up their sound.
Glamour & decadence, electric & electronic, glam & punk, in the universe of Glamour to Kill everything is possible; a clash of art, performance and music, perfectly tuned on stage.
If you have the luck to see them live at all, you will experience an explosive collection of feelings, dressed by the warm beats of rock´n roll.
Antonio Culebras
multi media artist: music, performance art, fashion, clubbing. Culebras, the lead singer of Glamour to Kill.
He has been the creator of the successful Decadance parties, born in Ibiza, a musical/performance spectacle that traveled to Paris, London, Milan, New York and Barcelona… Decadance turned clubbing into an art form. While in New York Culebras formed his performance art troupe Les Enfants de L'Horphanat. He also worked with the legendary House of Xtravaganza N.Y.
Antonio Culebras has performed in museums, clubs and festivals, such as MACBA (Barcelona), Limelight, Javitz Center, Life and Cock in New York, Royal Albert Hall (London), Bataclan, Rex and Queen in Paris, among others…
He has contributed to the Circuit Fashion Festival (Barcelona).
In the nineties he was a part of London Fetish scene, and participated in the mythic Torture Garden and Rubber Ball.
He currently works on installation art pieces about his life and career for the gallery HOF 96 Lucas Carrieri in Berlin.
The last years he performed for Manumission and created a Manumission Art Team. Winter 2009 performed in Buenos Aires with the contemporary flamenco dancer Rafael Amargo and also presenting in HOF96 gallery (Berlin) his new art performances.
Luis Miguélez ルイス・ミゲ
(Musician,guitar-player,writer,composer,producer,etc...)
As teenageer, Luis started in the music business in Leon, few years later he moved to Barcelona then Valencia and Bilbao and finally Madrid during the Golden Age "MOVIDA MADRILEÑA".
Back in the 80´s that was when Pedro Almodovar (Oscar winner-Film Director and singer) started his career and had a music band called " ALMODOVAR & MCNAMARA.
FABIO MCNAMARA and LUIS MIGUELEZ felt connected since the first moment they met, and started making music together.
In 1987 they released a mini Lp under the name FANNY Y LOS +.
The first album -A TTUTTI PLEIN- came out in 1994 As: “MCNAMARA”
Pedro Almodovar has collaborated with them on Stage and also invited them for a TV show dedicated to the premier of the movie "All about my mother" in 1999.
At the same time Luis was the guitar-player of "ALASKA Y DINARAMA", one of the most popular Spanish bands. They sold millions of records in Spain and South America. They had a lot of success with the band until the beginning of the 90´s. By then, they decided to dissolve the band and together with ALASKA -spanish musical icon- and Nacho Canut founded FANGORIA (pop-techno-band). He composed the first single and hit of this band "EN MI PRISION" which was voted the best song of the year by Rock de Luxe (spanish famous musical magazine) .
While recording, Luis didn’t feel so satisfied and left the band, starting his own project METÁLICOS.
Famous glam-rock band released by Virgin Records in 1991, "PÁNICO" video clip was running on MTV Europe for 3 months.
At the same time working as composer and producer for many different artists:
LOLA FLORES -spanish flamenco-copla myth-
LAIN -flamenco techno-
ALEJANDRO SANZ at that time named "Alejandro Magno ", his album "Los chulos son pa´cuidarlos" composed and produced by Luis Miguélez.
Now ALEJANDRO SANZ is latin-superstar and sells millions albums.
BACCARA, international superstars since the 70´s, Luis remixed " Yes sir, i can boogie" , " Sorry i´m a lady " and finally produced and composed the album: BACCARA "Face to face"
LAS CHAMORRO -rumba-pop band-
TAMARA, an up-coming Spanish underground idol, (her single sold Gold- + 25.000 units in Spain- 9 weeks number 1 in the charts),
COMANDO 9MM, LOS NIÑOS DEL BRASIL, SARA, LOURDES ROBLES, ANA MARIA, JUAN CARLOS VALENCIAGA, JUAN TORMENTO, TIJERITAS, etc ...
Luis wrote the Spanish application for EUROVISION Song Contest in 1992, tittled TODO ESTO ES LA MUSICA performed by SERAFIN ZUBIRI.
He also recorded a solo album -GUITAR DEVOTION- with the name SANLUI (1999) with different artists collaborations and including personal versions of classics songs:
Cocaine, Vicious, Smoke on the water ...
Successful member of the duo called"MCNAMARA"
LUIS MIGUELEZ and FABIO MCNAMARA
are back to the indie scene with a new CD "Rock Station".
The album is acclamed by the specialized press/media and is now a "Cult-album".
Another “Cult album” LUIS MIGUELEZ "ALTO STANDING",
including the most important performers, drag-queens, transvestites, transsexuals and "Nightclubbing-Freaks" of Spain, LA PROHIBIDA, JILL, PARANOIKA GONSALES, PSICOSIS GONSALES, DIOSSA Y MALIZZIA, JOSEPHINE, BELÉN VENTURA ...
DECEMBER 2001
He decided to continue his personal and professional evolution in Berlin, where he lives and he started a project GLAMOUR TO KILL.
Glamour to kill published their first album -MUSIK POUR THE RATAS-,
World Tour
Concerts in Russia, New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, ...
and big success in Spain.
They already have 2 Cd albums, 5 cd singles, tracks included in all “BERLIN INSANE” compilation albums ... info www.glamourtokill.de
BERLIN
Luis collaborates with many artists:
ERIC D. CLARK
BERLINS SQUEEZE BOX BAND with PEACHES
NAMOSH
MIGNON
MISH FISH
SNOOPY LADS
BIANCA FOX
Luis mastered "Berlin Insane I" album
and produced and composed CHANTALS HOUSE OF SHAME album-compilation with many artists playing at the famous party in Berlin:
CHANTAL, SHERRY VINE, GLORIA VIAGRA, DÉSIRÉE NICK, POLLA DISASTER, JUAN TORMENTO, CARMEN XTRAVAGANZA, BIANCA FOX, BABRA LUCIA, HENDRYK, DESIREE NICK, GLAMOUR TO KILL.
Luis collaborates with LARRY TEE
and remixed a song with PRINCESS JULIA as singer for the LARRY TEE’s album -ROCK&RAVE-.
LUIS MIGUELEZ & STEVE MORELL have made remixes for
THE VANISHING -San Francisco- and THE NIHILIST –Prague-.
Luis also composed the music for the short films:
CONTRADICCIONES by MERITXELL CAMPOS OLIVE
JULIA by JACKIE BAIER.
December 2006
LUIS MIGUELEZ & THE GLITTERS "GLITTER KLINIK"
released by Sello Autor (Spain), the album contains duets and collaborations with many artists and friends.
PEDRO MARIN new album "Pulpo Negro"
remixes the first single "pulpo negro"
The Scandals "Cutouts, Patchworks & Rip Offs" Steve Morell & Emma Eclectic. Remixalbum (Pale Music).
Luis writes the song "Tu eres pop"
dedicated to the famous Spanish radio show "Diario Pop"
Luis Miguélez and Gloria Viagra composed the song "Traumland",
this song won the contest "Deutschland sucht der superhymne".
June 2007
Luis Miguélez & The Glitters project becomes "GLITTER KLINIK" band.
Together with Juan Tormento and Grace Ryan released in Mexico
LUIS MIGUÉLEZ & GLITTER KLINIK “GRITANDO AMOR”
on Dinero Rosa Records.
On Tour, Russia, Mexico, Osaka, Tokyo, Germany, Spain …
2008
Glitter Klinik “Beautiful & Nasty”
is released by Records to Kill / Gas Oil Records
“Best Avangarde Music Album” award at the UFI 2009 Awards
(Independent Music Awards in Spain).
2009
Luis meets Fabio Mcnamara again!
new album as FABIO & GLITTER KLINIK “Bye Bye Supersonic”.
Luis also composes songs for the movies “Campamento Flipy” directed by Rafa Parbus and “Propios y Extraños” directed by Manolo González.
Collaborations with Steve Morell “Loneliness”
Yogurinha Borova “Te gustan los productos lácteos”
Jemek “Jemcock”
Remixes for Pull “Save us
coproducing Jafi Marvel’s album and the first CD for the band Barb@zul.
Guitar recordings with Miss Fish, Mignon, …
2010
GLAMOUR TO KILL new album “Creatures without soul”
Performances and creating new songs with BIANCA FOX at WareHouse,
“The last dinner Show” at 3 Schwestern, parties at CCCP Club
… and the fabulous “Chantals House of Shame” … of course!
29th of August 2010 was a special day!!!
Grace Ryan’s birthday gave birth to a new idea: LM artwork lounge
Photography, paintings, sketches, photo-collage …
A passion he had always treasured.
2011
Concerts with GLAMOUR TO KILL
Creating music with BIANCA FOX
Remixing Japanese band XA-VAT
* Updated on January the 27th Thursday, 2011.
Juan Tormento
esta involucrado en muchos proyectos musicales.
Proyectos que marcaron y consolidan su trayectoria profesional.
Debuta en los años de “la movida madrileña”, movimiento cultural de la década de los ochenta.
En 1986 entra como bajista en “FANNY Y LOS +”, banda de Fabio Mcnamara y Luis Miguélez, con quien colabora asiduamente y en todos los discos que Fabio y Luis publican posteriormente.
Colaborador ocasional con TINO CASAL y el grupo METÁLICOS.
En 1990 publica su primer disco (maxi single vinilo) en solitario “Siempre Igual” con BMG España.
La experiencia le sirvió para decidir tomar las riendas de su carrera artística y en 2000 publica su álbum “Storm Station” compuesto, producido y grabado por él mismo.
En 2002 empieza la etapa Berlin y Glamour to kill y en 2007 el nuevo grupo Glitter Klinik junto a Luis Miguélez y Grace Ryan.
En 2009 y con el disco Glitter Klinik “Beautiful & Nasty” consiguen el premio al mejor álbum de música de vanguardia en los Premios UFI 2009 España.
Durante todo este tiempo tambien colabora en los estudios de grabación con artistas como: Baccara, Tamara (ahora Ámbar), La Prohibida, Christina Rapado, Alive, Jafi Marvel, Oblique, etc …





