About
The band began in 1995 when two friends, Tito Fuentes (guitar) and Micky "Fled" Huidobro (bass), started playing together. On the 21st of September of the same year, Javier de la Cueva "J" and Iván Jared "La Quesadillera" joined them becoming the first line up for the band (although La Quesadillera later left and was replaced by Randy Ebright, the only American-born member of the band). Around February 1996 Javier left the group and Paco Ayala took his place. Throughout 1996, the band played in many underground locations in Mexico City and began to have a small group of fans. Their success finally came when they opened for Héroes del Silencio in Monterrey and later for La Lupita in Puebla. During a concert in which they opened for Illya Kuryaki and The Valderramas, talent hunters from Universal offered them to record an album. It was a difficult period, and the band had to sell cassettes during the concerts while they prepared their album.
In July 1997, they released their debut album ¿Dónde Jugarán Las Niñas?, which took its name partly from Maná's album ¿Dónde Jugarán los niños? generating controversy with stores refusing to sell it because of its lyrics and cover. Molotov went…