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Taxi was a Gibraltarian {{pop}} {{rock}} band, founded in 2005 as the second incarnation of the previous formation Melón Diesel. Both bands, which remain largely one and the same in Spanish pop culture, could be considered the paradigm of the of great pop rock bands of the Spain of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] and early [[TheTens 2010s]] -- that is, having absolutely shone back in their time, but remembered by nobody today aside from ghostly memories of very catchy songs. The band had its final mark of relevance in 2010 before quietly vanishing in 2015.

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Taxi was a Gibraltarian {{pop}} {{rock}} band, founded in 2005 as the second incarnation of the previous formation Melón Diesel. Both bands, which remain largely one and the same in Spanish pop culture, could be considered the paradigm of the of great pop rock bands of the Spain of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] and early [[TheTens [[TheNewTens 2010s]] -- that is, having absolutely shone back in their time, but remembered by nobody today aside from ghostly memories of very catchy songs. The band had its final mark of relevance in 2010 before quietly vanishing in 2015.
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Taxi was a Gibraltarian {{pop}} {{rock}} band, founded in 2005 as the second incarnation of the previous formation Melón Diesel. Both bands, which remain largely as one and the same in Spanish pop culture, could be considered the paradigm of the of great pop rock bands of the Spain of the 2000s and early 2010s, that is, having absolutely shone back in their time but remembered by nobody today aside from ghostly memories of very catchy songs in the back of the head. It had its final mark of relevance in 2010 before quietly vanishing in 2015.

The successful Melón Diesel was born in 1995, although it didn't made his jump to fame until four years later with the album ''La cuesta de Mr. Bond'', which earned in Spain. Their breakout was followed by two more albums of various styles, ''Hombre en el espejo'' and ''Real'', sung in both Spanish and English, which mixed pop, rock and sheer defiant positivity. The band then suffered an unexpected breakup while they were in midst of riding the wave, as half of his members wanted to keep performing solely in English while the others preferred to do it in Spanish (with inevitable rumors of a clash of egos between some particular members), which had the consequence that the former founded Área 52 while the latter became No Eye Dear. After tentative tenures, No Eye Dear eventually became Taxi.

Taxi debuted with an original album, ''Taxi'', which channeled the band's original optimist towards a resurrection of their career, although the band wuold keep re-doing themes of the old Melón Diesel until the very end. Taxi also stood out for its usual collaborations with similar pop bands artists of the time, especially Despistaos and Efecto Mariposa, as well as a different kind of beast in the veteran rock band Los Secretos. Their success reached their peak in 2010, being nominated for a Latin UsefulNotes/GrammyAward in the Best Pop Album category, after which they released one more album before entering an increasingly quiet hiatus..

The band barely has presence even in the Internet nowadays, although they left open the possibility of a return.

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Taxi was a Gibraltarian {{pop}} {{rock}} band, founded in 2005 as the second incarnation of the previous formation Melón Diesel. Both bands, which remain largely as one and the same in Spanish pop culture, could be considered the paradigm of the of great pop rock bands of the Spain of the 2000s [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] and early 2010s, [[TheTens 2010s]] -- that is, having absolutely shone back in their time time, but remembered by nobody today aside from ghostly memories of very catchy songs in the back of the head. It songs. The band had its final mark of relevance in 2010 before quietly vanishing in 2015.

The successful Melón Diesel was born formed in 1995, although it didn't made his its jump to fame until four years later with the album ''La cuesta de Mr. Bond'', which earned quite of a place in Spain. Their breakout was followed by two more albums of various styles, ''Hombre en el espejo'' and ''Real'', sung in both Spanish and English, which mixed pop, rock and sheer defiant positivity. The band then suffered an unexpected breakup while they were in midst of riding the wave, as half of his its members wanted to keep performing solely in English while the others preferred to do it in Spanish (with inevitable rumors of a clash of egos between some particular members), which had the consequence that the former founded Área 52 while the latter became No Eye Dear. After tentative tenures, No Eye Dear eventually became Taxi.

Taxi debuted with an original album, ''Taxi'', which channeled the band's original tried to channel Melón Diesel's optimist towards into a resurrection of their career, career resurrection, although the band wuold keep re-doing would soon re-do many themes of the old Melón Diesel anyway and keep doing it until the very end. Taxi also stood out for its usual collaborations with similar pop bands artists of the time, especially Despistaos and Efecto Mariposa, as well as a whole different kind of beast in the veteran rock band Los Secretos. Their success reached their peak in 2010, being nominated for a Latin UsefulNotes/GrammyAward in the Best Pop Album category, after which they released one more album before entering an increasingly quiet hiatus..

hiatus.

The band barely has retains any presence even in the Internet nowadays, although they left open the possibility of a return.



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In "No voy a olvidarte jamás", the singer wishes luck to his vanishing beloved so others could give her what he wanted to give.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In "No voy a olvidarte jamás", the singer wishes luck to his vanishing former beloved so others could can give her what he wanted to give.



* PepTalkSong: "Grita" has the singer talking to someone seriously bitter and depressed, and makes the song about the solution.

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* PepTalkSong: "Grita" has the singer talking to someone seriously bitter and depressed, and makes the song about the solution.depressed to cheer him up.



* SettingOffSong: "Vamos" peppers the viewer with questions about what is he waiting for before setting off, while "Detén el tiempo"

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* SettingOffSong: "Vamos" peppers the viewer with questions about what is he waiting for before setting off, while off. "Detén el tiempo"tiempo" does it as well.



* TrainSong: "En el andén" has the singer lost in a platform, always being his love go away.
* YouAreNotAlone: The singer in "Grita" states the lonely singer that there is always someone close to him, implied to be himself the first of them.

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* TrainSong: "En el andén" has the singer lost in a platform, always being thinking on how his love go went away.
* YouAreNotAlone: The singer in "Grita" states assures the lonely singer singee that there is always someone close to him, implied to be himself the first of them.him.
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Taxi was a Gibraltarian {{pop}} {{rock}} band, founded in 2005 as the second incarnation of the previous formation Melón Diesel. Both bands, which remain largely as one and the same in Spanish pop culture, could be considered the paradigm of the of great pop rock bands of the Spain of the 2000s and early 2010s, that is, having absolutely shone back in their time but remembered by nobody today aside from ghostly memories of very catchy songs in the back of the head. It had its final mark of relevance in 2010 before quietly vanishing in 2015.

The successful Melón Diesel was born in 1995, although it didn't made his jump to fame until four years later with the album ''La cuesta de Mr. Bond'', which earned in Spain. Their breakout was followed by two more albums of various styles, ''Hombre en el espejo'' and ''Real'', sung in both Spanish and English, which mixed pop, rock and sheer defiant positivity. The band then suffered an unexpected breakup while they were in midst of riding the wave, as half of his members wanted to keep performing solely in English while the others preferred to do it in Spanish (with inevitable rumors of a clash of egos between some particular members), which had the consequence that the former founded Área 52 while the latter became No Eye Dear. After tentative tenures, No Eye Dear eventually became Taxi.

Taxi debuted with an original album, ''Taxi'', which channeled the band's original optimist towards a resurrection of their career, although the band wuold keep re-doing themes of the old Melón Diesel until the very end. Taxi also stood out for its usual collaborations with similar pop bands artists of the time, especially Despistaos and Efecto Mariposa, as well as a different kind of beast in the veteran rock band Los Secretos. Their success reached their peak in 2010, being nominated for a Latin UsefulNotes/GrammyAward in the Best Pop Album category, after which they released one more album before entering an increasingly quiet hiatus..

The band barely has presence even in the Internet nowadays, although they left open the possibility of a return.

!!Discography
* 2005: ''Libre''
* 2006: ''Mil historias''
* 2008: ''Mirando atrás''
* 2010: ''Aquí y ahora''
* 2013: ''Tras el horizonte''

!!Band members
* Dylan Ferro - lead vocals and keyboard
* Dani Fa - guitar and chorus
* Danny Bugeja - guitar and chorus
* Eduardo Jerez - bass
* Juan Silva – drums

!!This band contains examples of:
* BeYourself: As in the title, "Da igual" states that it doesn't matter whether other people don't understand you, you must certainly pursue the freedom to be yourself.
* BraggingThemeTune: "Ya sabréis quién soy" has the singer bragging to be in the road to go FromNobodyToNightmare.
* CatharticScream: "Grita" instructs the upset listener to shout out so the world can hear him.
* DrivingSong: "En mi coche" is a song about someone in love with his new car. It was popular enough that it gained controversy for supposedly endorsing unsafe driving, although it eventually came to represent its exact opposite in campaigns of the Spanish government for drivers and passengers.
* FriendshipSong: "Grita" includes the role of friendship in enduring the bad things of life.
* GriefSong: The unusually melancholic "Es tu voz" has the protagonist heartbreakingly unsure of whether his beloved will remain with him, but willing to be there for her solely by the memory of her voice.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In "No voy a olvidarte jamás", the singer wishes luck to his vanishing beloved so others could give her what he wanted to give.
* LocationSong: "Medianoche en Santiago" is set in Santiago de Compostela, which is quite far from the band's native Gibraltar.
* LoveNostalgiaSong: "No voy a olvidarte jamás" sings about devastating lost love and how the protagonist will never be able to get over it.
* OdeToYouth: Many songs in the band were quite youthful in presentation and encouraged the listener to live wild.
* PepTalkSong: "Grita" has the singer talking to someone seriously bitter and depressed, and makes the song about the solution.
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: This was Taxi's whole schtick, with the cheery, brash "Tu oportunidad" being the most famous of them, it being used in TV advertisment ad nauseam. They recorded a version sung with Dani Marco from Despistaos, another of the great Spanish pop rock bands of the 2000s.
* SettingOffSong: "Vamos" peppers the viewer with questions about what is he waiting for before setting off, while "Detén el tiempo"
* SingerNamedrop: "En mi coche" has the singer, Dylan, namedropping himself when rememebering what other people said to him.
* ShoutOut: "La cuesta de Mr. Bond" was a reference to the 007 film ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', part of which was shot in Gibraltar.
* TrainSong: "En el andén" has the singer lost in a platform, always being his love go away.
* YouAreNotAlone: The singer in "Grita" states the lonely singer that there is always someone close to him, implied to be himself the first of them.
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