David Summers and the success of men G: "We were threw about 400 fasteners and panties per concert"
If Spain has a music band comparable to the Beatles, this is g men.The fan phenomenon that unleashed the group led by David Summers was very remarkable since the mid -80s until well into 2000, in any corner of the world and with countless surreal moments that the singer remembers in all details today.
An example of their success was the number of fasteners that musicians collected in each concert, the quality meter of that time.According to Summers, with each performance they could receive between 300 and 400 fasteners, some gifts that collected and kept the tour until the tour: "What were we going to do? Do they throw them to the trash?".
G men, the 'Spanish beatles'
David Summers visited El Hormiguero to announce the resumption of the last tour of Gen G, suspended so far on the occasion of the Pandemia of the Coronavirus, and the imminent launch of the new album of the group, the corner of Rowland.Pablo Motos, a fan of his music, took advantage of the singer's visit to learn.
According to the artist, when the group took off, his life changed forever: fans camped day and night before his house."There was always a crowd of between 50 and 100 people.Especially teenagers, and there were more girls than boys.It was amazing, "recalled the leader of Gen G, who also pointed out that" I couldn't go buy the bread or cut my hair.I couldn't go to anything ".
Up to 400 concert fasteners
David Summers' anecdotes are endless, but one of the most remembered took place outside of Spain: "There were hotels in Mexico that the rooms gave to a garden, and the girls sneaked inside.Then, they got under the bed and waited for hours to get to the room...and they left as deranged.It was the host ".
In the 80s, it was very common."We kept them.I swear, "Summers admitted."Francis, one of the backliners, was dedicated to collecting all fasteners and panties, and we had a Flight Case full of underwear".A collection that could reach between 300 and 400 pieces of clothing by acting: "What were we going to do? Does throw them in the trash? Francis was keeping them and, at the end of the tour, he threw all the fasteners at the same time".
A celebration of life
At 57 years old, David Summers acknowledged that he has more strength than ever, but that in life he had imagined continuing to sing songs like Mamón at his age: "I was told to let me not let me go on stage with 50 years to 50 yearsSinging it, but then it was my 50th birthday and I sang it "."I really want to get on stage, but I think about it and it waits a little.In 40 years I had never been more than a whole year without getting into one, "admitted the vocalist of Men G, who also remembered the day he could change his life.
"We were in Cali (Colombia) after a concert, and someone took us to a party.It was an lack of control.Someone approached the city and, along the way, we closed some paramilitary uncles, without a shirt, with a gun...Were from the FARC.I went with a beastly fart, and it cut me quickly.David Summers got diplomatic.I told him it was Gen G, and that saved my life.At that time, they would have shot me and they would have left me there, "confessed the artist.
