Spanish singer and composer Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy is better known by his stage name Enrique Bunbury. His status as "by far the most international star of Spanish rock" has been noted. As the lead singer of Héroes del Silencio, he rose to popularity. Bunbury progressively built a solo career after the band split up in 1996. His singing voice would be in the baritone range, or "tessitura."