![]() One thing led to another, and in a short time, Rafa started working with them, whom had already been playing months before by different names, such as "Los Residuos" (The Residues) and "La Burguesía Revolucionaria" (The Revolutionary Bourgeoisie). When Rafa entered, they didn't even have a name. After rejecting their first thought of a name, Bonitos Redford, they decided to name themselves after the James Cagney 1935 movie, G-Men. The movie was screened in Spain as Contra el imperio del crimen (Against the Crime Empire), where the G-Men ("Hombres G" in Spanish), were FBI special agents. In 1983 they released their first two singles, "Milagro en el Congo" / "Venezia" y "Marta tiene un marcapasos" / "La cagaste. ![]() The record's name was "Milagro en el Congo" (Miracle in the Congo). At the time, their first record company, "Lollipop", wasn't in good financial position. ![]() In early 1984, Hombres G were almost in a dead-end alley, their record company wasn't able to launch them, and other record companies were not listening. At that time, they received a new recording offer. Paco Martín, who had just had made his new discographic seal, "Twins", offered to record their first album. Simply named "Hombres G", the group included "Venezia" from its already recorded songs, and recorded a new soon-to-be hit single: "Devuélveme a mi chica". They also included ballads such as Alice Cooper's "I Never cry", which they named "No lloraré" (I won't cry).ġ985 was their most prolific year. Hombres G exploded into a mass phenomena, and held a whopping number of 100 concerts.
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