SHORT BIOGRAPHY

After ten years it’s getting harder and harder to find an old times fan in their shows. And it’s not because he’s not there, he’s just lost in the crowd. He’s still there because Standstill has been adding (in all the meanings of the word) things at the same time than developing their well-known creativity, energy and credibility. After having played over and over, toured Europe more than ten times, having been part of a prestigious theatre company and even having directed their own performances, Standstill live is considered by the critics and public in Spain as one of the most personal and intense experiences lately seen.
Today, Standstill can say that they've been able to grow and re-invent themselves successfully in every album, building a rich and strong personality. In such a unique way, during theese years they’ve managed to mix in the same concert hardcore kids, rock lovers, poppies, heavies, arties and indie people... yes, just music lovers. 
Brutality in “The Ionic Spell” (2001) was previous to the eclectic rock in “Memories collector” (2002), and then came the deep “Standstill” (2004) bringing the change of language into Spanish and theater peformances. “Vivalaguerra” (2006) is the last album, which many people consider, since the releasing day, as one of the most complete and disturbing spanish albums ever made. A new way to understand rock in Spanish, far away from any reference, brave and convincing. 
Standstill themselves have directed and edited in 2008 the long documentary “10 años y una zanahoria” (Ten years and a carrot), where is explained the hard and beautiful road of a unique band.  source: wikipedia


BREVE BIOGRAFIA

Standstill es una banda nacida Barcelona en 1997 y caracterizada por una creatividad desbordante, así como por una intensidad y discurso propio remarcables, que les han permitido evolucionar constantemente sin perder su identidad. Mas bien al contrario, construyéndola disco a disco.
Con su primer ep The Tide (1998), y especialmente con sus dos primeros largos, The Ionic Spell (2001) y Memories Collector (2002) -en inglés y editados por Bcore y Defiance - y pese a lo inclasificable de su sonido, alcanzan un notabe éxito en el ámbito hardcore-punk, tanto nacional como europeo.
En el 2004 sale a la luz Standstill (2004), cantado en español y acompañado por un espectáculo escénico (fruto de sus colaboraciones con compañías teatrales), suponiendo un inesperado punto de inflexión que sienta las bases del actual sonido de la banda.
En el 2006, tras montar su propio sello, Buena Suerte, y con un nuevo cambio de formación, sale a la luz Vivalaguerra, segundo disco en castellano, dónde Standstill alcanza la madurez como banda y logra un gran reconocimiento de crítica y público, cada vez más heterogéneo y fiel.
En el 2007 estrenan el documental «Diez años y una zanahoria», dónde se documenta la trayectoria del grupo durante los primeros diez años de su historia. fuente: last fm