After travelling around, they took up residence in Dublin, Ireland, in 1999, despite not speaking any English. Growing frustrated with the limited scope of the domestic Mexican rock scene, the duo moved to Europe. Rodrigo y Gabriela in concert at Red Rocks Amphitheathre

'We no longer behave like 15-year-olds and it's allowed us to grow up.' Career

'We're now better friends by far,' said Quintero. Sánchez and Quintero dated for many years before ending their relationship (but not their musical partnership) in 2012. They played in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where 'we wanted to play a different kind of music, something we could make as our own'. When a record deal for the band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort town of Ixtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Quintero joined them in 1993 'as they couldn't get a guitarist who would please Rodrigo'. In the early 1990s, Sánchez formed a heavy metal band called Tierra Ácida (Acid Land) with his brother. The two bonded over their interest in music and they soon became a couple.

Yet he was different to the other metal-heads his age: he seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke'. She remembers 'this 15-year-old boy there, dressed in a black. Quintero was in a drama class and at the suggestion of his brother, Rodrigo met up with her. Rodrigo and Gabriela met at the age of 15, at 'la casa de la cultura' (House of Culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director. Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music, but they both enjoyed heavy metal bands like Metallica, which proved influential to Rodrigo and Gabriela. Rodrigo Sánchez (born 9 January 1974) and Gabriela Quintero (born 11 June 1973) grew up in middle-class families in Mexico City. In January 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. They have toured internationally and in May 2010, performed at The White House for President Barack Obama. In 2011, they collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides soundtrack while also contributing to the soundtrack for Puss in Boots. They have released five studio albums, three live albums and one EP. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their career in Dublin, Ireland, during an eight-year stay. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Rodrigo y Gabriela (Rodrigo and Gabriela) are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. Acoustic, flamenco nuevo, instrumental rock

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