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{{Infobox musical artist

| origin = [[Cuernavaca]], [[Mexico]]

| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[neo-psychedelia]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[space rock]]

| website = [http://www.zoetheband.com/ zoetheband.com]

| current_members = León Larregui, vocals<br />Sergio Acosta, lead guitar<br />Jesus Baez, keyboards<br />Angel Mosqueda, bass guitar<br />Rodrigo Guardiola, drums

| past_members = [[Siddhartha (Músico)|Siddhartha]] (Drums)<br />

}}

 

==History==

 

===1998–2004: Debut album and ''Rocanlover''===

Faced with a lack of venues in which to showcase their music, Zoé relied upon self-organized concerts, the Internet and a self-published demo. All of these efforts, plus a good deal of positive word of mouth, helped them gain popularity in [[Spanish language|Spanish-language]] [[radio station]]s in the [[United States]]. They signed their first recording contract in 1998, but nothing came of it. They independently released an album in 2000 that attracted the attention of [[Sony Music]], who took over its distribution. Popular songs from this recording included "Asteroide" and "Miel". Following the success of this album, some of their songs were included in the [[soundtrack]]s of movies like ''[[Amar Te Duele]]'', ''[[Ladies Night (film)|Ladies Night]]'' and ''[[The Dreamer (2000 film)|The Dreamer]]''.

 

 

===2004–2007: ''The Room'', ''Rocanlover'' and ''Memo Rex Commander''===

The first six months of 2006 were quite active for Zoé. They kept playing strategic shows like the [[Vive Latino]] Festival and devoted themselves to the production of their third studio album. In January, the band went to Manzanillo to start preproduction with the British producer Phil Vinall. In February, there were shows and more preproduction in Mexico City, and March was used for basic tracking at [[Sonic Ranch]] Studios in [[Tornillo, Texas]]. In April, post-production and more shows; the songs were mixed in May. The album was finished by early June.

 

 

On 1 September 2006, Zoé performed in Mexico's [[National Auditorium]], a sold-out show in one of the most important stages for music in Mexico. Later, at the [[Palacio de los Deportes]], they performed with [[Nick McCarthy]], the guitarist (and sometimes vocalist) from the [[Scotland|Scottish]] band [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]. In November 2006, they toured with [[Gustavo Cerati]] and [[Los Tres]] in Mexico and the United States. On 28 November 2007, they recorded their first live CD/DVD, in the [[Palacio de los Deportes]] ("Sports Palace"). The CD version is available with the title of 281107.

In fall 2008, Zoé released a fourth album, ''Reptilectric''. Containing 11 tracks, all in Spanish, ''Reptilectric'' signalled the end of Zoé's experimentation with writing and recording songs in English. It was produced by Phill Vinall. The title track was released as the first single on 8 September. The album debuted at number one in the Mexican charts and it was subsequently certified platinum for over 80,000 copies sold there. The band toured in support of the album in Mexico, Latin America, the United States and Spain. A remix album called ''Reptilectric Revisitado'' was released in October 2009, with remixed versions of the songs on the original album as well as cover versions by other Latin American artists. In Spain, the band released ''01-10'', a compilation album of some of the band's biggest hits and new versions of songs from ''Reptilectric'' and ''Memo Rex Commander'' featuring the Spanish artists [[Enrique Bunbury]], [[Anni B. Sweet]], [[Dorian (Spanish pop band)|Dorian]] and [[Vetusta Morla]]. The band performed at Coachella in support of ''Reptilectric''.

 

In March 2011, the band released an MTV Unplugged album titled ''Música de Fondo'' (''Ambient Music''), with new interpretations of their biggest hits as well as new music. Guest performers included [[Adrian Dargelos]], [[Enrique Bunbury]], [[Chetes]] and Denise Gutiérrez of [[Hello Seahorse!]]. Four singles were released from the album: "Soñé", "Labios Rotos", "Luna" and a cover version of "[[Bésame Mucho]]". With this album, the band was nominated for awards at the [[Latin Grammy]], [[Lunas Del Auditorio]] and [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]. In October 2011, the album went Gold in Colombia, the band's first album to do so outside of Mexico. As a personal thank you for the overwhelming success of this album, the band released a special single called "Energía" ("Energy") in February 2012.

 

Zoé released a fifth album, ''[[Prográmaton]]'', and announced an extended tour of 75 shows in 16 countries. In this new stage, Zoé presented what could be labeled their most mature and experimental work. The personnel that achieve this combination of music, lyrics and instrumental talents are Leon Larregui (vocals, guitar), Sergio Acosta (guitar), Jesús Báez (keyboards), Angel Mosqueda (bass guitar) and Rodrigo Guardiola (drums).

 

 

==Tour==

 

==Discography==

 

===Studio albums===

*''[[Reptilectric]]'' (2008)

*''[[Prográmaton]]'' (2013)

 

===EP===

*"10 A.M." (2013) ("''10 A.M.''")

*"Azul" (2018) ("''Blue''")

 

==Awards and nominations==

 

===Grammy Awards===

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| style="text-align:center;"|[[50th Annual Grammy Awards|2008]]

| ''[[Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea]]''

| {{nom}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|[[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]]

| {{won}}

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|}

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| [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]]

| {{nom}}

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