As a child, David dreamed of being a filmmaker, like his father, Manuel Summers (1935-1993), but as a teenager he tried music with some friends.... Today, 60 years ago the leader of Hombres G was born in Madrid. , the one who wanted to take revenge on the “faggot” who had taken his girlfriend by filling “his neck with pica pica powder.” It was in 1982 when the group was excitedly preparing one of its first performances, at the legendary Rock-Ola venue in Madrid. However, Summers was devastated because his first love, Macu, a girl from a good family, had left him for “a posh boy” with “a white Ford Fiesta and a yellow sweater,” who was also studying to become a notary, as Summers himself explained. singer years later in an interview.
Days before that concert, David Summers found out that his ex-girlfriend and her new partner were going to attend and decided to write the song: “I met with the boys one afternoon at home and we put it together at one point to play it at the concert, but only for the sake of fucking, just so that the two of them could hear it,” he recalled in that same interview in the digital media el Diario.es. Little could one imagine that that cry of “Sufre mamón” is still chanted in the stadiums by different generations and that song, Devuélveme a mi chica, which was improvised in one afternoon, is his greatest success, although for some today it is not entirely correct.
It is curious that the girl in the song left David for a posh boy, because when Hombres G was born, in the midst of the movement, it was considered a posh group: “Since we were not from any tribe, they called us posh, because we performed with a t-shirt and a pants instead of dressing like assholes,” David Summers told this newspaper 5 years ago, when he published the book Today I Got Up Doing a Somersault
David Summers continues to maintain the appeal that launched him to stardom 40 years ago, because although Hombres G is also made up of Javi Molina, Daniel Mezquita and Rafa Gutiérrez, the leader is David, vocalist, bassist, son of a famous dad and the dream of many. young and not so young. Talking about Hombres G is talking about the fan phenomenon, something of which he feels proud: “Having fans is the best thing that can happen to you. Great artists have them, but here they accuse you of it. Before they took off their bras and threw them at us on stage – it reminded us of La Vanguardia – and now they throw them at us but with the label. "It's more affectionate."
With songs with youthful lyrics like I'm going to have a good time, Venezia, Marta has a pacemaker, The Crocodile Girls or the aforementioned Devuélveme a mi chica, Hombres G continues to hang the Sold-out banner. On March 6, they begin a tour of the United States, which will take them to Houston, Miami, New York, Portland, Las Vegas or Los Angeles.
Hombres G is the result of chance and friendship, and with David Summers at the center. He and Javi Molina have known each other since they were little, then at El Pilar school they became friends with Daniel Mezquita. In 1981, Guillermo Summers, who worked at TVE, proposed to his nephew, to earn money, that she pretend to play the guitar in a Christmas recording of the children's duo Carmen and Antonio (children of Rocío Dúrcal and Junior). Doing the same was Rafa Gutiérrez, who upon finding out that David plays the clarinet invites him to join the group that she has formed with her brother. David agreed in exchange for Rafa playing the guitar on a demo that he was recording with Javi and Daniel, his childhood friends... And that's how one of the most important Spanish pop bands in history began, which released its name from the film G-Men, by James Cagney. After a decade of success, in 1993 they broke up and in 2002 they joined forces for a unique tour... And there it remains.
David Summers is the author of all the group's lyrics, but he has also composed for other singers such as Luz Casal. He is responsible for the success I let you go. A few weeks ago he came second in the second edition of the Incredible Duos program, along with Samantha Gilabert.
Summers has always tried to keep her private life out of the spotlight. In 1992 he married Marta Madruga, his girlfriend since 1986 when she was chosen to star in the film Sufre mamón, alongside the group and directed by Manuel Summers. In 2000, twins Dani and Lucía were born. He dedicates himself to music and she studies veterinary medicine. In 2018 David and Marta separated after 26 years of marriage. For 4 years the singer has shared his life with Christine Cambeiro, an English teacher.
