Shuarma, born Juan Manuel Álvarez Puig in Barcelona, Spain, on October 13, 1972,
is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. He began playing saxophone as a
child and formed early bands including The Laugh and Sioux before co-founding
the pop-rock group Elefantes in 1994 alongside Hugo Toscano, Julio Cascán, and
Jordi Ramiro. With Elefantes, he released the extended play Elefantes in 1996
and studio albums including El hombre pez in 1998, Azul in 2000, and La forma de
mover tus manos in 2003. Following the band's 2005 split, he launched a solo
career, releasing studio albums inc...