Jesús Ordovás (born 1947 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster.
Biography Jesús Ordovás was born in Ferrol (A Coruña) in 1947. He studied sociology in Madrid, where he combined his academic life with a growing interest in the evolving pop and rock music scene of the 1970s.
In 1974, he began contributing regularly to music publications such as AU, Ozono, and Disco Expres. In 1979, he became co-director, along with Jose M. Rey and Tomás Fdo. Flores, of the program Diario PopDiario Pop theme tune on Radio 3 on Radio 3, a station focused mainly on pop and rock music that strayed from the mainstream and commercial charts.
He is considered one of the leading promoters of the countercultural movement that emerged during the early years of Spain's democratic transition, known as the Movida Madrileña.
Works Ordovás has contributed to various newspapers and magazines, including El País, El Mundo, Diario 16, La Vanguardia, and Faro de Vigo, among others. He is also the author of several works, such as: De qué va el rrollo (What the Scene Is About, 1977). Bob Marley (1980). El rock ácido de California (1983). Historia de la música pop española (1987). Bob Dylan (1988). Siniestro Total. Apocalipsis con grelos (1993). La revolución pop (2002). 25 años de pop con Radio 3 (2006). Los discos esenciales del pop español (2010). Viva el pop (2013). El futuro ya está aquí (2014). John Lennon (2014). Esto no es Hawaii: La historia oculta del pop español (2016). Fiebre de vivir (2017). La movida madrileña y otras movidas (2020). Guía del Madrid de La Movida (2020). With Patricia Godes. Jimmy Hendrix, el salvaje (2021). Tu pelo no es muy normal (2025).
References
External links Official website of Jesús Ordovás (archived) Jesús Ordovás discusses the rise of Los Planetas in La Opinión de Granada (archived)