years_active image_size article_title background genre origin name
1982 -- 2008 -- 1994 , 1998 -- 1999 , 2007 200px timbiriche
 group_or_band latin pop , mexican pop mexico city , mexico timbiriche
timbiriche

timbiriche was a mexican pop-rock band which sold over 20 million albums worldwide becoming one of the most successful bands in ibero-america from the first half of the eighties to the first half of the nineties .
the band was formed in 1981 and debuted on april 30 , 1982 during a broadcast of the news program `` hoy mismo '' with journalist guillermo ochoa ; they disbanded in 1994 .
timbiriche started as a 6-member group : paulina rubio , sasha sokol , benny ibarra , diego schoening , mariana garza , and alix bauer , most the children of famous actors , singers , and composers .
in 1983 , erik rubin became the seventh member and the group continued to be a septet until it disbanded .
two important member changes happened in the mid-80 's : in 1985 eduardo capetillo replaced ibarra ; and in 1986 , teen actress and singer thalía replaced sasha sokol ; these changes brought the band musical maturity and enormous commercial success .
after timbiriche disbanded , each former member had several # 1 solo hits .
since its inception , the group influenced music and fashion trends that led the way for future mexican pop groups like rbd , onda vaselina -lrb- later ov7 -rrb- , kabah , and many others .
several ex-timbirichers went on to have hugely successful careers in both music and acting , most notably paulina rubio and thalía , who became international superstars .
