▁play ▁it ▁and ▁sing . ▁He ▁taught ▁himself ▁im it ating ▁rock , ▁gr unge ▁and ▁punk ▁rock ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁N ir v ana , ▁The ▁Off spring , ▁Red ▁Hot ▁Ch ili ▁Pe ppers ▁and ▁Ext re mod uro . ▁ ▁G iné ▁attended ▁Pom pe u ▁Fab ra ▁University ▁in ▁Barcelona , ▁but ▁after ▁four ▁years ▁taking ▁classes ▁in ▁A udi ovis ual ▁Communic ation , ▁he ▁dropped ▁out ▁to ▁focus ▁entirely ▁on ▁his ▁musical ▁career . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Ext ract o ▁de ▁L ú p ulo ▁( 2 0 0 3 – 2 0 0 9 ) ▁ ▁G iné ▁joined ▁punk ▁rock ▁band ▁Ext ract o ▁de ▁L ú p ulo ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁while ▁in ▁high ▁school . ▁He ▁wrote ▁his ▁first ▁songs ▁for ▁this ▁band ▁but ▁he ▁soon ▁real ised ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁he ▁wrote ▁didn ' t ▁fit ▁in ▁the ▁genre , ▁so ▁he ▁kept ▁them ▁apart . ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁G iné ▁decided ▁to ▁create ▁his ▁own ▁band ▁with ▁all ▁those ▁songs ▁and ▁named ▁it ▁B ongo ▁Bot ra ko . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁G iné ▁recorded ▁Ext ract o ▁de ▁L ú p ulo ' s ▁first ▁album , ▁El ▁agua ▁pa ▁los ▁pec es , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁However , ▁after ▁almost ▁two ▁years ▁running ▁both ▁bands ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁B ongo ▁Bot ra ko ▁had ▁become ▁way ▁more ▁successful ▁than