Soda Stereo

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Soda Stereo <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Soda Stereo.jpg Soda Stereo, from left to right, Charly Alberti, Gustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio. </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires, Argentina</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Rock Pop</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1982 — 1997</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">CBS, Sony BMG</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">SodaStereo.com</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Former members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Charly Alberti — drums Zeta Bosio — bass guitar Gustavo Cerati — singer / guitar</td></tr>

Soda Stereo was the most influential Argentine Rock in Spanish band formed in 1982 (see 1982 in music) consisting of Gustavo Cerati, Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio. The band established what would become the template for many other popular Latin American Pop and Rock music groups: clever, often mysterious lyrics, pleasing musical arrangements and an elaborate and glamorous aesthetic image.

In 1997, after a farewell tour through Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, and finally Argentina, they disbanded due to personal problems between the members and different artistic criteria. On September 20, Soda Stereo played their last show, in front of 65,000 people at the Estadio Monumental (or River Plate Stadium) in Buenos Aires. <ref name="Amazon"> El Ultimo Concierto (product description). Amazon.com.</ref>

1 Overview
2 Discography
- 2.1 Compilations
- 2.2 Selected collaborations
3 Videography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Overview

Originating in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gustavo Cerati, Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio decided to create a power trio in early 1982. In 1983, they released two demos and started to play regulary in a bar, called "Bar Zero", and after a few shows, a CBS producer decided to give the band a chance. A year later, their eponymic debut album, Soda Stereo was released. It was produced by Federico Moura, lead singer of the band Virus. In October, 1984 they played at the Rock & Pop festival with INXS, Nina Hagen and Charly García.

Their second LP, Nada Personal was released a year later and afirmed the popularity of the band with some instantaneous classics such as "Nada Personal" and "Cuando Pase el Temblor". Nada Personal was picked record of the year in many polls.

Released in 1986, Signos represented the breakthrough from Argentina to the rest of Latin America: this was the first Argentine-rock album to be released in Compact disc, although this version was released in 1988. Soda Stereo embarked in an extensive tour through Latin America to promote the album and Ruido Blanco is the live album that contained those songs (the songs were recorded in the Signos supporting tour without the intention to be published).

After over a year recording new material, Doble Vida was released in 1988. The album, produced by David Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar, was recorded and mixed in New York. The first three songs of the album were released as singles, "Picnic en el 4B", "En la Ciudad de la Furia" and "Lo que Sangra (La Cúpula)". Languis is an EP released in the next year that contained only one new song, "Mundo de Quimeras".

It was their sixth album, Canción Animal, released in 1990 that represented the band's peak: the songs are among the band's strongest and most popular, the album contained the instant hit "De Musica Ligera", the single "Un Millón de Años Luz", the exquisite "Té para Tres" and the anthem "(En) El Séptimo Dia", one of the few songs in the Argentine rock in an odd time signature (7/4). On December 14, 1991 (see 1991 in music) they played a concert in front of 250.000 people on the 9 de Julio Avenue.

In 1993 they released Dynamo, the least popular album by the band. This LP was Soda's most ignored, and most experimental work. The band played the entire album in Nicolás Reppeto's show, Fax. This was the first stereophonic TV transmition in Argentina.

Their last studio album, Sueño Stereo was released in 1995 after a few years of silence. Three singles became hits after being released, "Ella Uso mi Cabeza como un Revolver", "Paseando por Roma" and "Zoom". MTV Unlugged Unplugged's Comfort y Música Para Volar was released a year later, and contained not only unplugged songs, it also contained outtakes.

Two live albums were released after the last concert given on the final tour, El Último Concierto A and El Último Concierto B.

Sosa Stereo was, without any doubts a latin-american phenomenon which inspired rock bands in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama and many other countries.