Soda Stereo
was an Argentine rock trio formed in 1982 consisting of guitarist and vocalist Gustavo Cerati, bassist Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti. The band established what would become the template for many other popular Spanish-speaking pop and rock music groups: clever, often mysterious lyrics, pleasing musical arrangements and an elaborate and glamorous aesthetic image. The band has sold over 7 million copies across Latin America.
With the release of albums such as Signos
, Doble Vida
and Canción Animal
, Soda Stereo became one of the most critically acclaimed Argentine rock bands, being the first one to tour through Latin America, and achieving a success that no other local rock band had achieved before. [1]
In 1997, after a farewell tour through various countries and finally Argentina, they disbanded due to personal problems between the members and different artistic criteria. [2] On September 20, Soda Stereo played their last show, in front of 75,000 people at the Estadio Monumental (or River Plate Stadium) in Buenos Aires. [3] [4]
On June 9, 2007, amid rumours about a reunion, [5] a tour named "Me Verás Volver" was announced, which started on October 19 at the River Plate stadium. [6]
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Overview
Formed in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina in early 1980, Gustavo Cerati, Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio released two demos and started to play regularly in a bar called "Bar Zero". After a few shows, a CBS producer decided to give the band a chance.
[7] In 1984, their eponymic debut album,
Soda Stereo
was released, 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.
[8]
Their second album,
Nada Personal
was released in 1985 and affirmed the popularity of the band with some instantaneous classics such as "Nada Personal" and "Cuando Pase el Temblor".
The video of the single "Cuando Pase el Temblor" was nominated in the category "Finalist Video" on the 12° World Festival of Video and TV.
[9]
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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 on
compact disc, although this version was released in 1988.
Signos
contained songs such as "Persiana Americana", "Signos" and "Profugos" that gave the band the possibility to conquer wider audiences.
Soda Stereo embarked in an extensive tour through Latin America to promote the album, they gave 22 concerts in 17 cities.
A live album called
Ruido Blanco
was released, it contained the songs 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's guitarist
Carlos Alomar, was recorded and mixed in
New York.
[10] 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
was released as an EP in the next year, and 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,
[11] the album contained the instant hit "De Música Ligera", the single "Un Millón de Años Luz", the exquisite "Té para Tres" and the anthem "(En) El Séptimo Día". Overall, the album is considered as the most consistent work by the band, along with
Signos
.
On December 14, 1991 they played a concert in front of 250.000 people on the
9 de Julio Avenue.
In late 1992 Soda Stereo released
Dynamo
, their least popular album. This LP was Soda's most ignored, and most experimental work.
[12] The band presented the album in its entirety in a local talk-show,
Fax
. This was the first
stereophonic TV transmission in Argentina.
Shortly after the release, bassist Zeta Bosio suffered the loss of one of his two sons in a car accident which pushed the band to stop touring and promoting the album and go into a hiatus during which singer Gustavo Cerati started his solo career with his debut album
Amor Amarillo
.
Their last studio album,
Sueño Stereo
was released in 1995 after a few years of silence. Three singles became hits after being released, "Ella Usó mi Cabeza como un Revolver", "Paseando por Roma" and "Zoom".
Sueño Stereo
reached
platinum disc after only 15 days of the release.
MTV Unplugged's
Comfort y Música Para Volar
was released in 1996, and contained not only unplugged songs, it also contained outtakes.
[13]
On 1 May 1997, personal problems between the members and different artistic criteria led the band to announce its end and started the final tour on July 1997. Their last concert given on 20 September at the
River Plate Stadium was recorded and released in two parts,
El Último Concierto
A and B.
Comeback
During 2007, after 10 years of their dissolution, rumours stated that Soda Stereo would tour South America before the end of the year.
A reunion tour was finally announced on June 9, 2007 as the "Me Verás Volver" tour ("You Will See Me Come Back", referring to lyrics on
Doble Vida
s "En la Ciudad de la Furia"). The tour started at the
River Plate stadium on October 19, 2007, where they played "El Último Concierto" in 1997.
Me Verás Volver featured concerts in different countries of America.
[14] Initially, the band announced two concerts at River, but 90.000 tickets were sold in only 24 hours, and the band added one more show to the schedule,
[15] and after three days, the tickets for the first three shows were sold out, and the band added two more shows in Argentina to the tour.
[16] The expected amount of fans attending the five shows was more than 300,000, making Soda Stereo one of the most watched public events in the country.
[17] [18]
22 shows were performed, all but two of them sold out. The schedule included one show in
Ecuador,
Venezuela,
Colombia and
Panama; two shows in
Peru's
Estadio Nacional and in
Chile's
Estadio Nacional; three shows in the United States, one on
The Home Depot Center (
Los Angeles, California) and two in the
AmericanAirlines Arena (
Miami, Florida); four in
Mexico and six in
Argentina, becoming the only band to play more than five times in the Estadio Monumental in a single tour.
[19]
After the tour, the members of the band have continued with their individual careers.
Together with the new comeback tour, a compilation album was released, entitled
Me Verás Volver (Hits & +)
. Exclusive content can be downloaded via the band's official website using a special code featured on the CD booklet.
Solo work
Each member of the band has continued to work in music following the breakup of Soda Stereo.
Gustavo Cerati
Cerati worked with Daniel Melero in his 1992 album
Colores Santos
, he co-wrote and produced most of the songs and although the album was never formally presented, two singles were released, "Vuelta por el Universo" and "Hoy Ya No Soy Yo".
[20] Cerati's second solo album was
Amor Amarillo
(1993), it contained collaborations by Zeta Bosio and Cerati's (then) wife Cecilia Amenábar.
[21]
After Soda's separation, Cerati released the studio albums
Amor Amarillo
(1993),
Bocanada
(1999),
+Bien
(2001) and
Siempre Es Hoy
(2002). In 2002 he released
11 Episodios Sinfónicos
that contained some Soda Stereo and solo songs played live with a symphony orchestra. Cerati's last release,
Ahí Vamos!
, is considered as a back-to-basics return.
[22]
Zeta Bosio
Bosio has had a low profile over the years. He is working with , an online portal for musicians. He also produced albums with many bands, such as Aguirre and Peligrosos Gorriones.
[23] In a recent interview, he declared that he has no interest to play in a band.
[24] He is also the artistic director of an independient label, .
[25]
In 1997 he produced Nacion Hip Hop, a CD compilation of local underground rap artists that's considered the founding stone of Argentine's hip hop scene. He also worked closely with hip hop act Tumbas (who opened for Soda Stereo in their last concert) and DJ Tortuga who later became part of the experimental hip-hop trio
Koxmoz.
Charly Alberti
Alberti released only one studio album without Soda Stereo in 1994,
Plum
, along with his then girlfriend, supermodel Deborah de Corral,
[26] and since 1997 Alberti became interested in informatics, he was involved in running his company Cybrel Digital Entertainment, that aimed at generating and implementing content based technologies. He was named an Applemaster for his contributions to the music world.
[27]
In 1998, he started two new projects, , a culture magazine, and , a discographic label. He is also the founder of and , two portals about music and entertainment.
Alberti recently formed another rock band with his brother, Andrés Alberti, and recorded their first album named as the band,
MOLE
.
[28] Alberti stated that he does not want Mole's sound to sound like Soda Stereo, he wants "Mole to live by itself."
[29]
Discography
Studio albums
- Soda Stereo
(1984)
- Nada Personal
(1985)
- Signos
(1986)
- Doble Vida
(1988)
- Canción Animal
(1990)
- Dynamo
(1992)
- Sueño Stereo
(1995)
Videography
- Ruido Blanco
(1988)
- Canción Animal
(1991)
- ''Una Parte de la Euforia (2004)
- El Último Concierto
(2005)
- Comfort y Música Para Volar
(2007)
- Gira Me Verás Volver
(2008)
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Live and remix albums
- Ruido Blanco
(1987)
- Languis
(EP) (1989)
- Rex Mix
(1991)
- Zona de Promesas
(1994)
- Comfort y Música Para Volar
(1996)
- El Último Concierto A
(1997)
- El Último Concierto B
(1997)
- Gira Me Verás Volver #1
(2008)
- Gira Me Verás Volver #2
(2008)
Compilations
- 20 Grandes Éxitos
(1994)
- Chau Soda
(1997) (U.S. #46) [30]
- Obras Cumbres
(2001)
- Me Verás Volver
(2007)
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References
- ''Signos'' > Overview
- Soda Stereo > Biography
- Tomátelo con Soda
- Soda Stereo entonó anoche su largo adiós
- Soda Stereo ya prepara su regreso
- Soda Stereo
- Soda Stereo
- La banda
- Biografía
- Doble Vida > Overview
- ''Canción Animal'' > Overview
- ''Dynamo'' > Overview
- ''Comfort y Música para Volar'' > Overview
- Soda vuelve una década después
- Récord Histórico
- Nuevas Funciones
- Soda empató el récord de los Stones
- A los cinco shows en River, Soda Stereo suma uno en Córdoba
- Gira 2007
- ''Colores Santos''
- Gustavo Cerati
- ''Ahí Vamos'' > Overview
- Zeta Bosio
- Zeta Bosio
- Staff
- Charly Alberti
- Biografía
- MOLE
- Charly Alberti: "Ser un ex Soda facilita las cosas"
- Soda Stereo > Charts and Awards