Callejeros (streetwise or stray dogs) was an
Argentine rock
Argentine rock (known locally as ''rock nacional'' , "national rock" in the sense of "local", "not international") is rock music composed or performed by Argentine bands or artists mostly in Spanish.
Argentine rock began by recycling hits of Eng ...
band that gained international notoriety when the nightclub where they were playing, República Cromañon, was
set on fire during one of its shows, killing 194 attendees, in 2004.
History
The band was formed in mid-1995 by a group of young people of Villa Celina,
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
. They were known initially as ''Río Verde'' ("Green River") and mostly played covers of
Chuck Berry
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,
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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and
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, also known simply as Patricio Rey, Los Redondos or Los Redonditos de Ricota, was a rock band formed in La Plata, Argentina. The group was active from the mid 70s up to the early 2000s. They are known for ...
. At the end of 1996 the band changed its lineup and recruited new members. Given the extensive change to the original group, in January 1997, they changed their name to ''Callejeros''. A new guitarist and a saxophonist came into the band between late 1999 and early 2000, and it is with this lineup that Callejeros recorded the three albums it has released to date.
In 2001 they recorded their first album, ''Sed'' ("Thirst"), in which they followed the rock format they had kept for years, but with the participation of sax player Juan Carbone, former member of Viejas Locas. A single came out of this album, ''Vicioso, jugador y mujeriego'', and a video was made for it, but did not see much TV airtime.
Their second album, ''Presión'' ("Pressure"), also self-released, came out in 2003. It premiered at the
Atlanta football stadium in Buenos Aires and it included fourteen songs, ranging in style from
tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
,
ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
, rhythms of
candombe
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(black music from Uruguay) and
Latin rock
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up to classic
rock'n'roll. This record made their name known in almost the whole country and, to some degree, in Latin America. Not long after the release of the album, the first single, ''Una nueva noche fría'' ("A New Cold Night"), was aired on radio and music TV stations during several months.
After playing at the
Obras Sanitarias Stadium, known in Buenos Aires as the "temple of rock", in 2004, it seemed as if the band would reach far, because of its growth in popularity in such a short time. In a six months span, they went from drawing less than a thousand people, to play in arenas with capacity of five thousand or more attendees.
In late 2004, they released their third album, ''Rocanroles sin destino'' ("Rock 'n roll without Destiny"). It did not have the "power" of previous albums, but more attention went into describing themselves, their lives, their career as musicians and the conflicts that fame brings. The album was played live twice: First in
Córdoba, in front of ten thousand people, and then in the Club Atlético Excursionistas football stadium, for an audience of almost fifteen thousand people.
Cromañón
The night of December 30, 2004, the band played a concert at the club
República Cromagnon
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Republica may also refer to:
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* República (district of São Paulo), Brazil
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, in Buenos Aires. During the show, someone in the audience lit a small firework that threw light balls up, which impacted a plastic fibre net that held the acoustical panels (made of foam rubber, to lower costs) and combustion begun. The club was overcrowded (there were more than four thousand attendees, and it had a capacity of two thousand people) and the emergency exits had been (illegally) locked from the outside. The fire spread and eventually killed 194 people, mostly due to burnings in the
respiratory tract
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Air is breathed in through the nose to th ...
and inhalation of
carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, poisonous, odorless, tasteless, flammable gas that is slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the simple ...
. Among the dead spectators were relatives of various band members, as well as the band manager's wife and the lead singer's girlfriend.
The band was investigated by the authorities regarding their responsibility in the tragedy, because it was well known that the audience frequently made use of pyrotechnic devices during their shows; though in this case Callejeros had asked them not to, to no avail.
In April 2011, the six band members were convicted of murder.
After Cromañón
After República Cromañón, Callejeros did not play for a long time. First, due to their own decision, then because of the opposition from the relatives of victims of the fire.
In May 2006, the band released their fourth album, ''Señales'' ("Signs"), which sold 20,000 copies on its release day. The band signed a contract with Pelo Music and had both previous albums re-released (''Sed'' and ''Presión'') by this company.
On July 6, 2006, Callejeros appeared without prior announcement during a concert of the band Jóvenes Pordioseros, in El Teatro, a club in Flores, Buenos Aires. The band had previously agreed not to go on stage, and the show was suspended by the management of the club. Later, relatives of the victims expressed mixed opinions about it; some claimed that the band had "the right" to play because there was no judicial order to keep them from doing so, while others called it "a mistake", or claimed that they should be in prison.
After the tragedy, the band played five more times, always outside
Buenos Aires
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city. The last time in Olavarría,
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
.
Second trial
In April 2011, an appeal court retried them and found the members of the band guilty, sentencing each of them to eleven years in prison. In October 2012, band members were sentenced to 7 years of prison, making it effective at that moment. Founding member Fontanet was moved to a psychiatric clinic in
Córdoba. On June 10, 2013, he moved from the clinic in Córdoba to the Ezeiza prison psychiatric ward. He traveled in an ambulance accompanied by his girlfriend Stephanie Miguel and a mobile Federal Prison Service.On August 6, 2014, the Supreme Court granted the extraordinary appeal filed by the band, releasing them pending a new ruling. However, in April 2016, the Criminal Cassation Chamber, upon reviewing the ruling, sentenced Patricio Santos Fontanet to 7 years in prison and 5 years to the rest of the musicians. Currently all musicians except Eduardo Vázquez are on probation, after having served two thirds of the custodial sentence.
Members
*Patricio Santos "Pato" Fontanet – vocals
*Christian "Dios" Torrejón – bass
*Elio Delgado – guitars
*Maximiliano Djerfy – guitars (died March 12, 2021 aged 46)
*Eduardo Vázquez – drums
*Juan "Juancho" Carbone – saxophone
Discography
Solo x hoy (Demo), 1997
This is a demo made up of 11 songs in cassette format, recorded with a 4-track between the months of July 1997 and August 1997. Now few copies of the tape exist.
LADO A
#Durmiendo en la seccional
#Bufón
#Lejos del cielo
#Pichones
#Zapatos muy grandes
#Vivo en mi ilusión
LADO B
#Botija
#Teatro
#Ancho de espadas
#Milonga Rocanrol
#Rito de Holoalocû
Callejeros (Demo), 1998
Independent production composed by 13 songs with greater variety of styles. It was recorded and mixed in WC Recording Studio in October 1998. This work stood out by to have sold more than 600 copies of same between cassettes and the CD.
#Pichones
parrows#Puñales
aggers#No volvieron más
hey never Came Back#Brillan los fantasmas
hosts are Glowing#Armar de nuevo
o assemble Again#Milonga Del rocanrol
#No somos nadie
e are nobody#Ancho de espadas
ce Of Spades#One after 909 (
Lennon
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McCartney
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)
#Lejos del cielo (Folk tradicional)
ar from heaven#Un monarca
King#La cuadra
he Street block#Brillan los fantasmas (Versión lenta)
hosts are Glowing(acoustic Version)
Adelantos (Demo), 2000
As the name says it well (''Advances''), this he is demo made up of 7 songs that came playing in shows. So that people knew them was made east registry, engraving in one portaestudio of 4 channels during the month of June 2000.
LADO A
#Rompiendo espejos
#A tinto regalado
#Palo borracho
#Teatro
LADO B
#Pensar en nada (
León Gieco
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)
#Los invisibles
#La buena vida
Sed, 2001
It is made up of 12 songs, of which 4 are from the Adelantos cassette and 1, Milonga rocanrol, is from Callejeros. In addition, it is the first registry of the band in which saxo is included. The disc was recorded, mixed and masterized in El Matadero records in October 2001. It is worth noting that this was a totally independent production.
#Los invisibles
he Invisibles#Rompiendo espejos
roking Mirrors#El nudo
he Knot#Milonga del rocanrol
#Jugando
laying#Vicioso, jugador y mujeriego
icious, Gambler And Woman Chasing#Palo borracho
tick Drunk#Sonando
t's Sounding#Tiempo de estar
ime To Stay#Teatro
heatre#Sed
hirst#Ojalá se los lleve
et's Hope Take It Back
Presión, 2003
In March 2003 the band released their second album, Presión (''Pressure''), again in totally independent form, on the El Matadero records label.
The single off this album, Una nueva noche fría (''Another cold night'') received wide airplay on radio and music TV, from its release in August 2004 until the beginning of January 2005, when it was essentially boycotted due to the Cromagnon nightclub fire.
#Otro viento mejor
nother Better Wind#Presión
ressure#Tres
hree#Una nueva noche fría
New Cold Night#Fantasía y realidad
antasy And Reality#Morir
o Die#Cristal
#Imposible
#Callejero de Boedo
oedo Street Man#Si me cansé
'm Tired#Ahogados de razón
wallow Of Reason#Tiempo perdido
ost Time#El duende del árbol
he Dorf Of The Tree#Ilusión
llusion
Rocanroles sin destino, 2004
#Distinto
ifferent#Sé que no sé
Know That I Don't Know#Sería una pena
t Would Be A Shame#Algo peor, algo mejor
omething Worse, Something Better#Rebelde, agitador y revolucionario
ebel, Communist And Revolutionary#Un lugar perfecto
Perfect Place#Todo eso
ll That
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English
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#Prohibido
rohibited#Tan perfecto que asusta
o Perfect It's Scary#Tratando de olvidar
rying To Forget#Rocanroles sin destino
ock And Roll Without Destiny#La llave
he Key#Parte menor
inor Part#Canciones y almas
ongs And Souls
Señales, 2006
# Daños
amages# Puede
t Can# Límites
imits# Creo
Believe# Frente al río
n Front Of The River# Sin paciencia
ithout Patience# Día a día
ay To Day# Sueño
Dream# Hoy
oday Uday or Odai is a masculine name in Arabic as well as several Indian languages. In many Indian languages it means 'dawn' or 'rise'. The Arabic name (عدي) means 'runner' or 'rising'.
List of people
* Uday Benegal, Indian musician
* Uday Pratap S ...
# 9 de Julio
# Señales
ignals# Desencuentro
isagreement
Disco Escultura, 2008
# Guiños
inks
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# El Espejo
he Mirror# La Canción
he Song
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* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
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# Rehén
ostage# Esa Invisible Linea
hat Invisible Line# Mas allá
eyond# Quedó
tay
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People and languages
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# Siempre un poco más
lways A Little More# El Ignorante
he Ignorant# Lo que hay
s What You Get# Cancion de Cuna para Julieta
ulieta Cradle Song# Si queres que sea yo
f you want to be me# Pompeya
See also
*
Casi Justicia Social
Don Osvaldo is an Argentine rock band formed on November 2010, when Patricio Santos Fontanet changed the name of Callejeros, after their official separation on November 12.
The band was first called Casi Justicia Social, also known as CJS (by the ...
References
External links
Official web siteCallejeros en Rock.com.ar
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1995 establishments in Argentina
2010 disestablishments in Argentina
Argentine rock music groups
People from La Matanza Partido
Prisoners and detainees of Argentina
Argentine people convicted of murder
Argentine arsonists
Musical groups established in 1995
Musical groups disestablished in 2010