Divididos ("Divided") is 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.El Polaco Goyeneche fue el primer punk
Biografia de Divididos
The band was formed in 1988 after the death of

Luca Prodan Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian-Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a R ...

and the consequent dissolution of the band

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Ricardo Mollo Ricardo Mollo (born August 17, 1957) is an Argentine musician, producer, singer and composer of Argentinian rock. Career Mollo became known in the 1980s as the guitarist of Sumo, with whom he released four studio albums until 1987, when the voc ...

(vocals,

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) and Diego Arnedo (

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) joined

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Gustavo Collado to form a band named "La División" (The Division), which would be later called "Divididos".Biografia de Sumo

Biography

The group is dubbed ''La Aplanadora del Rock'' (The Leveller of Rock) and is known for mixing

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with Argentine

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, and cryptic, hard-to-get lyrics.Divididos en Cosquín: "No era fácil, pero se confirmó que la música es una sola"
The band started with a lukewarm reception on their debut album, ''40 dibujos ahí en el piso'' (40 drawings there in the floor), which sounded like the British new wave of

. However, soon the group rose to prominence in the history of

, with the release in 1991 of the very different album ''Acariciando lo áspero'' (Caressing the rough), furtherly consolidated in 1993 with their politically committed next album ''La era de la boludez'' (The age of idiocy), and in 1995 with the psychedelic and experimental ''Otroletravaladna'' (flesruoykcuf). Divididos was awarded with the Best Song of the 2000s for "Spaghetti del rock", and with the Best Album of the 2000s for ''Narigón del siglo'', both won in a poll by the users of ''

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Argentina''. Furthermore, in 2010 on the list of Best 50 National Songs Of The Decade by a group of critics of ''Rolling Stone Argentina'', "Spaghetti del rock" was awarded with the 5th place and "Par mil" with 21st place. This consistent record led in 2005 to the award of the band with the Platinum

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as the best Rock Group of the 1995–2005 decade, distinction shared with

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 ...

. Other than founding members Mollo and Arnedo, different

s have completed the normal trio: Gustavo Collado (1988–1990); Federico Gil Solá (1990–1995); Jorge Araujo (1995–2004); and since 2004, Catriel Ciavarella. The band has recorded a number of covers, such as Voodoo Child by

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and

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.Divididos demolió River, y presentó su primer tema nuevo en un lustro
Covers not committed to CDs include

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and

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. In their shows, Divididos has played songs such as "Rock and Roll" and "Moby Dick" (

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