Los Twist was an Argentine rock group formed on March 30, 1982, in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. Their music was inspired in the

rockabilly Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the Southern United States, South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western music (North America), Western music ...

of the 1950s and their lyrics contained strong political statements disguised with

humor Humour (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humorism, humoral medicine of the ancient Gre ...

. The band officially broke up on April 30, 2012.Biography of The Twist in rock.com.ar
/ref> Among their most famous songs are: ''Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos'', ''El rockabilly de los narcisos'', ''Ricardo Rubén'', ''El estudiante'', ''Estoy herido'', etc.

Members of Los Twist

* Pipo Cipolatti (guitar and voice) *

Daniel Melingo Daniel Melingo (born October 22, 1957) is an Argentine musician, with a background in rock (he played guitar for Los Twist and saxophone for Los Abuelos de la Nada). He is now a tango artist and tours with his band Los Ramones del tango. Biog ...

(guitar) *

Fabiana Cantilo Fabiana Cantilo (born March 3, 1959 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has sold more than 6 million records in her career. Biography She was born in Buenos Aires, on March 3, 1959, daughter of Silvina Luro Pueyrredón and ...

(vocals: first 2 albums) * Eduardo Cano (bass: first 2 albums) * Bruno Toppino (drums: first 2 albums) * Gonzalo Palacios (wind instruments) * Damian Toppino (vocals: third album) * Santiago Toppino and Gustavo Pintos (vocals 1991-1996)

Discography

The band started playing in the early 1980s; their albums include: *" La dicha en movimiento" (1983), *"Cachetazo al vicio" (1984), *"La máquina del tiempo" (1985), *"Cataratas musicales" (1991), *"El álbum" (1993), *"Con el 5 en la espalda" (1994) *"Explosivo '96" (1995)

Singles

Some of their hits include: "Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos", "Ritmo colocado", "Jugando hula-hula" from "La dicha en movimiento" "El hombre de la barra de hielo" (1983) and "El estudiante" from "Cataratas musicales" (1991).

References

Argentine rock music groups Musical groups established in 1982 1982 establishments in Argentina {{Rock-band-stub