Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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for "The Cats") were 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 ...
group of the late 1960s, founded in the wake of an earlier group, Los Gatos Salvajes, who shared two of the same members. They are considered part of the founding trinity of
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
-language rock in Argentina, along with Almendra and
Manal
Manal was an Argentine rock group. Together with Almendra and Los Gatos, they are considered founders of Argentine rock.La balsa" was the kickstarter of
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 ...
, and pioneered
Spanish-language rock
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Am ...
.
History
The group was started in the wake of an earlier band Los Gatos Salvajes, who had shared two the same members, in 1967. They recorded their first two singles ''"Ayer Nomás"'' and A-side ''" La Balsa"'', which turned into an unpredicted large scale hit in the Argentine winter of 67, selling over 200,000 copies, leading to their full-length debut later that year. The following year they went on tour around the
Southern Cone
The Southern Cone ( es, Cono Sur, pt, Cone Sul) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Traditionally, it covers Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, bou ...
, and then released their 3rd album ''Seremos Amigos'', permeating psychedelic rock during the height of that subgenre of rock.
The band's next effort after a short break-up, 1969's ''Beat N°1'', featured the addition to the group of Pappo. His rocking blues style with
Litto Nebbia
Félix Francisco "Litto" Nebbia Corbacho (born 21 July 1948) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, musician and producer prominent in the development of Argentine rock.
Life and work
Félix Francisco Nebbia Corbacho was born in Rosario, Santa Fe t ...
's more classical melodic approach at times made the album uneven, but also created quite dazzling passages of music that can be considered one of the earliest recordings of
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
anywhere in the world, previewing the rise of the genre around the world in the 1970s.
In 1970, Los Gatos released their final major album. Originally called ''Rock de la mujer podrida'' (literally "Rotten woman's rock"), the band was forced to change the name of the release by government censorship to ''Rock de la mujer perdida'' ("Lost woman's rock").Los Gatos www.rock.com.ar (Spanish) A harder rocking album with Pappo's fingerprints all over, it would be Los Gatos's last. Later that year Pappo left the band to form his own heavy blues-rock group
Pappo's Blues
Norberto Aníbal Napolitano (March 10, 1950 – February 25, 2005), popularly known as Pappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was and is one of the most influential figures in Argentine music, and in additio ...
. Los Gatos disbanded after a last batch of concerts, with Litto Nebbia kicking off his solo career.
* " La balsa" / "Ayer nomás" (1967)
* "Ya no quiero soñar" / "El rey lloró" (1967)
* "El vagabundo" / "Ayer nomás" (1968)
* "La mujer sin nombre" / "Las vacaciones" (1968)
* "No hay tiempo que perder" / "Un día de fiesta" (1968)
* "Seremos amigos" / "La chica del paraguas" (1968)
* "Viento, dile a la lluvia" / "Déjame buscar felicidad" (1968)
* "Sueña y corre" / "Soy de cualquier lugar" (1969)
* "Rock de la mujer perdida" / "Escapando de mí" (1970)
* "Mamá rock" / "Campo para tres" (1971)
See also
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Origins of 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 Argentina, Argentine bands or artists mostly in Spanish.
Argentine rock began by recycling h ...