Ricardo Mollo (born August 17, 1957) is an Argentine musician, producer, singer and composer of
Argentinian 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 Engl ...
.
Career
Mollo became known in the 1980s as the guitarist of
Sumo
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, with whom he released four studio albums until 1987, when the vocalist of the group,
Luca Prodan
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, died of liver cirrhosis. After Sumo, with the bassist Diego Arnedo, he formed the band
Divididos
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.
He is considered one of the best musicians and guitarists of Argentine rock. He is also known for his virtuosity on the guitar, and particularly for his version of "
Voodoo Child" by
Jimi Hendrix
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, which he has played on his guitar using his teeth or objects thrown by the public including
carrots,
slipper
Slippers are light footwear that are easy to put on and off and are intended to be worn indoors, particularly at home. They provide comfort and protection for the feet when walking indoors.
History
The recorded history of slippers can be traced ...
s,
sandals
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,
tennis balls
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, or
canes
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*Walking stick or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking
*Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance
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for the
blind.
Besides his work as a bandleader, he is a producer and has produced Latin American artists including
Cuca,
León Gieco
Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20, 1951 in Cañada Rosquín, Argentina) is an Argentine folk rock performer, composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentinia ...
,
Charly García,
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo ...
,
Los Piojos
Los Piojos were an Argentine rock band. Extremely popular, it became one of the seminal bands of the 1990s Argentine music scene.
Unlike most suburban outfits, however, their style evolved significantly with each successive album, not only deve ...
,
Las Pelotas,
La Renga
La Renga is a hard rock Argentine band, formed in 1988.
They had moderate success with the albums '' A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida'' and ''Bailando en una pata'', between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996 ...
, and
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and poet. One of the most influential rock musicians of Argentina, he is regarded as one of ...
.
Music albums, produced by Ricardo Mollo
Retrieved December 7, 2015
Personal life
He was in a relationship with the singer Érica García between 1989 and 1999. In 2002, he married Uruguayan actress Natalia Oreiro
Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (; born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. Oreiro began her career in telenovelas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. O ...
, with whom he had a son in 2012.
Discography
Sumo
* '''' (1985)
* '' Llegando los Monos'' (1986)
* '' After Chabón'' (1987)
Divididos
* ''40 dibujos ahí en el piso'' (1989)
* ''Acariciando lo áspero'' (1991)
* ''La era de la boludez
''La era de la boludez'' ge of stupidityis a studio album released in 1993 by Argentine rock band Divididos. It contains a lot of the most famous songs by the group, as "El arriero" (original by Atahualpa Yupanqui), "¿Qué ves?" and "Salir a co ...
'' (1993)
* ''Otro le travaladna'' (1995)
* ''Divididos'' (1996)
* ''Gol de mujer'' (1998)
* ''10'' (1999)
* ''Narigón del siglo'' (2000)
* ''Viveza criolla'' (2000)
* ''Vengo del placard de otro'' (2002)
* ''Vivo Acá'' (2003)
* ''Amapola del 66'' (2010)
* ''Audio y agua'' (2011)
References
External links
Interview with Ricardo Mollo
(in Spanish)
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1957 births
20th-century Argentine male singers
Argentine rock singers
Living people
Musicians from Buenos Aires
Rock en Español musicians
Singers from Buenos Aires
21st-century Argentine male singers
Argentine male guitarists
Argentine male singer-songwriters