The Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s similar to the
British Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States and significant to the rising "counterculture" on b ...
, with
rock
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bands from
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
gaining popularity in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
History
Inspired by
British
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bands like
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
and
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...
, many young musicians in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, Uruguay began to imitate their sounds. Two bands in particular,
Los Shakers
Los Shakers were a popular rock band in the 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America. They were heavily influenced by the look and sound of The Beatles. In the late 1960s they would broaden and expand their musical directi ...
and
Los Mockers mirrored The Beatles and The Rolling Stones respectively.
Popular bands of the Uruguayan Invasion sang mostly in
English
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.
In the mid-1960s, as the British Invasion was at its height in the
United States
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, Uruguayan bands began a similar rise to fame in Argentina. Record labels began rapidly signing Uruguayan rock bands to promote in Argentina. Argentine television shows like ''
Escala Musical
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'' were also a springboard for many of the bands' popularity.
Like the
British Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States and significant to the rising "counterculture" on b ...
, the Uruguayan Invasion had died down by the late 1960s, as it became more popular to record harder-hitting Spanish-language music. Spurred on by the band
Los Gatos
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's 1967 hit record "
La Balsa", most bands began to record in
Spanish
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. With the coming of the
military dictatorship in 1973, the Uruguayan Invasion effectively ended.
Los Shakers
Los Shakers were a popular rock band in the 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America. They were heavily influenced by the look and sound of The Beatles. In the late 1960s they would broaden and expand their musical directi ...
(Break it All)1965.
File:Los Mockers by Olga Masa, 1965.jpg, Los Mockers 1965
File:LosIracundos.jpg, Los Iracundos Los Iracundos are a popular Uruguayan band from the city of Paysandú, active since the 1960s. Their music can be classified as rock and roll, including many ballads.
History
The Group was formed in 1958 in Paysandú
Paysandú () is the capita ...
1965
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File:TotemPeloBarock.jpg, Tótem
Tótem was an Uruguayan rock band formed in the early 1970s. One of the most important massive phenomena of Uruguayan music and represented the height of the Candombe beat.
Band members
1971
*Ruben Rada (lead voice and percussion)
*Eduardo Uset ...
, 1971
File:Festival Sol1.jpg, Días de Blues 1972
File:Opa.jpg, Opa
Uruguayan Invasion bands
*
Los Shakers
Los Shakers were a popular rock band in the 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America. They were heavily influenced by the look and sound of The Beatles. In the late 1960s they would broaden and expand their musical directi ...
*
Los Malditos
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*
Los Mockers
*
Kano y Los Bulldogs
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See also
*
Uruguayan rock
Uruguayan rock first emerged in Uruguay in the 1950s. The real breakthrough for rock in Uruguay, however, as in much of the world, came with the arrival of The Beatles in the early 1960s. Although the country has a small population and is far-remo ...
*
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 ...
*
Korean Wave
*
Taiwanese Wave
Taiwanese wave ( ja, 台流, Tairyū) is a neologism originally coined in Japan to refer to the increase in the popularity of Taiwanese culture, Taiwanese popular culture in the country (including: actors, dramas, music, fashion, films), and t ...
*
Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
References
External links
The Beat YearsThe Uruguayan Invasion
Argentine music
Uruguayan music
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