Él Mató a un PolicÃa Motorizado, also known as EMAUPM or Él Mató, is an Argentine indie rock band from
La Plata
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established in 2003. It is formed by Santiago "Motorizado" (bass and vocals), Willy "Doctora Muerte" (drums), Manuel "Pantro Puto" (guitar), Gustavo "Niño Elefante" (guitar) and Chatrán Chatrán (keyboards). The band's musical influences include
Pixies,
the Flaming Lips
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,
Weezer
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,
Sonic Youth
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and
the Velvet Underground
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.
History
Él Mató was formed when Willy and Santiago were in high school. "Manuel had a band and invited me to play... we composed our own songs, after that we called Willy and then Gustavo. We passed from band to band until we formed this", said Motorizado. After releasing their ''debut'' album in 2004, the band did a trilogy of
EPs
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dedicated, respectively, to birth, life, and death : ''Navidad de Reserva (2005)'', ''Un Millón de Euros'' (2006), and ''DÃa de los Muertos'' (2008). In 28 November 2012 Él Mató releases their second studio album, ''La DinastÃa Scorpio''.
Name origin
The band's name comes from a line in Spanish from the 1987 film ''
R.O.T.O.R''.
Santiago Motorizado told in an interview: "We picked a strange name that made fun of the typical band or artists' names. One day we were watching a bad movie, with a subtitle "Él mató a un policia motorizado" ("He
hat boy justkilled a motorcycle cop"), and we said: that's it".
Discography
Albums
* ''Él Mató a un PolicÃa Motorizado'' (2004)
* ''La dinastÃa Scorpio'' (2012)
* ''La SÃntesis O'Konor'' (2017)
* ''Unas Vacaciones Raras'' (2021)
* ''Súper Terror'' (2023)
EPs
* ''Navidad de Reserva'' (2005)
* ''Un Millón de Euros'' (2006)
* ''Dia de los Muertos'' (2008)
* ''Violencia'' (2015)
* ''El Universo'' (2023)
Singles
* "Tormenta Roja" (2004)
* "Mujeres Bellas y Fuertes" (2012)
* "Chica de oro" (2012)
* "El Tesoro" (2017)
* "Ahora Imagino Cosas" (2017)
Compilations
* ''El Nuevo Magnetismo (2003–2011)'' (2012)
* ''La Otra Dimensión'' (2019)
Appearances
* "
Slippery People
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" on ''
Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense'' (2024)
References
External links
Official website (in Spanish)
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Argentine indie rock groups
Musical groups established in 2003
Entertainers from La Plata
Musicians from Buenos Aires Province