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Abuelos de la Nada

At 17 years of age Calamaro participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band, the Elmer Band, with guitarist friend Gringui Herrera. This band had an underground hit, Tristeza de la Ciudad (City Blues).

When Miguel Abuelo, leader of Los Abuelos de la Nada, returned to Argentina, he reunited the band and invited Calamaro to play keyboards. The band was a big success; Calamaro wrote some of their greatest hits, such as Sin gamulán, Mil horas and Costumbres argentinas. Miguel Angel Peralta, (born March 21, 1946 in Munro, Buenos Aires province - died March 26 1988 in Munro) known by his artistic name Miguel Abuelo, was an Argentine rock musician and singer. ... Miguel Angel Peralta, (born March 21, 1946 in Munro, Buenos Aires province - died March 26 1988 in Munro) known by his artistic name Miguel Abuelo, was an Argentine rock musician and singer. ...

Separation

Before the dissolution of Los Abuelos de la Nada, Calamaro edited his first solo album, Hotel Calamaro in 1984. A second album, Vida Cruel, recorded shortly after his separation from the band, was received warmly by the press but did not achieve commercial success.

After a third album, Por Mirarte (1988), Calamaro started producing bands such as Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Enanitos Verdes and soloists such as Fabiana Cantilo. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are a latin-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Los Enanitos Verdes Grandes Exitos Album Cover Los Enanitos Verdes (The Green Dwarves) is a successful music group from Argentina. ...

Calamaro closed the 1980s with his own band, featuring old friends Gringui Herrera and Ariel Rot, who had recently come back from Spain. The trio recorded the album Nadie sale vivo de aquí(1989) with a number of guest musicians, which obtained the title of Best Record of the Year.

Los Rodríguez

Due to the economic situation in Argentina, Calamaro and Rot relocated to Spain. Then, they created the band Los Rodríguez with Julián Infante. Germán Villela joined at the drums. The band didn't have a bass player, but Guillermo Martin, Candi Avello and later Daniel Zamora accompanied the band in recordings and tours.

Los Rodríguez edited three successful studio albums: Buena Suerte (1991), Sin documentos (1993) and Palabras más, palabras menos (1995), as well as the live Disco Pirata (1992), and the compilation Hasta luego (1996).

Sin documentos gave them international acclaim, with its mixture of flamenco and Latin American rhythms. They toured Spain and Latin America, and entered the history of Rock in Spanish. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Rock en español is the latest generation of Spanish language rock and roll. ...

Solo

A very prolific mind, Andrés Calamaro edited Grabaciones Encontradas ("Found recordings") while working with Los Rodríguez. After Palabras más, palabras menos, the band released a "Greatest Hits" album, which sold nicely, and dissolved.

In 1997 Calamaro recorded Alta suciedad, which sold over half a million copies and took him again touring around Latin America.

Calamaro began composing song after song. In six months, he had over 100 songs ready to be edited. Thirty seven of these found their way to his next album, Honestidad brutal. In 2000, he recorded 103 songs in his five-CD album El salmón.

Free music

In the following years, Calamaro made many guest appearances in concerts and recordings. He posted inedit songs of the 2001-2002 for free download over the Internet, saying that "Music belongs to those who want to hear it—and to nobody else".

He also made his home recordings available at DeepCamboya. Due to the low quality of the recordings, and with permission of the author, Camisetas Para Todos, a group of fans, re-mastered Calamaro's songs and made them available on their site. He also started Radio Salmón Vaticano, a virtual recording studio at his web site.

In 2004 he released El Cantante (The Singer), an album with covers of boleros and other Latin American rhythms, and a few of his web released songs. The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ...

The Return

In 2005 he released El Regreso (The Return), a compilation of the live recordings from his appearance in the Luna Park Stadium earlier that year. The disc was presented on December 17 to an audience of 20,000 in the Obras Sanitarias Stadium, and was awarded with the 2006 Gardel Award for Rock album by Male Artist and Best Album Cover. Calamaro was awarded the Golden Gardel (main award). Luna Park is an arena located on the corner of Corrientes and Leandro N. Alem Avenues, in east Buenos Aires city, near to Puerto Madero. ...

Discography

Los Abuelos de la Nada

• Los Abuelos de la Nada (1982)
• Vasos y besos (1983)
• Himno de mi corazón (1984)
• En directo desde el Ópera (1985)

Los Rodríguez

• Nadie sale vivo de aquí (1982)
• Buena suerte (1991)
• Disco pirata (1992)
• Sin documentos (1993)
• Palabras más, palabras menos (1995)
• Hasta luego (1997)
• Hasta luego (Collector CD/book) (2001)
• Para no olvidar (2001)

Soloist

• Hotel Calamaro (1984)
• Vida cruel (1985)
• Por mirarte (1988)
• Nadie sale vivo de aquí (1990)
• Grabaciones encontradas Vol. I (1993)
• Live en Ayacucho 1988 (1994)
• Caballos salvajes (1995)
• Grabaciones encontradas Vol. II (1996)
• Alta Suciedad (1997)
• Las otras caras de Alta Suciedad (1998)
• Una década perdida (1998)
• Honestidad brutal (1999)
• Alta Suciedad (Collector Series) (1999)
• El Salmón (2000)
• El Cantante (2004)
• El Regreso (2005)
• Tinta Roja (2006)

External links

• Andres Calamaro Official Website