Bersuit Vergarabat
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Country	Argentina
Years active	1987-Present
Genres	Rock en Español, Cumbia, Chacarera, Candombe, Cuartetazo
Labels	Universal Music Surco
Members	Gustavo E. Cordera Juan Carlos Subirá Carlos E. Martín Oscar Humberto Righi Rene Isel "Pepe" Céspedes Daniel Suárez Alberto Verenzuela Carlos "Cóndor" Sbarbatti
Past members	Charly Bianco Rubén Sadrinas
Website(s)	www.bersuit.com

Bersuit Vergarabat, formed formally in 1989, is one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the 1990s/2000s. The previous name of the band (since 1987 to May, 1989) was Henry y la Palangana. The Buenos Aires province (IPA: , Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the largest, wealthiest and most populated province of Argentina. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock en español is the latest generation of Spanish language rock and roll. ... Cumbia is originally a Colombian folk dance and dance music and is Colombias representative national dance and music along with vallenato. ... Chacarera is a dance originated in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. ... Candombe is a drum-based musical form of Uruguay. ... Cuarteto or cuartetazo (Spanish: quartet) is a musical genre born in Córdoba, Argentina. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

After 2 albums of underground transgressor rock, the band started mixing it with Latin American rhythms such a cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical with regard to political and social problems. 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. ... Cumbia is originally a Colombian folk dance and dance music and is Colombias representative national dance and music along with vallenato. ... Chacarera is a dance originated in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. ... Candombe is a drum-based musical form of Uruguay. ... Cuarteto or cuartetazo (Spanish: quartet) is a musical genre born in Córdoba, Argentina. ...

The current formation is: Gustavo E. Cordera (voice), Juan Carlos Subirá (keyboards, accordion and voice), Carlos E. Martín (drums and percussion), Oscar Humberto Righi (guitar), Rene Isel "Pepe" Céspedes (bass guitar and voice), Daniel Suárez (voice and chorus), Alberto Verenzuela (guitar and harmonica), and Carlos "Cóndor" Sbarbatti (voice, chorus and charango); previous members include Charly Bianco (guitar and voice) and Rubén Sadrinas (voice). A 24-bass piano accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ... A Bolivian charango Charango. ...

Honouring the psychiatric hospital José Tiburcio Borda in Buenos Aires, La Bersuit performs dressed in characteristic pajamas; even though the story of Cordera spending some time in that institution is a mere urban legend, the band has demonstrated an affinity to everything related to madness, and marginalization. A psychiatric hospital (also called at various places and times, mental hospital, mental ward, asylum or sanitarium) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... Look up Pajamas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ... Marginalisation or marginalization (US) refers in general to the overt or subvert acts and trends within societies whereby those perceived as lacking function or desirable traits are killed or otherwise excluded from existing systems of protectionism, thereby limiting their means for survival. ...

In addition to finding success in Buenos Aires' underground movement and then nationwide, Bersuit Vergarabat has attracted fans from many countries in South America as well as in Spain. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

According to an article by Stephen Thanabalan in Rolling Stone Magazine, the band's success beyond Latin America hinges largely on their ability to constantly reinvent themselves, as with their late 1990s venture into ska music, popular in the United States at the time. This article is about the music magazine. ... 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. ... Ska is a form of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. ...

One of the band's signature songs, "El Tiempo No Para" from their album De la Cabeza, is their cover of "O Tempo Não Para", by the Brazilian musician Cazuza, who died of AIDS in 1990. Gustavo Cordera sings a verse of "El Tiempo No Para" in Portuguese in his honor. Cazuza (real name Agenor de Araújo Miranda) was a Brazilian composer, singer and poet, born in Rio de Janeiro in 4 April, 1958. ...

Discography

• 1992 - Y Punto
• 1993 - Asquerosa Alegría
• 1996 - Don Leopardo
• 1998 - Libertinaje
• 2000 - Hijos del Culo
• 2002 - De la Cabeza (Live)
• 2004 - La Argentinidad al Palo - Se Es, Lo Que Se Es (Double)
• 2005 - Testosterona

External links

• Bersuit Vergarabat Official Web Site
• Bersuiteros.com