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🇺🇾 Uruguay · 1980–present

El Cuarteto de Nos

The Cuarteto de Nos doesn’t sound like any other band. Their music has that playful yet sharp edge, where lyrics twist into absurd or everyday stories with unforgiving humor. It’s not pure rock nor conventional pop: it’s a hybrid that plays with catchy rhythms, guitars that sometimes grate, and choruses that stick in your memory. From the start, the group moved between irony and rawness, using invented characters — like those from the city of *Tajo* — to talk about things we all recognize deep down.

The band began in the 80s with a lineup that kept changing until it settled into the classic one: brothers Roberto Musso and Ricardo Musso up front, Santiago Tavella on bass, Gustavo Antuña on guitar, and Álvaro Pintos on drums. But before that, in 1984, they released their first split album with Alberto Wolf, an experiment that already hinted at their style: one side with songs by the guest musician and the other with their own tracks. By 1987, with Soy una arveja, they had their first solo LP, an album they presented at El Galpón theater dressed as old women, as part of their staging. That same year, they played in Argentina for the first time, at the Second Young Art Biennial. They never aimed to sound like anyone else, and that showed in every performance, where humor and provocation were as important as the music.

Alternative rock latin rock 1980s
2 Albums
30 Songs
291K Listeners/mo
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01

El calzoncillo a rayas

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:48 02

Sólo un rumor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:51 03

Sólo soy un polaco enamorado

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:42 04

El primer oriental desertor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:52 05

El putón del barrio

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:43 06

Eres una chica muy bonita

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:09 07

Bo cartero

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:56 08

Manfreddi

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:33 09

Nuevamente

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:15 10

Ve con él

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:52

2 album|s · 1994 — 2006

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Raro 2006 ★ Essential

Raro

12 song|s · Rock alternativo

Otra Navidad en las trincheras 1994 ★ Essential

Otra Navidad en las trincheras

18 song|s · Rock alternativo

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Biography

The breakthrough came in 1994 with Otra Navidad en las trincheras, an album that sold over 6,000 copies in Uruguay and became the best-selling local rock record, earning platinum and gold certifications. But the real scandal arrived two years later with El tren bala: the song «El día que Artigas se emborrachó» landed them in court. The Ministry of Education and Culture sued them for defaming the national hero, though the trial ended up being a legal farce. The controversy, however, made them even more famous, even if it also cost them restrictions on broadcasting the track. By then, they had already proven they could be uncomfortable without losing their way.

Later, in 2006, Raro marked another shift: the lyrics moved away from *Tajo*’s characters to tackle personal themes, and the single «Yendo a la casa de Damián» earned them a Latin Grammy nomination. With Bipolar (2009), Ricardo Musso left the band, and the group explored new sounds, blending rap and pop in albums like Porfiado or Apocalipsis zombi. By 2022, with Lámina Once, they were already an institution, but they kept changing. Now, with Puertas (2025), Tavella is leaving, leaving behind a legacy where what mattered wasn’t fitting in, but sounding different.

Details

Nacimiento
1 ene 1980
País
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Género
Rock alternativo

Awards and honors

  • Latin Grammy

Record labels

Orfeo * Sony BMG * Koala * Manzana Verde * Bizarro

Links

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11

Soy un capón

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:41 12

Me agarré el pitito con el cierre

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:10 13

Somos muchos más que vos

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:37 14

Después de hacernos el amor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:58 15

Presentación del cuartetazo "Los Bedronclos"

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:26 16

Zitarrosa en el cielo

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2:59 17

Ea ea

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

1:44 18

El niño de Guatemala

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

3:25 19

Nada es gratis en la vida

Raro · 2006

3:48 20

Hoy estoy raro

Raro · 2006

4:41 21

Así soy yo

Raro · 2006

3:48 22

Yendo a la casa de Damián

Raro · 2006

4:16 23

Pobre papá

Raro · 2006

2:59 24

Ya no sé que hacer conmigo

Raro · 2006

4:01 25

Natural

Raro · 2006

2:40 26

Invierno del 92

Raro · 2006

4:02 27

El karaoke de mi noviecita

Raro · 2006

4:23 28

Me hace bien, me hace mal

Raro · 2006

3:56 29

Pueblo podrido

Raro · 2006

2:33 30

Autos nuevos

Raro · 2006

4:13