Home · Artists · El Cuarteto de Nos

🇺🇾 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.

2 Albums
30 Songs
301K Listeners/mo

Most played on DoReSol

Essential songs

See all 30 →

The full catalog on DoReSol

All songs

01

Así soy yo

Raro · 2006

02

Autos nuevos

Raro · 2006

03

Bo cartero

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

04

Después de hacernos el amor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

05

Ea ea

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

06

El calzoncillo a rayas

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

07

El karaoke de mi noviecita

Raro · 2006

08

El niño de Guatemala

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

09

El primer oriental desertor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

10

El putón del barrio

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

11

Eres una chica muy bonita

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

12

Hoy estoy raro

Raro · 2006

13

Invierno del 92

Raro · 2006

14

Manfreddi

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

15

Me agarré el pitito con el cierre

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

16

Me hace bien, me hace mal

Raro · 2006

17

Nada es gratis en la vida

Raro · 2006

18

Natural

Raro · 2006

19

Nuevamente

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

20

Pobre papá

Raro · 2006

21

Presentación del cuartetazo "Los Bedronclos"

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

22

Pueblo podrido

Raro · 2006

23

Somos muchos más que vos

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

24

Soy un capón

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

25

Sólo soy un polaco enamorado

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

26

Sólo un rumor

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

27

Ve con él

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

28

Ya no sé que hacer conmigo

Raro · 2006

29

Yendo a la casa de Damián

Raro · 2006

30

Zitarrosa en el cielo

Otra Navidad en las trincheras · 1994

2 album|s · 1994 — 2006

Full discography

Details, awards, members and more

More about El Cuarteto de Nos

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

Born
1 Jan 1980
Country
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Genre
Alternative rock

Awards and honors

  • Latin Grammy

Record labels

Orfeo * Sony BMG * Koala * Manzana Verde * Bizarro

The full catalog on DoReSol

All songs