Serú Girán

Charly García had just dissolved La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros when, in 1978, he traveled to Búzios —170 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro— along with David Lebón with the idea of composing new material. They had gathered money at the Festival del Amor, on November 11, 1977, at the Luna Park, and with that money they rented a house for three months. The plan didn't start off entirely well: the equipment was held up at customs because there wasn't enough to pay the import taxes. Charly returned to Buenos Aires to close contracts with Oscar López and Billy Bond, and it was there that everything changed.One night in a bar, he saw the bassist of Pastoral perform.

That kid was Pedro Aznar, who was 18 years old. Lebón remembers this in Clarín, from May 3, 1992: «When I saw Pedro playing the bass, my jaw dropped to my knee. I thought: this kid is very good, almost better than me». Charly waited for him after the performance, went to find him in the dressing rooms, and Pedro didn't take long to agree to travel to Brazil. The fourth spot was taken by Oscar Moro (1948–2006), who had already played with García in La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros. Thus was formed Serú Girán.The debut album, produced by Billy Bond and simply titled Serú Girán (1978), received criticism from all sides: the press and the public rejected it for its orchestral sound, which sounded strange for the time.