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La rubia tarada
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
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Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
No acabes
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
Regtest
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
El reggae de paz y amor
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
Debede
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
Divididos por la felicidad
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
No duermas más
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
Kaya
Divididos por la felicidad · 1985
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Their first show was in February 1982 at the Caroline pub in Palomar, but the breakthrough came a month later at the Rock del Sol a la Luna Festival, where they shared the stage with Riff, Juan Carlos Baglietto, and Los Violadores. By then, the lineup had already changed: Stephanie Nuttal, an English drummer Luca had met in London, joined in October 1981 but left months later due to the paranoia surrounding the Falklands War. Alejandro Sokol switched from bass to drums, and Diego Arnedo took his place behind the kit. Later, Ricardo Mollo joined on guitar and Roberto Pettinato on saxophone, the latter linked to the magazine Expreso Imaginario, which had published an article about Prodan. In 1983, Luca traveled to Europe to visit his brother in Tunisia, and many believed the band would fade away. But he returned with more energy, and by 1984 they were leading Buenos Aires’ underground alongside Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. It was at the Auditorio Buenos Aires where Alberto Superman Troglio debuted on drums, solidifying a lineup that would record their most memorable albums.
In 1985, they released Divididos por la felicidad, an album that captured that mix of post-punk and reggae that already defined them. The title was a homage to Joy Division, but the sound was pure Sumo: guitars that cut like blades, basslines that dragged, and Prodan’s voice shifting from a whisper to a scream. The following year, they released Llegando los monos, where reggae became more prominent, and in 1987 they closed with After Chabón, a rawer album recorded amid internal tensions and Prodan’s addiction, which ironically led him back to heroin after years of abstinence. By then, Sumo was no longer just a band: it was a symbol of what happens when instinct overrides rules. When Luca Prodan died in December 1987, the band dissolved, but their legacy remained. From its ashes emerged Divididos and Las Pelotas, two groups that inherited its rebellious spirit. Today, more than three decades later, it’s still hard to explain what Sumo was without falling into clichés: it wasn’t a massive phenomenon, but it was a band that changed the course of Argentine rock forever.
Details
- Born
- 1 Jan 1981
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Genre
- Post-punk
Members
- · actual
- Diego Arnedo
- · actual
- Germán Daffunchio
- · actual
- Luca Prodan
- · 1984–present
- Alberto "Superman" Troglio
- · 1984–present
- Ricardo Mollo
- saxophone · 1982–1987
- Roberto Pettinato
- founder · 1981–1984
- Alejandro Sokol
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Llegando los monos
Llegando los monos · 1986
El ojo blindado
Llegando los monos · 1986
Estallando desde el océano
Llegando los monos · 1986
T.V. caliente
Llegando los monos · 1986
Nextweek
Llegando los monos · 1986
Cinco magníficos
Llegando los monos · 1986
Los viejos vinagres
Llegando los monos · 1986
No Good
Llegando los monos · 1986
Heroína
Llegando los monos · 1986
Llegando los monos (reprise)
Llegando los monos · 1986