Andrés Calamaro

Andrés Calamaro (born Andrés Calamaro Masel, August 22, 1961 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine musician and composer. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies. At 17 years of age Calamaro participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band,... more

Andrés Calamaro (born Andrés Calamaro Masel, August 22, 1961 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine musician and composer. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies. At 17 years of age Calamaro participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band, the Elmer Band, with guitarist friend Gringui Herrera. This band had an underground hit, Tristeza de la Ciudad (City Blues). When Miguel Abuelo, leader of Los Abuelos de la Nada, returned to Argentina, he reunited the band and invited Calamaro to play keyboards. The band was a big success; Calamaro wrote some of their greatest hits, such as Sin gamulán, Mil horas and Costumbres argentinas. Before the dissolution of Los Abuelos de la Nada, Calamaro edited his first solo album, Hotel Calamaro in 1984. A second album, Vida Cruel, recorded... less