1. Norberto Anibal Napolitano, popularly known as Pappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter.
14 Facts About Pappo
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Pappo was a member of popular Argentine rock bands such as Los Abuelos de la Nada, Engranaje, Los Gatos and Billy Bond y La Pesada del Rock and Roll.
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Pappo founded the blues rock band Pappo's Blues; the hard rock band Aeroblus, in the 1970s; and the heavy metal band Riff in the 1980s.
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Pappo founded a band in United States called The Widowmakers.
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Pappo's pseudonym came from various deformations of the abbreviation of his surname, Napo.
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King nicknamed him "The Cheeseman" due to a gift he received from Pappo consisting of an Argentine cheese and a red wine.
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Pappo started playing as an occasional guitarist for Manal but soon joined Los Abuelos de la Nada and later Los Gatos, with whom he recorded two albums in 1969 and 1970.
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Pappo formed his own band, Pappo's Blues, in 1970 and released its first album in 1971.
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Between 1975 and 1980, Pappo lived alternately in England and Argentina.
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Pappo formed the power trio Aeroblus in 1977 with ex-Manal bassist Alejandro Medina and Brazilian drummer Castello Jr.
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Pappo relocated to Argentina permanently in 1980 and formed the band Riff.
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Pappo revived Pappo's Blues in the 1990s, alternating the activity of this group with eventual reunions of Riff.
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Pappo released a solo classic blues and hard rock album called Buscando un amor in 2003, which turned out to be his last record.
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Pappo's discography encompasses almost four decades, from the late 1960s with Los Abuelos de la Nada and Los Gatos until his death in 2005.