Soda Stereo is an Argentinian rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati, Hector "Zeta" Bosio and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" .
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28 Facts About Soda Stereo
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Soda Stereo is the best-selling band in the history of Argentina, setting landmarks in record sales and concert attendances.
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Soda Stereo would take up residency at the traditional and deteriorated Cabaret Marabu club in Maipu 359.
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Soda Stereo recorded their debut during the second half of 1984.
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Attention garnered by Soda Stereo was manifested in their playing of larger and larger venues.
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Soda Stereo presented their debut album at El Teatro Astros on 14 December 1984, it was their first show there.
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On 26 January 1985 Soda Stereo played the Rock in Bali festival in Argentine port city of Mar del Plata.
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In 1986 Soda Stereo made their first Latin American tour, called Signos – still touring with the Nada Personal record.
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In November 1986 Soda Stereo arrived in Peru for the first time and revolutionized the market.
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In early 1987 Soda Stereo returned to Chile, this time to the Vina del Mar International Song Festival where they won the prize "Antorcha de Plata" .
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On 23 April 1987, Soda Stereo broke records for ticket sales in Paraguay with their show at the Yacht Club.
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Soda Stereo's first show in Mexico occurred on 4 August 1987 at the Magic Circus in Mexico City.
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All-in-all, Sueno Soda Stereo is one of the most innovative records of our career, without us trying to make it so – because of its sonic combinations, its lyrics, and because of its sound.
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The only publicity was the band's participation on the tribute album, Tributo a Queen: Los Grandes del Rock en Espanol, in which Soda Stereo covered "Some Day One Day" from Queen's 1974 album, Queen II.
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Unexpectedly, Soda Stereo officially announced their separation in May 1997, through a press release.
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Reunification of Soda stereo was a mandatory topic for journalists whenever faced with a former member.
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On 20 September 2007, exactly 10 years since their last concert, Soda Stereo gave a long-awaited press conference at the Club Museum in Buenos Aires, in a historical building designed at the turn of the century by the famous French architect and structural engineer Gustave Eiffel.
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Soda Stereo became the only band to play more than five times in the Estadio Monumental in Argentina in a single tour.
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Soda Stereo produced albums for other artists, such as Nicole, Leo Garcia and Altocamet, as well as for the band Friccion, in which he was a guitarist in the 1980s.
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Soda Stereo is working with Proyecto Under, an online portal for musicians, and performing as a DJ.
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Soda Stereo produced albums with many bands, such as Aguirre and Peligrosos Gorriones.
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Soda Stereo is the artistic director of an independent label, Alerta Records.
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Soda Stereo worked closely with hip hop act Tumbas and DJ Tortuga, who later became part of the experimental hip hop trio Koxmoz.
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Soda Stereo was named an Applemaster for his contributions to the music world.
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Soda Stereo is the founder of YeYeYe and Musike, two portals about music and entertainment.
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