Los Estómagos

Los Estómagos was a Uruguayan punk rock band formed in Pando, Uruguay in 1983, is considered one of the most important in the history of Uruguayan rock since they were key figures in the development of the 1980s punk scene along with Los Traidores .^[1]

History

It's musical style was based on punk and post-punk from the 1980s, greatly influenced by Spanish rock of the time.

The band formed in the summer of 1983 in the city of Pando, with three instrumentalists in search of a vocalist: Gabriel Peluffo enters the band in February of the same year, after singing "Rosario" by KK de Luxe in a rehearsal.

They debut on a school dance on the "Centro de Protección de Chóferes" from Pando in 6 August, after 6 months of rehearsals.

2 more months pass until they show up on the Festival de la canción in the city of San José de Mayo, with both an original song (Penicilina) and an interpretation of the classic tango Cambalache. There they win the contest, the prize being the chance to record an album.

Still in 1983, they make their first TV appearance in Telecataplum, playing "La Barométrica", one of the themes from a single that was never released.

In 1984 they began to prepare for their first LP, Tango Que Me Hiciste Mal, which was produced by Alfonso Carbone. This record heavily borrows from The Cure and Joy Division both in its style and lyrics.

A few months after the release they start to record two songs for Graffiti (a compilation featuring several rock bands of the era): Jugaste Sucio y Cambalache.

Anteriormente el baterista Mariott se había alejado de la banda, suplantado por Leonardo Baroncini, quien formaba también Los Tontos.

Their popularity peak came in 1986, along with the rock genre as a whole.

This same year they release their second LP, La ley es otra, which included the songs: Penicilina, Hijos del imperio and En la noche, themes that were not as dark as previous songs, allowing them to get wider recognition.

After recording this album, Baroncini left Los Estómagos and was replaced by Marcelo Lasso, who would stay until the band's dissolution.

In November 1986 they play on Montevideo Rock I.

They travel to Buenos Aires in 1987 to record the eponymous "Los Estómagos", their third LP, for the Argentinian record label Talent. Orfeo editing it in Uruguay. This record was controversial since the band returned to their darker and anti-establishment essence with songs like Hielo, Muñeca and No hay clemencia, the latter one suffering from censorship.

In February 1988 they perform in front of over 15.000 people on the Montevideo Rock II festival (in the Luis Franzini Stadium); for this show bassist Fabián Hernández was replaced by José Rambao due to health problems. At the end of the same year they return to Buenos Aires, to record in Del cielito records their last LP: No habrá condenado que aguante. Which boasted a provocative cover, with photos of Rodolfo Fuentes on the front and back, supposedly making an apology for suicide.

It is speculated that the internal fights due to cretive control, as well as the scarce repercussion of this effort, led the Los Estómagos to split up, playing for the last time in Cine Cordón in 25 August 1989.

Gabriel Peluffo y Gustavo Parodi moved on to found the rock group Buitres Después de la Una, while Fabián Hernández went on to form Gallos Humanos, which later changed its name to 4 Golpes.

Despite their relatively short career it remains as a referencial cult band.

Albums

Studio albums

• Tango que me hiciste mal (1985)
• La ley es otra (1986)
• Los Estómagos (1987)
• No habrá condenado que aguante (1988)

Compilations

• Graffiti (1985)
• Rock Nacional Vol. 2 (1986)
• Montevideo Rock (1987)
• Rock en el Palacio (1987)
• En vivo Montevideo Rock II (1988)

References