Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

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Name = Los Fabulosos Cadillacs


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Origin = Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre = Ska
Years_active = 1985-2008
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Current_members = Vicentico, Sr. Flavio
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Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are a Latin-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, "Bares y Fondas" (Bars and Boardinghouses) in 1986. Since then they have released fourteen more albums.

The band's sound is a mix of rock, ska, jazz, salsa, folk, rap, reggae, funk and big band. The lineup has changed throughout the years, but the core members have always been the co-founders: singer Gabriel Fernandez Capello (known as Vicentico) and bassist Flavio Cianciarulo (known as Sr. Flavio). Vicentico and Sr. Flavio have done the majority of the songwriting and lyrics as well.

The band, which collaborated with some music stars such as Mick Jones, Debbie Harry, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades and Fishbone, received the MTV Latino Video Music Award in 1994 for the single "El Matador", in what probably was the peak of popularity of the band. The song made an appearance on the soundtracks for the movies Grosse Pointe Blank and The Matador. On September 29 of that year they produced an MTV Unplugged concert. The Cadillacs also won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album, and were nominated in the 2000 Latin Grammy Awards for "Best Band" and "Best Music Video" ("La Vida"), which received the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award (Southern Region) at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.

El Tour del Regreso (The Comeback Tour)

On Monday, April 7th 2008, the band's front man, Vicentico, announced the band's return from their 6 year hiatus. According to Vicentico's mySpace, this represents a new "phase" for the Argentinian band, including a new album (with both old and new singles) to be recorded with BMG, their new record label. The tentantive release date for the album is October 2008. Along with the release, the band also plans to tour Latin America, the U.S. and Spain to promote their long-awaited return. The tour is scheduled to begin November 2008.

Along with the news on their return, Vicentico's mySpace has also announced that due to Gerardo "Toto" Rotblat's recent death, the band has been forced to make modifications to the line-up. For the time being the line-up is as follows: Vicentico (vocals), Flavio Cianciarullo (bass), Sergio Rotman (sax), Daniel Lozano (trumpet) y Mario Siperman (keyboards).

Albums

*"Bares y Fondas" (1986)
*"Yo Te Avisé" (1987)
*"El Ritmo Mundial" (1988)
*"El Satanico Dr. Cadillac" (1989)
*"Volumen 5" (1990)
*"Sopa de Caracol" (1991)
*"El León" (1992)
*"Vasos Vacíos" (1993)
*"En Vivo en Buenos Aires" (1994)
*"Rey Azúcar" (1995)
*"Fabulosos Calavera" (1997)
*"20 Grandes Exitos " (1998)
*"La Marcha del Golazo Solitario" (1999)
*"Hola" (2001)
*"Chau" (2001)
*"TBA" (2008)

ee also

*Rock en Español
*Argentine rock
*Latin American music

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/fabulososcadillacs Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' MySpace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/senorflavio Sr. Flavio's MySpace]
* [http://www.fabulosos-cadillacs.com Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Official Web Site]
* [http://www.rockero.com/artists/los-fabulosos-cadillacs/ Los Fabulosos Cadillacs] [Fan Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/nacionalrecords MySpace for Nacional Records, label for "Supersaund 2012"]
* [http://www.nacionalrecords.com Website for Nacional Records, label for "Supersaund 2012"]