Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota

Patricio Rey y Sus Redonditos de Ricota was a rock band originally from La Plata, Argentina whose tours in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s drew a cult-like following that mirrored The Grateful Dead frenzy in the United States.

"Patricio Rey" is a fictional character or "group consciousness", and not a real person or member of the group. "El Indio" Solari, lead singer, embodies the one-man-show mystique followed by his powerful guitar player Skay Beilinson. Other members of the group have left the band and have been replaced (drums: "Piojo" Abalos; saxophone: "Willy" Crook; guitar: "Tito" Fargo D'Aviero). The members of the group were reluctant to do any interviews during their career.

The band's strength lies in the semantic power of its lyrics, which discuss different topics such as politics, drugs and women, but always from a philosophical and existential point of view.

The band broke up after the release of "Momo Sampler", but several former members are still active and pursuing solo careers.

In 2005, the band received the Konex Award as best Rock Group of the 1995-2005 decade, distinction shared with Divididos.

The Redonditos

*Carlos "El Indio" Solari - voice [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/el_indio.htm photo]
*Eduardo "Skay" Beilinson - guitar [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/Skay.htm photo]
*Daniel "Semilla" Bucciarelli - bass guitar
*Wálter Sidotti - drums
*Sergio Dawi - saxophone [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/dawi.htm photo]
*Hernán Aramberri - sampler
*Carmen Castro a.k.a. "La Negra Poly" - manager
*Ricardo Cohen a.k.a. "Rocambole" - artist (as stated in the official site)

Patricio Rey quotes

*When you are permanently serving the necessity of opposition, you are dead, because you only react but you don't create. - "El Indio" Solari
*If you intend to do music, the point is not to be on a magazine cover. - "El Indio" Solari
*The communication media is in charge of promoting a non existing society of privileges, and with a lot of shine. - "La Negra Poly"
*In a "Redondos"' show the star is the people. - "El Indio" Solari
*Who doesn't have a "matraca" (gun) in the house? - Indio

Discography

*"Gulp!" (1985) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/gulp-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"Oktubre" (1986) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/ok-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"Un Baión para el Ojo Idiota" (1987 ) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/un_baión-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"¡Bang! ¡Bang! Estás Liquidado" (1989) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/bang-letras.htm Lyrics]
*"La Mosca y la Sopa" (1991) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/MyS-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"En Directo" (1992)
*"Lobo Suelto Cordero Atado (CD 1)" (1993) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/corata-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"Lobo Suelto Cordero Atado (CD 2)" (1993) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/losuelt-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"Luzbelito" (1996) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/luZ-LETRA.htm Lyrics]
*"Último Bondi a Finisterre" (1998) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/ultimo-letra.htm Lyrics]
*"Momo Sampler" (2000) [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/letrmomo.htm Lyrics]

External links

* [http://www.mundoredondo1.com.ar Mundo Redondo] (Spanish)
* [http://orbita.starmedia.com/patricio.rey/index.html The best of R2] (Spanish)
* [http://www.redonditos-ricota.com.ar Unofficial site] (Spanish)
* [http://rock.com.ar/bios/0/270.shtml Redondo's Biography] (Spanish)