Attaque 77
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Attaque 77 is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 group formed in 1987.

History

Formed in 1987 as a group of friends who got together to play their favorite songs, most of them by The Ramones, their favorite band and the one that influenced them the most. They started writing songs in the same punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 style, with lyrics with proletarian content (about exploited factory workers, etc.), and wore denim jackets, which became one of their hallmarks in their beginnings.
When they were just starting, they played the more traditional punk rock style of seminal bands like the aforementioned Ramones, the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...

 or the early The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

. In more recent years, they have become more popular by virtue of a more melodic style.
High points in the band's history include the album El Cielo Puede Esperar
El Cielo Puede Esperar
El cielo puede esperar is the second Attaque 77 album. It was released in 1990 by the Radio Tripoli label . With much improved sound and songwriting in comparison with their first LP, "Dulce Navidad", this album established the band as a regular feature in mainstream Argentine rock...

(Heaven can wait), which first made their name widely recognizable. Other high points include the high-selling album Amén, the 2003 album Antihumano (Anti-human), and, more recently, Karmagedon, released in 2007.
In early 2009, Ciro Pertusi left the group for personal problems, leaving only Martinez, De Cecco and Scaglione as current members. Pertusi recently formed a new group called "Jauría" in 2010, with Esteban '22' Serniotti on guitar and vocals, Mauro Ambesi on bass and Ray Fajardo (ex-El Otro Yo) on drums.

In 2009 came the album Estallar devised largely by Mariano Martinez.

Mariano Martínez and Ciro Pertusi are vegetarians
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism encompasses the practice of following plant-based diets , with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs, and with the exclusion of meat...

 and so they have composed many songs promoting animals rights, including Espiral de silencio (Spiral of Silence), San Fermín and Ojos de perro (Dog’s Eyes).

According to polls by their fan club Regimiento de pecadores (Sinners regiment), their most famous song is Hacelo por mí (Do it for me) and their best lyrics are in the song Donde las águilas se atreven (Where the eagles dare) from which the fan club gets its name.

Members

Current members

  • Mariano Martínez - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (1987–1995, 2009–present) Lead Vocals (2009–present) / Lead Guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

     & Vocals (1995–2009)
  • Luciano Scaglione − Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     & vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

     (1994–present)
  • Leonardo De Cecco - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     (1989–present)

Former members

  • Demián "Ciro" Pertusi − Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (1987–1989)/Lead vocals (1989–1993) / Lead vocals & Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

     (1993–2009)
  • Federico Pertusi − Lead Vocals (1987–1989)
  • Daniel Caffieri - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (1987–1988)
  • Claudio Leiva - Drums (1987–1988)

Discography

  • Dulce Navidad
    Dulce Navidad
    Dulce Navidad is the first Attaque 77 album. It was released in 1989. The lyrics are not serious. For example, the song "Gil" is about a man whose wife is raped by a Smurf.-Track listing:...

     ("Sweet Christmas") (1989)
  • El Cielo Puede Esperar
    El Cielo Puede Esperar
    El cielo puede esperar is the second Attaque 77 album. It was released in 1990 by the Radio Tripoli label . With much improved sound and songwriting in comparison with their first LP, "Dulce Navidad", this album established the band as a regular feature in mainstream Argentine rock...

     ("Heaven Can Wait") (1990)
  • Rabioso! La Pesadilla Recién Comienza ("Rabid! The Nightmare Has Just Begun") (1991)
  • Angeles Caídos ("Fallen Angels") (1992)
  • Todo Está al Revés ("Everything Is Upside-Down") (1993)
  • '89 - '92 (1994)
  • Amén! (1995)
  • Un Día Perfecto ("A Perfect Day") (1997)
  • Otras Canciones ("Other Songs") (1998)
  • Radio Insomnio ("Radio Insomnio")(2000)
  • Trapos (live album) ("Rags") (2001)
  • Amateur (2002)
  • Antihumano ("Anti-human") (2003)
  • Pirotecnia Autorizada (Extended Play
    Extended play
    An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

    )("Authorized Pyrotechnic") (2006)
  • Karmagedon (2007)
  • Estallar (2009)
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