Los Enanitos Verdes
Encyclopedia
Enanitos Verdes is a successful rock
trio
from Argentina
, formed in 1979 in the city of Mendoza
. Throughout their career they have managed to gain important positions on Argentine and Latin American charts.
(bass guitar
, keyboard
s and vocals), Felipe Staiti (guitar
) and Daniel Piccolo drums. That same year, they performed throughout the Cuyo region
. Later they traveled to Buenos Aires
to record a demo, with unusable results that were never released. In spite of this failure, they continued doing shows in Mendoza
and in Buenos Aires.
In 1984 the band added two new members: Sergio Embroni (guitar and vocals) and Tito Dávila (keyboard). As a quintet they published the disc Los Enanitos Verdes, with the hit "Aún sigo cantando" ("I'm still singing"). Embrioni left the band in 1985.
In 1986 they published their second album, entitled Contrarreloj (Counterclockwise), with the artistic production of Andrés Calamaro
. The album included songs such as "Tus viejas cartas" ("Your old letters"), "Cada vez que digo adiós" ("Every time I say goodbye"), and "La muralla verde" ("The green wall"). Their third album Habitaciones extrañas (Strange Rooms) would arrive the following year. Produced again by Calamaro, it included "Te vi en un tren" ("I saw you in a train"), "Por el resto" ("For the rest") and "El extraño de pelo largo" ("The stranger with the long hair").
In 1988 they did an extensive tour, following in the footsteps of Miguel Mateos
/Zas and Soda Stereo
. During six months three particular concerts stood out: Viña del Mar
(50,000 spectators), Mendoza, Argentina
(35,000) and Santiago, Chile
(32,000). In that same year they published their new LP, Carrousel. The song "Guitarras blancas" (white guitars) became one of the main hits of the album. A year later the group broke up, with Marciano Cantero
starting his solo career. In 1992, the group got back together, recording the album Igual que ayer (Same as Yesterday).
After recording four more albums, in 1998 they released their album Tracción acústica, with the US record company Polygram
. This album made them the first Argentine group and third Argentine artist to sign with a US company. This album was nominated for the Grammies in the category "Best Latin Rock Album".
They were part of the Watcha Tour 2000, which included seventeen shows along with Molotov
, Aterciopelados
, Café Tacuba and A.N.I.M.A.L.
In 2003, they went on tour with Alejandra Guzmán
. They have, among other things, earned a Gaviota de Plata (Silver Gull) at the Festival de Viña del Mar in Chile
. That same year they recorded their album Amores Lejanos with the hit single "Amores Lejanos"
Former guitarist Sergio Embroni committed suicide on February 17, 2011.
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...
trio
Trio (music)
Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
from Argentina
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...
, formed in 1979 in the city of Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
. Throughout their career they have managed to gain important positions on Argentine and Latin American charts.
History
The band started in 1984, with Marciano CanteroMarciano Cantero
Marciano Cantero is an Argentine singer and musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of Los Enanitos Verdes, an Argentinean pop/rock band....
(bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s and vocals), Felipe Staiti (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...
) and Daniel Piccolo drums. That same year, they performed throughout the Cuyo region
Cuyo (Argentina)
Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing, mountainous area of central-west Argentina. Historically it comprised the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. The term New Cuyo is a modern one, which indicates both Cuyo proper and the province of La Rioja...
. Later they traveled to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
to record a demo, with unusable results that were never released. In spite of this failure, they continued doing shows in Mendoza
Mendoza Province
The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...
and in Buenos Aires.
In 1984 the band added two new members: Sergio Embroni (guitar and vocals) and Tito Dávila (keyboard). As a quintet they published the disc Los Enanitos Verdes, with the hit "Aún sigo cantando" ("I'm still singing"). Embrioni left the band in 1985.
In 1986 they published their second album, entitled Contrarreloj (Counterclockwise), with the artistic production of Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
. The album included songs such as "Tus viejas cartas" ("Your old letters"), "Cada vez que digo adiós" ("Every time I say goodbye"), and "La muralla verde" ("The green wall"). Their third album Habitaciones extrañas (Strange Rooms) would arrive the following year. Produced again by Calamaro, it included "Te vi en un tren" ("I saw you in a train"), "Por el resto" ("For the rest") and "El extraño de pelo largo" ("The stranger with the long hair").
In 1988 they did an extensive tour, following in the footsteps of Miguel Mateos
Miguel Mateos
Miguel Mateos is a rock singer/songwriter from Villa Pueyrredón, Argentina. Outside of Argentina, he is considered one of the most important exponents of Rock en Español, specially in the 1980s when he along with Charly Garcia, Soda Stereo, Enanitos Verdes, Virus, Sumo, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Rata...
/Zas and Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band who are recognized as one of the most influential and important Latin American and Ibero-American bands of all time...
. During six months three particular concerts stood out: Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
(50,000 spectators), Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
(35,000) and Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
(32,000). In that same year they published their new LP, Carrousel. The song "Guitarras blancas" (white guitars) became one of the main hits of the album. A year later the group broke up, with Marciano Cantero
Marciano Cantero
Marciano Cantero is an Argentine singer and musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of Los Enanitos Verdes, an Argentinean pop/rock band....
starting his solo career. In 1992, the group got back together, recording the album Igual que ayer (Same as Yesterday).
After recording four more albums, in 1998 they released their album Tracción acústica, with the US record company Polygram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
. This album made them the first Argentine group and third Argentine artist to sign with a US company. This album was nominated for the Grammies in the category "Best Latin Rock Album".
They were part of the Watcha Tour 2000, which included seventeen shows along with Molotov
Molotov (band)
Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
, Aterciopelados
Aterciopelados
Aterciopelados , also referred to as los Aterciopelados on some albums and other promotional materials, are a rock band from Colombia. Led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, they have been one of the first rock bands from Colombia to gain international notice and is among the country's top...
, Café Tacuba and A.N.I.M.A.L.
In 2003, they went on tour with Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Guzmán
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
. They have, among other things, earned a Gaviota de Plata (Silver Gull) at the Festival de Viña del Mar in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. That same year they recorded their album Amores Lejanos with the hit single "Amores Lejanos"
Former guitarist Sergio Embroni committed suicide on February 17, 2011.
Discography
- Los Enanitos VerdesLos Enanitos Verdes (album)Los Enanitos Verdes is the first album of Los Enanitos Verdes, released in 1984.- Track listing :# La nena de diecisiete# La miraba de atrás# Comiendo en el plato del perro# Detrás de las ruinas# Aún sigo cantando# No se metan más# Gente incoherente...
(The Little Green Dwarves, 1984, vinyl and cassette tape only, for Mordisco label) - ContrarelojContrarelojContrareloj is the second album of Enanitos Verdes published on 1986.Originally released in 1986, Contra Reloj was Los Enanitos Verdes sophomore effort but the first that the group recorded for CBS . Produced by Andrés Calamaro, the album is a good collection of simple pop/rock songs and probably...
(Against the Clock, 1986, their first album for Sony BMG) - Habitaciones ExtrañasHabitaciones ExtrañasHabitaciones Extrañas is the third album of Enanitos Verdes published on 1987. Recorded and mixed in studies Panda. Buenos Aires, Fall 1987.- Track listing :# El Extraño De Pelo Largo # Por El Resto # Derribando Sueños # Pasos...
(Strange Rooms, 1987) - CarrouselCarrousel (album)Carrousel is the fourth album of Enanitos Verdes published in 1988. The production of the disc was again headed by Andres Calamaro. It gave three new hits "Guitarras blancas", "No me veras", and "Sos un perdedor".- Track listing :# "Sos un perdedor"...
(1988) - Había una VezHabía una VezHabia una vez... is the fifth album of Enanitos Verdes published in 1989. This was the album announcing the dissolution of the group. Marciano Cantero began his career as a soloist...
(Once Upon a Time, 1989, last album for Sony BMG Argentina) - Igual que AyerIgual que AyerIgual que ayer is the sixth album of Enanitos Verdes published in 1992. The group signed contract with the label EMI. The production of the disc was again headed by Andres Calamaro, also with the participation of Alejandro Lerner, León Gieco, and Manuel Wirtz...
(Just Like Yesterday, gold album, 1992, first album for EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - Big BangBig Bang (Los Enanitos Verdes album)Big Bang is the seventh album from Latin rock band Enanitos Verdes released August 15, 1994. "Lamento Boliviano" was released as a single.- Track listing :# Mejor no hablemos de amor# Lamento boliviano# Celdas# Yo pagaría# Piel de nopal# H.I.V....
(1994, platinum album) - 20 Grandes Éxitos20 Grandes Éxitos20 Grandes Éxitos is a compilation album by the group Enanitos Verdes released in 1995.- Track listing :...
(20 Greatest Hits, 1995) - Guerra GauchaGuerra GauchaGuerra Gaucha is the eighth album of Enanitos Verdes published on 1996.It had guest musicians, also involved the famous folk percussionist Domingo Cura , the tango bandoneon player Daniel Binelli, percussionist Luis Conte and Ruben Albarrán singer of the Mexican group Café Tacuba, singing a duet...
(Gaucho War, 1996) - PlanetarioPlanetarioPlanetario is the ninth album of the group Enanitos Verdes published on 1997. This album was not widespread and got only a few hits "Tibio corazon", and "Tan solo un instante".This album concludes the relationship with EMI Odeon Argentina....
(Planetarium, 1997) - Tracción AcústicaTracción AcústicaTracción Acústica is the tenth album of Enanitos Verdes released in 1998. Tracción Acústica is a compilation of their greatest hit songs recorded live in high acoustic quality. It includes a tribute to the legendary Mexican rock band El Tri, performing their classic theme "Metro Balderas"...
(Acoustic Traction, 1998) - NéctarNectar (album)Néctar, released in 1999, is the eleventh album of rock en español group Enanitos Verdes. It was produced by Coti Sorokin, and was recorded and mixed entirely in Buenos Aires between the months of January and March 1999...
(Nectar, 1999) - Solo para Fanáticos (Only for Fanatics, 2001)
- Amores Lejanos (Distant Loves, 2003)
- En Vivo (Live, 2005)
- Pescado Oríginal (Original Fish - a pun on the SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
equivalent of Original SinOriginal sinOriginal sin is, according to a Christian theological doctrine, humanity's state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred...
, 2006) - Inéditos (2010)