Madness, Bad Manners, The Specials, The Skatalites y The Selecter
Los Calzones Rotos made their live debut in the south of Buenos Aires in 1988, inserting covers from their favorite bands (Madness, Bad Manners, The Specials, The Skatalites and The Selecter) and some songs of their own like Cerveza Ska. The following year’s summer tour consolidated them as a band. Ska was out of fashion at that time. Nevertheless, the group went on and founded their own label to show their independence. Halfway through1991, “Los Calzones Rotos”, their debut album, appeared with hits like “Ska del Novio” and “Skabaret” which took them massively to the media and to their audience. They made shows everywhere and their first Video-clip “Ska del Novio” was one of the most important in 1992. So, they made tours through the whole country. At the beginning of 1993 they edited their second production called “Porrompompero” that gave them a bigger audience through new hits such us “Cuidáte la cola”, “Porrompompero” and “Todo lo que duele”. By that time, as they played constantly, they could record a prestigious instrumental track “Anillaco No E..Nesario” which made them different from other groups of the Argentine ska movement.
The band maintained its autonomy and independence reevaluating ska in a time in which it was no longer in fashion. Nevertheless, the sales were beyond all expectations as they obtained the platinum disc in Argentina and the gold disc in Chile. In 1995, appeared their third album, “Jungla Ska”. It was completely recorded during the summer by the engineer Gustavo Borner, mixed and masterised in Los Angeles, USA, by Wally Traugoth, a veteran guru who had worked for Pink Floyd and Soul Asylum, among others. They took the hot climate of their shows to a recording studio. It was a gift from them to their audience. They also filmed the Video-clip “No te calles” (a kind of hymn that the group redefined with the sentence “ El silencio es el peor de los consuelos” –silence is the worst consolation-) with explicit images and directed again by Alfredo Lois. The tours around Mendoza, Bariloche, the north and the south of ARGENTINA with a great audience and the edition of the material in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia, consolidated Los calzones definite rise in both, artistic and commercial aspects. It was a terrific year for them. At the beginning of 1996, they intensified their rehearsals. By February, but in Chile, 25,000 people followed them around SANTA BARBARA, LEBU, CONCEPCION, PUERTO VARAS, CASTRO, VILLARICA and TEMUCO, and the same amount at the ..96 FESTIVAL DE LA CANCION DE VIÑA DEL MAR. They faced the press that couldn’t stand their dedication to the missing, their rejection to the Latin-American dictators and to the nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. The public supported the only group capable of saying everything as it is and being, at the same time, the revelation of the event.
After the success in VIÑA DEL MAR, they prepared their material in Lomas. They decided that they would be “Los Calzones” forever, without the nickname “Rotos”. Once they had selected the songs, they flew to LOS ANGELES to record their forth album, “ACONCAGUA” (whose name was part of a legend written by the group) at N.R.G, Mad Dog and Rusk Sound studio. LOS CALZONES created a convincing work that included names such as MARIA SOLEDAD MORALES and DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA. The album appeared during the summer ..96, ..97 and in a few days it became the favorite of almost all the radios. In such a way the hit “te sigo” turned into a terrific video-clip in record time. It was directed by ALFRED LOIS and filmed in 16mm at Banfield's Stadium, next to where the band began playing. No doubt, it was a great way to begin their ninth year of existence. In the meantime, the band went on making shows during summer through the whole Atlantic Coast. They inaugurated the denomination GUILLATUN (in regard to the annual ceremony where tribes meet to beg the gods for good harvests and harmony among towns). From then on, they didn’t stop until they made 184 shows during the year.
They blessed their fans making tours through out the whole country and welcoming graduating contingents in San Carlos de Bariloche where they also filmed the video ACONCAGUA. The third track was directed by the prestigious Diego Kaplan. The same year, they participated for the second time in an international compilaton with the song JUNGLE SKA (from their third album). The band contributed with Stay Sharp II, supporting the so-called Skinheads Sharp (a minority politically correct and diametrically opposed to the violent and extreme right model that is known around here). It was a good way to be alert against the non-information that is around and a showing of Los Calzones.. international consensus. In 1998, the band duplicated its work, as it wanted to reach everybody in Argentina. A new coast tour, a new national tour, but this time free and in the open air (with peaks of 15 thousand assistants) and a new establishment in Bariloche helped Los Calzones break their own record. They reached the terrific number of 270 shows. Then, they went on working hard on what would be their fifth and most powerful album. As a result of their personal style maturity, (shown both in their lyrics and musical evolution), Los Calzones “put in a mixer” their social analysis, the sate of things, their love for SKA, their ambition to denounce anyone who is detrimental to people (politicians, government officers, and other weeds of the national corruption) and used everything to create new songs.
In such a way they began 1999. After finishing their contract with Polygram and signing a new one with Sony (in only a week), the tireless SKA group went to LOS ANGELES where, as usual, they prepared their fifth album. With the help of Gustavo Borner they went through the best studios of the city of lights until “MUGRE” was ready. In March MUGRE was done and brought “Milonga Ska”, an energizing and “arrabalera” (vulgar) fusion that quickly became one of the most heard songs together with “Levantes las copas”, future hit for public celebrations. As Los Calzones don’t rest, they started moving again. Although the time they spent working on MUGRE prevented them frome breaking their record of shows, they divided again their time between their usual work in Bariloche and the third edition of “GUILLATUN TOUR”. Apart from that, they came to Buenos Aires to share the stage with Bad Manners, one of the most important ska bands. By the end of the year, they had made 184 shows. The beginning of 2000 was full of presentations: 100,000 people attended 20 shows throughout the Atlantic Coast from San Clemente to Monte Hermoso and the “GUILLATUN TOUR”, that is part of Los Calzones..s life, was bigger in both production and audience.
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While they traveled km by km, they were planning their sixth album. This time, the idea was to dedicate the album to the 80s and to the rock bans that were successful at that glorious time of the national music. To do so, they worked in Lomas de Zamora during October and November and by December everything was ready to begin to record the album. They celebrated Christmas in Bariloche where they also made some shows. In February they began the sessions and a guests parade, first at Panda studio in Buenos Aires and then at Igloo Music studio in Los Angeles. One by one the guests who had been protagonists of that glorious time worked on the album: Gustavo Ceratti in the song “En la ciudad de la furia”, Stuka (guitar player from Los Violadores) in “Uno, dos ultraviolento”; Andrés Calamaro and Daniel Melingo (both ex Abuelos de la Nada) in “Así es el calor”; Julio Moura (Voice and guitar player from Virus) in "Hay que salir del agujero interior"” Lee Chi (bass player from Los Brujos) in “Kanishka"; Pablo Pandolfo, Claudio Cornelio (singer and battery player from Don Cornelio y la zona) and Alejandro Lerner in “Ella vendrá”; Pablo Guyot with “La calle es su lugar”; Juan Velázquez (singer from Los Intocables) in “Los criminales Sudamericanos” and even Búster Bloodvessel (Fatty) (singer from Bad Manners who recorded a duet, “Yo quiero morirme acá” from Los fabulosos cadillacs). That song was a kind of hymn for Los Calzones. At Bonus Tracks time, Antonio Tarragó Ros y Tukuta Gordillo participated in “Llamada de Tilcara”, “El humahuaqueño” and “El Toro” and Jasón Freese (Mighty mighty Bosstones) participated in “El Rey”.
At the beginning of the 80s, it was said that the “plastic time of rock” was starting. After getting all those celebrities together in an album, there was no better name for that album than PLASTICO. It was on sale by May 2001 through Warner Music and in short time it became gold disc. The first track was “Yo quiero morirme acá” that immediately was highly ranked on TV and radio thanks to the clip directed by Juan Valdana. As soon as they finished, they visited 17 Argentine provinces with GUILATUN TOUR 2001. 250,000 people went to the 32 free open-air shows. Back to Bariloche, they made their sixth consecutive season in that city. The second track had also its video clip. “Ella vendrá” was directed by Juan Valdana and was shot in three Argentine provinces with great success. Soon after, they presented PLASTICO in Buenos Aires and for the first time at Cemento (an emblematic place where the most important Argentine rock stars played). The amount of people was beyond all expectations. Then, they could do what no other Argentine band could: make a show on Malvinas Islands. Such a historic feat was on November 8th, 2001 in Town Hall a place in Puerto Argentino (Stanley) where Los Calzones played 10 new songs and a lot of hits from their 10-year career for lots of kelpers. It was such a successful show that they made another one before going to Río Gallegos to continue with the second part of the national tour.
After a few months, PLASTICO had a new cut (the third one). It was the song “Uno, dos Ultraviolento”. Warner Music edited the album in Spain, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Central America. They finished the year in Bariloche and in February 2002, they started a promotional tour through Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, USA and Mexico.
Then, they edited their third video-clip (forth cut form their CD) “Uno, dos ultraviolento” which was entirely shot at Devoto..s prison and they also got a Japanese edition of the album that included two bonus tracks: “Yo quiero morirme acá” (Malvinas Islands) and “Uno, dos ultraviolento” in demo version. PLATICO was also edited in Europe. The promotional tour was around some Latin-American countries and also in Spain where they were welcomed with much interest. In summer 2003 they said goodbye to their sixth album with the “GUILLATUN SOLIDARIO” through which they collected non-perishable food in every city for school dining rooms. That act distinguished Los Calzones from the rest and they were congratulated by Municipio Urbano de la Costa for having got 12 trucks full of food with a record of 200,000 people at the shows. They became in such a way the most important Argentine group of summer 2003. In March, the public is informed about “FRECUENCIA EXTREMA”, future 7th band’s album and immediately they started a new tour through USA, Puerto Rico and Mexico until mid May. In June, they made a show in Buenos Aires at Niceto. There, they sang some songs from the new album. They let their audience vote the songs they wanted for the live show on their official site.
The show had “Nuevas Raíces” as a special guest and Palo Pandolfo (ex singer from Don Cornelio and Los Visitantes) as guest in the song “Ella vendrá” from their album PLASTICO. After the successful show in Buenos Aires, they started their seventh consecutive season in San Carlos de Bariloche until mid June when they left to Puerto Rico, Mexico and USA. There, they concentrated at Igloo Music studio to record their new album together with Gustavo Borner who was again the engineer. This time there were no guests but a grate sound they never had before. “Frecuencia Extrema” has twelve songs and in March 2004 will be edited for a big audience throughout the world...
To be continued...
Sounds Like
TANGUITO - Albún TANGUITO Los Calzones
LOCO- Albún TANGUITO Los Calzones
SATANICA - Albún FRECUENCIA EXTREMA Los Calzones
YO QUIERO MORIRME ACA - Albún PLASTICO Los Calzones
1,2,3,...ULTRAVIOLENTO - Albún PLASTICO Los Calzones
Sería imposible reescribir la historia de una banda inventando
un falso big bang donde no existen las influencias. Como todos,
entonces, Los Calzones debutaron como Los Calzones Rotos
en el sur del Gran Buenos Aires, haciendo coincidir en un
repertorio de covers de sus bandas favoritas (Madness, Bad
Manners, The Specials, The Skatalites y The Selecter) con
algunos temas propios como el picaresco “Cerveza Ska”. La gira
de verano del año siguiente los afianzó como banda y fundaron
un sello propio como para dejar sentado su manejo
independiente, que trascendía las modas. Promediando 1991
llegaría finalmente el disco debut, “Los Calzones Rotos”, con hits
como “Ska del Novio” y “Skabaret”. Aquel impacto los proyectó
al interior del país, donde comenzaron las giras. A principios de1993 editan su segunda producción llamada
“Porrompompero”,con hits como “Cuídate la Cola”,
“Porrompompero” y “Todolo que Duele”. El primer gran paso
después del despegue llegó en 1995, coincidiendo con su
tercer disco; “Jungla Ska” grabado por el ingeniero Gustavo
Borner, mezclado y masterizado en Los Ángeles, USA, por
Wally Traugoth, un veterano gurú que metiera manos en
trabajos de Pink Floyd y Soul Asylum, entre otros. Los tours
por Mendoza, Bariloche, el norte y el sur de Argentina con
picos de convocatoria y la edición del material en Uruguay,
Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador y Colombia consolidan la
escalada definitiva de Los Calzones, tanto a nivel artístico
como comercial, cerrando un año espectacular. Para principios de 1996, se arriban a Chile donde unas 25 000 mil
personas siguen eufóricamente sus pasos por todo el país. Una
cantidad similar a la que presenciaría la actuación de la banda en
la edición ‘96 del Festival de la Canción en Viña del Mar. Después
de aquel hito, optan por pasar a llamarse definitivamente "Los
Calzones", dejando atrás el antiguo mote de "Rotos". Una vez
seleccionados los temas del próximo disco, volaron nuevamente a
Los Ángeles. Allí, nuevamente con la sapiencia de Gustavo Borner
en los estudios N.R.G., Mad Dog y Rusk Sound, plasmaron lo que
sería conocido como "Aconcagua" su cuarto disco de estudio. El disco
aparece en el verano 96-97 y en pocos días se convierte en el
favorito de casi todos los programadores radiales. En 1999, luego de rescindir contrato con una compañía multinacion
al como Polygram y firmar con otra como Sony, viajaron nuevamente
a Los Ángeles, donde grabaron el nuevo álbum.
En el mes de marzo “Mugre” llega a las bateas y trajo de la mano
a "Milonga Ska", una energizante y arrabalera fusión que en muy
poco tiempo se convirtió en uno de los temas más escuchados junto
a “Levanten las copas”, futuro hits a la hora de festejos públicos y
privados de miles de argentinos. Ese mismo año realizaron la
tercera edición del "Guillatún Tour”, una suerte de homenaje a las
culturas ancestrales argentinas y pasaron por Buenos Aires para
compartir escenario con Bad Manners, una de las bandas más
importantes del ska. El nuevo milenio los encontró a puro show: se calcula que unas 100
mil personas personas dieron presente en 20 conciertos por toda la
Costa Atlántica Argentina. La maratón cargó las pilas de cara a su
nuevo y ambicioso emprendimiento: plasmar un disco de covers
del rock argentino, con la particularidad de presentar a un miembro
original de la banda homenajeada en cada track. Así fue como desfilaron Gustavo Cerati, Andrés Calamaro, Daniel Melingo, y Stuka, entre
otros. El disco se llamó "Plástico" y fue grabado en los estudios
Panda y los estudios Igloo (Los Ángeles). Acto seguido la primer parte
del "Guillatún 2001" los llevo por 17 provincias argentinas con 32
conciertos al aire libre con entrada gratuita para las 250.000 personas
que dijeron presente. De regreso a Buenos Aires, casi una escala, nuevamente se encuentran en San Carlos de Bariloche para realizar
su sexta temporada. Al poco tiempo, lo presentan en Buenos Aires
y por primera vez en Cemento. Y EN OTRO HITO SIGNIFICATIVO DE
LA BANDA, A FINES DE AQUEL AÑO TOCAN POR PRIMERA VEZ CON
UN RECITAL PROGRAMADO Y PROMOCIONADO POR RADIO Y
TELEVISIÓN EN LAS ISLAS MALVINAS. "Plástico" logra ser editado por Warner Music en España, en México,
Chile, Perú, Colombia y Centro América. En Febrero del 2002 parten
de gira promocional a Chile, Perú, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico,
Costa Rica, USA y México y logran una edición japonesa del disco en
la que se incluyen dos bonus track de “Yo quiero morirme acá” tomado
en vivo en las Islas Malvinas y de “Uno, Dos, Ultraviolento” en versión
demo. En el verano de 2003 despiden su sexto disco con el “Guillatún Solidario”, que a diferencia con las anteriores giras por la costa atlántica
y alrededores se juntaron alimentos no perecederos en cada una de las ciudades destinados a comedores escolares. En el mes de marzo emprenden una nueva gira por USA, Puerto Rico
y México hasta mediados de Mayo. Mientras tanto se pre produce su
séptimo disco “Frecuencia extrema”, paralelamente a su séptima
temporada consecutiva en San Carlos de Bariloche. Luego de las giras
se concentraron nuevamente en los estudios Igloo Music a grabar su
nueva producción de estudio junto a Gustavo Borner nuevamente
como ingeniero. El disco a diferencia del anterior no tuvo invitados
de relevancia pero alcanzo una personalidad sonora sorprendente
que romperá con los patrones establecidos del mismo grupo. “Frecuencia Extrema” es un álbum de doce canciones y editado en
mayo del 2004 para gran parte del mundo, es el reflejo de Los
Calzones en su máximo poder vigorizante. De hecho, se ha
establecido como favorito de aquellos fans de Los Calzones a los
que le gustan las emociones fuertes...
Las giras constantes y la unión del grupo prosperan en los años
siguientes. Y como confirmando que Los Calzones, como los buenos
vinos, viven de añejarse, promediando 2007 editan "Tanguito", o la
suma de todas las experiencias, toda la sapiencia y la frescura de
una banda condenada a crecer. Grabado en el Igloo Music de Los
Ángeles, los muestra desparramando todas las cartas sobre la mesa,
yendo del ska tradicional al reggae roots, pasando por una sintonía
tanguera, punk, ritmos centroamericanos y una versatilidad al
servicio de la música. Su primer corte de difusión, el irresistible
"Loco", cuenta con un dúo entre El Pingüino y la leyenda del under
mexicano, Lila Downs. El mismo ya se puede escuchar en las
principales FM del país. Y COMO TODA BUENA HISTORIA, CONTINUARÁ....
Hola compañeros Como lamentablemente no vendremos a Argentina en un futuro próximo, esperamos que tengamos la oportunidad de tocar con ustedes otra vez en Alemania. El tiempo con Los Calzones fue de verdad fantástico y queremos repetirlo. Saludos de Alemania Jump The Shark!
HOLA... se comunica a todas las bandas interesadas en difusion a traves de la revista EL SOTANO manden canciones, noticias, fechas de presentaciones del mes de Noviembre, gacetillas de prensa, etc al correo el_sotano_rock@hotmail.com la revista esta a su disposicion
Lo unico con lo q deben cumplir es con ser bandas de rock dedicadas a hacer musica en español y/o portugues
Saludos!!! y q viva el rock!!!...
EL SOTANO revista rock... xq todo surge desde abajo
OLÁ ... comunica a todas as bandas interessadas na difusão através da revista EL SOTANO enviar músicas, notícias, datas de apresentações de novembro, etc.. el_sotano_rock@hotmail.com e-revista está à sua disposição
A única coisa que deve ser cumprido com as faixas é dedicada a fazer a música em espanhol e / ou português
Saudações! q viva el rock !!!...
EL SOTANO revista rock... xq todo surge desde abajo
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Am 21. November findet das Mutabor Abschlusskonzert der Tour im Berliner Astra Kulturhaus statt. Da es im Winter kein Konzert in Potsdam geben wird, solltet ihr euch frühzeitig Tickets sichern. Auf nach Berlin !
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o space do movimento santo andré punk tem ao serviço dos utentes do MYSPACE um mini chat para que as bandas e seus fãs socializem entre sim e nao só por isso nao deixem de utilizar este chat!!!
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Hola a tod@s, Termofrigidus podemos ya por fin ponerle fecha al
comienzo de la grabación de nuestro segundo disco, será el 19 de
Octubre en los estudios Il.logical Audio Projects de Tavernes Blanques
(Valencia), donde contaremos con Andrés Galván “Pelut” como técnico y
productor. El disco tendrá unos 13 temas de Ska Punk Rock y de momento
poco más podemos anticiparos, lo único invitaros a oír en nuestro
myspace (www.myspace.com/termofrigidus) dos temas que se incluirán en
el disco y que están extraídos de una maqueta que grabamos hace un año.
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