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Babasónicos

Formed in 1991

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Fri Oct 23 Capital, Argentina · Plaza de la Música Tickets
Fri Oct 30 Tandil, Argentina · Union y Progreso Club Tickets
Sat Oct 31 Mar Del Plata, Argentina · Arena Mardel Plata Tickets
Fri Nov 6 San Miguel De Tucumán, Argentina · Palacio de los Deporteswith Bryan Adams Tickets
Sat Nov 14 La Plata, Argentina · Hipodromo de la Plata Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Santiago, Chile · Movistar Arenawith Eros Ramazzotti, Las Pastillas del Abuelo Tickets
Wed Nov 25 Mexico City, Mexico · Palacio de los Deportes Tickets
Thu Nov 26 Zapopan, Mexico · Teatro Estudio Cavaret Tickets
Sun Dec 6 Godoy Cruz, Argentina · San Vicente Park Tickets
Fri Dec 11 Rosario, Argentina · Anfiteatro Humberto de Nito Tickets

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About

Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina in the late 1990s.

The band name refers partly to Sai Baba, the Indian guru, and partly to a local toy gun called "La Pistola Sónica".

The lead singer Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez and the keyboardist Diego "Uma-T" Tuñón initially decided to create a new style, which would not follow the established Argentine music. The other official band members are: Diego "Uma" Rodríguez (guitarist and lead singer), Diego "Panza" Castellano (drummer), Mariano "Roger" Domínguez (guitarist), and Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli (bassist, deceased).

For their second album, Trance Zomba (1994), they incorporated a guest DJ, "DJ Peggyn" who would eventually remain as a band member until after releasing Miami (1999). This same year the band saw the departure of their longtime manager Cosme.

In 1999, they collaborated with Ian Brown on a song that bears their name on his album Golden Greats.

In 2001, the band released Jessico, their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album up to that point, reaching a broad mainstream audience with singles like "Los Calientes", "El Loco" and "Deléctrico".

The following records, Infame (2003), Anoche (2005) and Mucho (2008) continued with a streak of critical praise and commercial success, each one being selected by several media outlets as one of the best Argentine albums of their respective years.

Babasonicos also composed the soundtrack for Vera Fogwill's movie Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños (Kept and Dreamless), which was released in 2007. The album was composed in 2003.

On January 12, 2008, the band posted an entry on their official site in which they informed that their longtime bassist, Gabriel Manelli had died as a result of Hodgkin's disease, which he had been suffering since the tour supporting the album Infame. Multi-instrumentalist and long-time friend Carca joined the group in replace of Manelli in their 2011 album A Propósito.

They released their latest album Cuerpos Vol. 1 in 2025.

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Babasónicos est un groupe de rock argentin, originaire de Buenos Aires. Formé en 1991, le groupe fait partie du mouvement « nouveau rock argentin », qui comprend des groupes comme Juana la Loca, El Otro Yo, Peligrosos Gorriones et Los Brujos. Leur nom est un jeu de mots entre le gourou indien Sathya Sai Baba et de la série d'animation Los Supersónicos.

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