History
The previous name of the band (from 1987 to May 1989) was Henry y la Palangana. By the end of 1989, the band had changed name several times, adopting nonsensical names like "Ernios of arcabio", "Aparrata Vergi", "Seria Soneub" (Buenos Aires spelled backwards); but eventually settled on "Bersuit Vergarabat Van de ir" then keeping only "Bersuit Vergarabat" its most iconic name.
After two albums of underground transgressor rock, the band began to experiment with Latin American rhythms such as cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical with regard to political and social problems.
The current formation is Alberto Verenzuela (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Daniel Suárez (vocals), Germán Sbarbati (vocals, charango), Juan Subirá (keyboards, accordion, vocals), Pepe Céspedes (bass, vocals, guitar) and Carlos Enrique Martín (drums, percussion); previous members include: Gustavo Cordera (vocals), Charly Bianco (guitar, vocals), Marcela Chediak (percussion), Rubén Sadrinas (vocals) and Oscar Righi (guitar).
In honor of Buenos Aires's José Tiburcio Borda Psychiatric Hospital, the band often performs in clinical pajamas. Although there is no truth to the urban legend of Cordera spending some time in that institution, the band has demonstrated an affinity for everything related to madness and marginalization.
In addition to finding success in the Buenos Aires' underground movement, and then nationwide, Bersuit Vergarabat has attracted fans from many countries in Latin America as well as Spain and United States.
The band's success beyond Latin America hinges largely on their ability to constantly reinvent themselves, as with their late 1990s venture into reggae music, popular in the United States at the time.
One of the band's signature songs, «El tiempo no para» from their album Y Punto , is a cover of "O Tempo não Pára" by the Brazilian musician Cazuza. In his honor, Gustavo Cordera sings one of the song's verses in the live version in Portuguese.
After having success in several countries, the band broke up in 2009, due to Cordera's embarkation on a solo career. They returned to the stage three years later without their original singer. Since then, Bersuit released 3 studio albums, La Revuelta (2012), El Baile Interior (2014), La Nube Rosa (2016). This new material consolidated Condor Sbarbati and Daniel Suarez as main singers.
Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed in Argentina, Panama, Spain and Uruguay during the Carnival season. Murga groups also operate in the Buenos Aires Carnival, though to a lesser extent than in Montevideo; the Argentinian murga is more centred on dancing and less on vocals than the Uruguayan one. Uruguayan murga has a counterpart in Cadiz, Spain from which it is derived, the chirigota, but over time the two have diverged into distinct forms.
El Peyote Asesino is a Uruguayan rock band formed in 1994 in the Villa Española neighborhood (Montevideo). It is made up of Fernando Santullo —credited as "L. Mental"— and Carlos Casacuberta on vocals, Daniel Benia on bass, Juan Campodónico on guitar, Bruno Tortorella on keyboards, Matías Rada on guitar and Pepe Canedo on drums. His style combines heavy metal, funk, and rap, something that was atypical in the Uruguayan rock scene at that time.
Y Punto is the first album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 1992.
Asquerosa Alegría is the second album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 1993.
Don Leopardo is the third album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 1996. Recorded in the Pichón Mobile Studio
Libertinaje is the fourth studio album by the rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. It was released in 1998 on Universal Music. The album was recorded in the Estudios Panda between April 20, 1998 and May 23, 1998, and in La Casa between June 3, 1998 and July 14, 1998.
Hijos del Culo is the fifth album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2000.
De la Cabeza is the sixth album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2002. It is the only live album of the band, recorded at the Obras Sanitarias Stadium in Buenos Aires, and at the Haedo's ShowCenter. Features the best tracks of the band until that time. The track "Un Pacto" has never been released in a studio album, and the track "Perro Amor Explota" has only been released in the Amores Perros soundtrack.
La Argentinidad al Palo: Se Es, Lo Que Se Es is the seventh album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2004. Released firstly in two different discs, Se Es as disc 1 and Lo Que Se Es as disc 2.
Testosterona is the eighth album by Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2005. The album was recorded in El Cielito studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, between April and May 2005.
Gustavo Edgardo Cordera is an Argentine rock musician, best known as the ex frontman of the band Bersuit Vergarabat.
Bersuit is a compilation album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2006. The album features also a live DVD from the tour La Argentinidad al Palo, that features mainly songs from the album of the same name. This live concert was recorded in Mendoza, Argentina.
Mar dulce is an album by the Argentine/Uruguayan tango fusion band, Bajofondo.
? is the ninth album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. It was recorded from July to October 2007, and was released on 18 December 2007 by Pussyfoot Records.
La Revuelta is the tenth album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. This is the first album recorded by Bersuit after a hiatus, and without the main singer and one of the founders of the band, Gustavo Cordera.
Argentine Uruguayans are people born in Argentina who live in Uruguay. In 2010, there were over 10,000 Argentines living in Uruguayan territory.
La Fanfarria del Capitán is an Argentine band formed in 2004 by Victoria Cornejo, Jerónimo Cassagne, and Francisco Mercado. Originally named Capitán Tifus, the band created a genre they call Fanfarria Latina, which combines rock, cumbia, ska, Balkan, and Latin rhythms.
El Baile Interior is the twelfth album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. It is the second album recorded by Bersuit without the main singer and one of the founders of the band, Gustavo Cordera.
La Nube Rosa is the 13 album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. The first album recorded without guitarist Oscar Righi.
O Tempo não Pára is a Brazilian rock song, created by the singer Cazuza, in collaboration with Arnaldo Brandão in 1988. It is the sixth issue that is part of their self-titled live album, O Tempo não Pára.
