Bersuit Vergarabat

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Bersuit Vergarabat

Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Country	Argentina
Years active	1987-Present
Genres	Rock en Español, Cumbia, Chacarera, Candombe, Cuartetazo
Labels	Universal Music Surco
Members	Gustavo E. Cordera Juan Carlos Subirá Carlos E. Martín Oscar Humberto Righi Rene Isel "Pepe" Céspedes Daniel Suárez Alberto Verenzuela Carlos "Cóndor" Sbarbatti
Past members	Charly Bianco Rubén Sadrinas
Website(s)	www.bersuit.com

Bersuit Vergarabat, formed formally in 1989, is one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the 1990s/2000s. The previous name of the band (since 1987 to May, 1989) was Henry y la Palangana.

After 2 albums of underground transgressor rock, the band started mixing it with Latin American rhythms such a cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical with regard to political and social problems.

The current formation is: Gustavo E. Cordera (voice), Juan Carlos Subirá (keyboards, accordion and voice), Carlos E. Martín (drums and percussion), Oscar Humberto Righi (guitar), Rene Isel "Pepe" Céspedes (bass guitar and voice), Daniel Suárez (voice and chorus), Alberto Verenzuela (guitar and harmonica), and Carlos "Cóndor" Sbarbatti (voice, chorus and charango); previous members include Charly Bianco (guitar and voice) and Rubén Sadrinas (voice).

Honouring the psychiatric hospital José Tiburcio Borda in Buenos Aires, La Bersuit performs dressed in characteristic pajamas; even though the story of Cordera spending some time in that institution is a mere urban legend, the band has demonstrated an affinity to everything related to madness, and marginalization.

In addition to finding success in Buenos Aires' underground movement and then nationwide, Bersuit Vergarabat has attracted fans from many countries in South America as well as in Spain.

According to an article by Stephen Thanabalan in Rolling Stone Magazine, the band's success beyond Latin America hinges largely on their ability to constantly reinvent themselves, as with their late 1990s venture into ska music, popular in the United States at the time.

One of the band's signature songs, "El Tiempo No Para" from their album De la Cabeza, is their cover of "O Tempo Não Para", by the Brazilian musician Cazuza, who died of AIDS in 1990. Gustavo Cordera sings a verse of "El Tiempo No Para" in Portuguese in his honor.

[edit] Discography

1992 - Y Punto
1993 - Asquerosa Alegría
1996 - Don Leopardo
1998 - Libertinaje
2000 - Hijos del Culo
2002 - De la Cabeza (Live)
2004 - La Argentinidad al Palo - Se Es, Lo Que Se Es (Double)
2005 - Testosterona

[edit] Albums

Y Punto (1992)	Asquerosa Alegría (1993)	Don Leopardo (1996)	Libertinaje (1998)
Hijos del Culo (2000)	De la Cabeza (Live) (2002)	La Argentinidad al Palo Se Es, Lo Que Se Es (Double) (2004)	Testosterona (2005)