Sol D'Menta

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Sol D'Menta
(Sol D'Menta)
Country	Puerto Rico
Years active	1994 - present
Genres	Rock en Español
Members	Erick "Jey" Seda Santana Miguel "Tito" Rodríguez Ernesto José "Che" Rodríguez Omar Hernández
Website(s)	Official Site

Sol D'Menta (also known as Los Soles) is a rock en español band from Puerto Rico. The band is composed of Erick Seda Santana ("Jey") on the bass guitar, Omar Abnel Hernández González ("Gulín, el Gallo") on singing, Miguel "Tito" Rodríguez on guitar, and Ernesto José "Che" Rodríguez Soto on the drums.

The band formed in 1994 but released their first album in 1996. For their third album, Tocando Madera, the group set up their own production company, recording an acoustic album live at the Hard Rock Cafe in San Juan. The album featured three original songs plus hits from their prior two albums, and received two nominations at the Your Music Awards for Best Rock Group and Album of the Year.

The musical style of the band is a fusion of hard-rock and many other musical styles, such as salsa, funk, ska and hip-hop. The style is sometimes referred to as "funkadeliopsychomenta"; this is a reference to the title of a hit song that appeared first on Tocando Madera.