Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Born in Buenos Aires in 1984, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs formed around Vicentico, Flavio Cianciarulo, Mario Siperman, Fernando Ricciardi and Sergio Rotman. Their identity was initially marked by ska and the 2 Tone revival, but quickly expanded to include reggae, dub, rocksteady, punk, salsa, mambo and other Latin American rhythms. They emerged on the Argentine rock scene in the mid-1980s with Bares y fondas (1986) and Yo te avisé!! (1987), before writing more diverse, hybrid material on El ritmo mundial (1988), El satánico Dr. Cadillac (1989) and Volumen 5 (1990). The band reached a new level in the early 1990s with El León (1992), which features “Manuel Santillán, el León”, “Siguiendo la luna” and their cover of “Desapariciones”, followed by Vasos vacíos (1993), which includes “Matador”, and Rey Azúcar (1995). Across their records they moved toward a more open sound, sometimes tinged with jazz, tango or alternative rock, as on Fabulosos Calavera (1997) and La marcha del golazo solitario (1999). Their collaboration with Celia Cruz on “Vasos vacíos” was also significant. After a hiatus in the 2000s, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs returned with La luz del ritmo (2008), El arte de la elegancia (2009) and La salvación de Solo y Juan (2016), while continuing to perform regularly in Latin America, the United States and Europe.