Babasónicos

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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

They released their latest album Trinchera, in 2022.

Discography

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Studio albums

• Pasto (1992)
• Trance Zomba (1994)
• Dopádromo (1996)
• Babasónica (1997)
• Miami (1999)
• Jessico (2001)
• Infame (2003)
• Anoche (2005)
• Mucho (2008)
• A propósito (2011)
• Romantisísmico (2013)
• Discutible (2018)
• Trinchera (2022)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Latin Grammy Awards	2002	Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Jessico	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2004	Best Alternative Music Album	Infame	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2006		Anoche	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	2008		Mucho	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		Best Short Form Music Video	"Pijamas"	Template:Nom
	2009		"Las Demás"	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Alternative Music Album	Mucho +	Template:Nom
	2014		Romantisísmico	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		Best Alternative Song	"La Lanza"	Template:Nom
		Best Short Form Music Video		Template:Nom
	2016	Best Long Form Music Video	Desde Adentro - Impuesto de Fé (En Vivo)	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
	2019	Best Alternative Music Album	Discutible	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Alternative Song	"La Pregunta"	Template:Nom
	2022	Best Pop/Rock Album	Trinchera	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Pop/Rock Song	"Bye Bye"	Template:Nom
	2023	Best Pop/Rock Album	Trinchera Avanzada	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica	2002	Best Group or Duet	Babasónicos	Template:Nom
		Best Rock Artist		Template:Nom
		Best Artist — Southeast		Template:Nom
	2003	Best Group or Duet		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Artist - Argentina		Template:Nom
	2004	Video of the Year	"Putita"	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Group or Duet	Babasónicos	Template:Nom
		Best Rock Artist		Template:Nom
		Best Artist - Argentina		Template:Nom
	2005	Best Rock Artist		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Artist - South		Template:Nom
	2006	Best Rock Artist		Template:Nom
		Best Artist - South		Template:Nom
	2007	Artist of the Year		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Group or Duet		Template:Nom
		Best Rock Artist		Template:Won
		Best Artist - South		Template:Nom
	2008	Artist of the Year		Template:Nom
		Best Group or Duet		Template:Nom
		Best Rock Artist		Template:Nom
		Best Artist - South		Template:Nom
		Best Fanclub		Template:Nom
		Video of the Year	"Pijamas"	Template:Nom
MTV Europe Music Awards	2012	Best Latin America South Act	Babasónicos	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2014			Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2016			Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Premios Gardel	2002	Album of the Year	Jessico	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Nom
	2004	Album of the Year	Infame	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Golden Gardel		Template:Won
		Producer of the Year Template:Small		Template:Won
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Won
		Song of the Year	"Irresponsables"	Template:Won
		Record of the Year		Template:Won
		Best Music Video		Template:Won
	2006	Album of the Year	Anoche	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Record of the Year		Template:Nom
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Won
		Song of the Year	"Yegua"	Template:Nom
		Best Music Video		Template:Nom
	2008	Best Soundtrack	Las Mantenidas sin Sueños	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2009	Album of the Year	Mucho	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Won
		Song of the Year	"Microdancing"	Template:Nom
			Best Music Video	Template:Nom
	2012	Album of the Year	A Proposito	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Nom
		Best Music Video	"Muñeco de Haití"	Template:Nom
	2013	Best Catalog Collection Album	Jessico Carolo	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2014	Album of the Year	Romantisísmico	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Won
		Song of the Year	"La Lanza"	Template:Nom
			Best Music Video	Template:Won
	2017	Best DVD	Desde Adentro & Impuesto de Fé	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2018	Best Rock Group Album	Repuesto de Fé	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2019	Album of the Year	Discutible	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Record of the Year		Template:Nom
		Best Rock Group Album		Template:Nom
		Song of the Year	"La Pregunta"	Template:Nom
		Best Music Video		Template:Nom
	2021	Song of the Year	"Suficiente"	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2023	Album of the Year	Trinchera Avanzada	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Alternative Rock Album		Template:Won
		Song of the Year	"Bye Bye"	Template:Nom
		Best Catalogue Collection	A Propósito	Template:Nom
Premios Quiero	2011	Video of the Year	"Muñeco de Haití"	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2012	Best Rock Video	"Tormento"	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2013		"La Lanza"	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Group Video		Template:Nom
	2016	Video of the Year	"Vampi"	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Video		Template:Nom
	2017	Best Live Video	"Yegua"	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2018	Best Rock Video	"La Pregunta"	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2019	Best Group Video		Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2022		"La Izquierda de la Noche"	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Rock Video	"BYE BYE"	Template:Nom

Interviews

• The Scenestar - March 2007

References

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External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace