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Germán Daffunchio’s Broadside Against Soda Stereo Revives Old Argentine Rock Rift

In a Fox Sports interview, the Las Pelotas singer cast Soda as glossy market leaders, positioning Sumo as their opposite.

Overview

  • Daffunchio said he never liked Soda Stereo, calling the band “too ‘careta’” and describing their work as unappealing to him.
  • He praised Gustavo Cerati’s solo career as more interesting, separating it from the image he associates with the trio.
  • Speaking with Walter Queijeiro, he argued Soda’s main achievement was commercial rather than artistic, naming Virus and Los Enanitos Verdes alongside them in opening Latin America to rock en español.
  • He contrasted aesthetics and themes by citing Sumo’s “La rubia tarada” against Soda’s “Nada personal,” presenting them as different worlds.
  • Clips of the interview circulated widely on social media, rekindling debate over Soda Stereo’s legacy with no immediate formal response reported from the band’s camp.