Best known to many as the lead singer and guitarist for Soda Stereo, one of the
Spanish-speaking world’s best-selling new wave bands of the late 20th century,
Argentine singer-songwriter Gustavo Cerati enjoyed a similarly illustrious
career trajectory after taking his first tentative steps into the world of solo
work in the early 1990s. Born on August 11th, 1959 in the Argentine capital of
Buenos Aires, Cerati soon took to the guitar as a child, learning to fit his
increasingly focused musical pursuits around a period of involuntary
conscription and a degree in marketing. He co-f...