El bordo or El bordo rock is a soft rock

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 band of Buenos Aires

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, that began by chance in 1998 in students celebration. Its name comes from a well-known wine market.

History

In 1998 a group partners of high school

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 joined themselves to play a birthhday, without knowing precise what is what went to happen in the future. That recital, caretaker, practically without sound, people more than about 20 friends, and in a place reduced enough were first of the history of the band (that stops that time just began to mold the name of the same one) but were not the last one.

Thus he was like in that year Alejandro Kurz (guitar

Guitar

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 and voice), Miguel Soifer alias El Maestro (Drum

Drum kit

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), Pablo Spivak (bass

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) and Mariano Botti (manager

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) began something that nowadays has full name: El Bordo.

With time they continued joining itself, began to appear the first own themes. And with them and several covers is that they armed the first recital in La Colorada on 17/11/98. Like all first recital, the place they attended 50 people, majority familiar and friends, and some that finished seeing a band or hoped to see another one. And the truth is that for them, the fact to be making a first recital official already was a dream; one of so many that El bordo gave the pleasure them of being able to fulfill.

Members

• Ale: Vocals and guitar
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• Diego: Guitar
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   and backing vocals.
• Leo: Harmonica
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• Migue: Drums
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   and percussion
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• Pablito: Bass
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  .

Escupiendo verdades (demo), 2000

It's a demo with 11 themes.

1. Escupiendo verdades (Spitting The Truth)
2. Soy inmortal (I'm immortal)
3. Tipo nuevo (New guy)
4. Sultán del capo
5. Muriendo con mi corazón (Dying with my heart)
6. Rock n' Roll Hepático (Hepatic Rock 'n' Roll)
7. Como vos (Like you)
8. Matanga
9. El corrido
10. El fondo del tacho (The Bottom Of The Tin)

Paso a paso (demo), 2001

This demo, that also have 11 tracks, includes 4 new songs.

1. De nada ( You're Welcome)
2. Escupiendo verdades (Spitting The Truth)
3. Soy inmortal (I'm immortal)
4. Sultán del capo
5. Hasta el fin (To the end)
6. Matanga
7. Arriba con mi corazón (Up with my heart)
8. Muriendo a la noche (Dying at night)
9. Como vos (Like you)
10. El fondo del tacho (The bottom of the tin)
11. Tipo nuevo (New guy)

Carnaval de las heridas, 2002

This was his first record production, with 11 themes.

1. Soy inmortal (I'm immortal)
2. Los perdidos (The lost ones)
3. Aquella nochecita (That little night)
4. De nada (You're Welcome)
5. Escupiendo verdades (Spitting The Truth)
6. Blues de matanga (Matanga's Blues)
7. Tipo nuevo (New guy)
8. Olvido (Forgetfulness)
9. Como vos (Like you)
10. Arriba con mi corazón (Up with my heart)
11. El traicionero (The treacherous)

Un grito en el viento, 2004

In this second disc, they includes 12 themes.

1. A mi favor (In My Favor)
2. Quiero ver (I want to see)
3. Te devoran (They devour to you)
4. Volando (Flying)
5. Donde voy (Where I go)
6. El grito (The shout)
7. Me da igual (That gives me the same)
8. Con el cuerpo a la mitad (With the body to half)
9. Mal trago (Rough Patch)
10. Chapita (crazy)
11. Volviendo al sol (Returning to the sun)
12. De vuelta al juego (Back in the game)

En la vereda de enfrente, 2006

1. En la vereda (On The Lane)
2. De tanto en tanto (Every Now And Then)
3. Silbando una ilusión (Whistling an illusion)
4. Cansado de ser (Tired of being)
5. Así (In This Way)
6. Siempre (Always)
7. El Insatisfecho (The unsatisfied)
8. Intro peatonal
9. Tesoro (Treasure)
10. La Patada (The Kick)
11. El Día no me avisó (The day didn't tell me)
12. Jazz barrial (Mudhole Jazz)
13. Sentado en la luna (Sitting on the moon)

Yacanto, 2007

1. El regreso (The Return)
2. No quiero (I Don't Want To)
3. La banda (The Band)
4. Noche extraña (Strange Night)
5. El carnaval de la eterna tristeza (The Carnival Of The Eternal Sadness)
6. Guerreros del viento (Warriors Of The Wind)
7. Vientos de locura (Airs Of Madness)
8. Soñando despierto (Dreaming Awake)
9. Dejar caer el sol (Letting The Sun Fall Down)
10. Puerto escondido (frente a la locura) (Hiding Port (In Front Of Madness))
11. El silencio del caos infernal (Silence Of The Infernal Chaos)

Historias Perdidas, 2010

1. Buscando (Searching)
2. Siento (el cielo va a brillar) (I Feel (The Sky Will Shine))
3. Río (River)
4. Destrozar tus ojos (Smash Your Eyes)
5. Pensando en vos (parte I) (Thinking Of You (Part I))
6. Desaparecer (parte II) (Disappear (Part II))
7. Llueve en Buenos Aires (It Rains In Buenos Aires)
8. Medallitas (Little Medals)
9. ¿A dónde vas? (Where Are You Going?)
10. Donde vagan los sueños (Where The Dreams Prowls)
11. Sueños de libertad (Dreams Of Freedom)

External links

• Official Webpage
• El bordo was born from the wine (Periodistic article)
• Info about the band