No Te Va Gustar, also known by its initials NTVG, is a rock band from Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. The members are: Emiliano Brancciari (vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

), Guzmán Silveira (bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and backup vocals), Diego Bartaburu (drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

), Gonzalo Castex (percussion), Martín Gíl (trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 and backup vocals), Denis Ramos (trombone

Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

), Mauricio Ortiz (tenor saxophone

Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

), Marcel Curuchet (keyboards) and Pablo Coniberti (guitar).

History

No Te Va Gustar was formed in 1994, when most of its members were around the age of 16. The band was originally a trio made up of Emiliano Brancciari (guitar), Mateo Moreno (bass) and Pablo Abdala (drums). In 1997 the band expanded and added new styles of music to its repertoire such as reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

, candombe, salsa

Salsa music

Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...

, ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 and murga

Murga

Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed in Uruguay and in Argentina during the Carnival season. Murga groups operate in Montevideo and at the Buenos Aires Carnival, though to a lesser extent than in Montevideo; the Argentine murga is more centred on dancing and less on vocals than the...

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The band started to gain recognition in 1998 when they won the "Third Song Festival of Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

" and another competition organized by the Montevideo City Council Youth Commission. In 1999 the band toured various venues in Montevideo.

In July 1999, No Te Va Gustar began recording its first album titled "Sólo de noche", which they finished editing (independently) in December. During the summer of 2000 the band toured east coast of Uruguay, playing in Punta del Diablo

Punta del Diablo

Punta del Diablo is a village and seaside locality in Uruguay, Rocha Department, east from the capital Montevideo. According to the 2004 census, its permanent population consisted of 389 inhabitants, mostly fishermen and artisans, while during high tourism season, the population swells to...

, Valizas, Cabo Polonio, La Pedrera, La Paloma, Atlántida, El Pinar, and Solymar. In April 2000 "Sólo de noche" was officially released.
During 2002, the band recorded its second album titled "Éste fuerte viento que sopla" (This strong wind that blows) in Santiago, Chile. From that moment on No Te Va Gustar began solidifying its position as one of the defining groups of Uruguayan rock

Uruguayan rock

Uruguayan rock first emerged in Uruguay in the 1950s. The real breakthrough for rock in Uruguay, however, as in much of the world, was the arrival of The Beatles in the early 1960s.- History :...

. Their second album went gold just six months after its release and they soon had a fully booked schedule.

In 2004 the band toured the Atlantic coast, sharing the stage with other groups such as La Zurda and Bersuit Vergarabat

Bersuit Vergarabat

Bersuit, formed formally in 1989, is one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the 1990s/2000s. The previous name of the band was Henry y la Palangana....

, one of the most popular bands at that time. The band played more and more gigs in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, attracting a bigger audience with every show in cities such as La Plata

La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of La Plata partido. According to the , the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants....

, Morón

Morón, Buenos Aires

Morón is a city in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, capital of the Morón Partido, located in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, at...

, Ramos Mejía

Ramos Mejia

Ramos Mejía is a locality of La Matanza Partido in Greater Buenos Aires. The city has an area of 11.9 km² and a population of 98,457 .It is one of the largest commercial districts in the Western Zone of Greater Buenos Aires.-History:...

, and Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora

Lomas de Zamora is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located next to the border of Buenos Aires City and within the metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires.It is the capital of Lomas de Zamora Partido and has a population of 111,897....

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No Te Va Gustar's third album titled "Aunque cueste ver el sol" (Even though it's hard to look at the sun) was released in 2005. The record release concert attracted an audience of 10,000 people, and the show was recorded for release on DVD later that year. In 2005 the band also did a European tour, playing dates in more than 40 cities including Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Bremen

Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

, Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Bern, and Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

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The band recorded its fourth album "Todo es tan inflamable" (Everything is so flammable) in 2006, then promoted the album in various concerts in Uruguay and Argentina. Also in 2006, group members Mateo (bass) and Pablo (drums) left the group citing personal reasons.

Discography

Sólo de noche (1999)

1. Déjame Bailar
2. Nada Para Ver
3. Nadie Duerme
4. Yrigoyen
5. Llévame Contigo
6. No Era Cierto
7. Quemala
8. Yalala la la m m
9. La Ciudad De Los Pibes Sin Calma
10. Viá Volvé
11. Sólo De Día
12. A La Villa
13. No Se Les Da
14. Cosa Linda

Este Fuerte Viento Que Sopla (2002)

1. Cómo Brllaba Tu Alma
2. Tenés Que Saltar
3. La Única Voz
4. Machete
5. Te Voy A Llevar
6. Padre De La Patria
7. Me Cuesta Creer
8. Clara
9. La Soledad
10. No Hay Dolor
11. Te Quiero Más
12. Mucho Más Feliz
13. Más Mejor
14. No Necesito Nada

Aunque Cueste Ver El Sol (2004)

1. Sólo
2. No Te Quiero Acá
3. Verte Reir
4. Ya Entendí
5. Al Vacío
6. Cielo De Un Solo Color
7. Reevolución
8. Difícil
9. Voces Del Tiempo
10. Fueron
11. Voy
12. Ni Uno Suelto
13. No Llegás A Mí
14. Adiós

Todo es tan inflammable (2006)

1. En la cara
2. Fuera de control
3. El official
4. Una triste melodía
5. No lo ves
6. Pensar
7. Eskimal
8. Vivir muriendo
9. Simplemente yo
10. Todo el día
11. Illegal
12. Tirano
13. Poco
14. De nada sirve

El Camino mas largo (2008)

1. El camino
2. Como si estuviera
3. Esta plaga
4. Tu nombre
5. El mismo canal
6. Niño
7. Tan lejos
8. Rata
9. Solo tu boca
10. Mirarte a los ojos
11. Que sean dos
12. Navegar
13. Te quedas

Por lo menos hoy (2010)

1. Ángel con campera
2. Cero a la izquierda
3. Chau
4. Con el viento
5. Arde
6. Los indifferentes
7. Volar
8. Tu defecto es el mio
9. Memorias del olvido
10. Con la misma vara
11. Nunca mas a mi lado
12. El equilibrista

DVD MVD 05-03-05

Montevideo 05/03/05

1. Solo
2. Me cuesta creer
3. No te quiero aca
4. La unica voz
5. Who the cup fit
6. Nada para ver
7. Adios
8. No necesito nada
9. Cosa linda-Clara
10. Verte reir
11. Como brillaba tu alma
12. Al vacio
13. Mucho mas feliz
14. Reevolucion
15. Te quiero mas
16. Voces del tiempo
17. Tenes que saltar
18. No hay dolor
19. Mas Mejor
20. Te voy a llevar
21. No era cierto
22. Naranjo en flor [extra]
23. Ya entendi [extra]

DVD TAN

TAN 17-03-07

1. De nada sirve (Emiliano Brancciari)
2. En la cara (Emiliano Brancciari)
3. No lo ves (Emiliano Brancciari)
4. Eskimal (Mateo Moreno)
5. Simplemente yo (Mateo Moreno)
6. Vivir muriendo (Emiliano Brancciari)
7. El official (Mateo Moreno)
8. Una triste melodia (Emiliano Brancciari)
9. El instrumento (Eduardo Darnauchans - Washington Benavides)
10. Fuera de control (Emiliano Brancciari)
11. Illegal (Emiliano Brancciari)
12. Todo el dia (Emiliano Brancciari)
13. Tirano (Emiliano Brancciari)
14. Dedos (Ruben Rada)
15. Poco (Emiliano Brancciari)
16. Pensar (Emiliano Brancciari)

Special Edition: Solo de noche 10 años

This edition was launched in 2009 to 10 years after the release of their first album. It has two CDs, the album "Sólo de noche" and "Solo de día" where they make off different versions of the themes of "Sólo de día" and other live versions. It also has a DVD called "Unos días después"Where there is a documentary with the band and former members talking about the release of their first CD.

Sólo de día

1. Déjame bailar (99+09)
2. Cosa linda (99+09)
3. Nada para ver (live)
4. Solo de día (99+09)
5. Nadie duerme (99+09)
6. Yrigoyen (live)
7. Llévame contigo (99+09)
8. No se les da (99+09)
9. No era cierto (live)
10. Quémala (99+09)
11. Yalala la la m m (99+09)
12. Nada para ver (99+09)
13. Nadie duerme (live)

Unos días después

01. Documental

EXTRAS

1. Sólo de noche
2. Déjame bailar
3. No era cierto
4. Llévame contigo
5. Buena noche, muchas gracias
6. Llévame (el regreso)