Soda Stereo vs. Héroes Del Silencio
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thu 5/10/2007
| name | Soda Stereo. | Héroes del Silencio. |
| hometown | Buenos Aires, Argentina. | Zaragoza, Spain. |
| born in | 1982. | 1984. |
| members | Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio and Charly Alberti. | Enrique Bunbury, Joaquin Cardiel, Juan Valdivia, Pedro Andreu and Alan Boguslavsky. |
| style | Alternative rock and britpop. | Classic rock and dark metal. |
| influenced by | The Police, The Cure and My Bloody Valentine. | The Mission U.K., The Doors and Nick Cave. |
| disbanded in | 1997. | 1996. |
| last studio album | Sueño Stéreo. | Avalancha. |
| he couldn't stop singing | Cerati: four solo albums plus electronic music side-projects. | Bunbury: six solo albums plus a collaborative album with Nacho Vegas. |
| hey, we were in the band, too! | Bassist Bosio is a record producer while Alberti plays drums for Mole. | Guitarist Boguslavsky is the only ex-Silencio member with notable solo releases. |
| reunion? | Many rumors point to a 25th anniversary reunion in 2008. | Ten city world tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2007. |
| the critics | The New York Times says: “The band plays rock that owes something to the sonic explorations of the Beatles.” | The New York Times says: “pre-grunge guitar riffs that hark back to Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Aerosmith, R.E.M. and Billy Idol.” |
| the fans | Modernos who think of Soda Stereo as the second coming. | Latino goths who think of Enrique Bunbury as God incarnate. |
| webprops | 4,607 friends on fan-made MySpace. | 4,855 friends on fan-made MySpace. |
| best video moment | Artsy and metaphorical images of the city in Ciudad De La Furia. | Artsy and metaphorical images of the desert in La Chispa Adecuada. |
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