Gustavo Adri�n Cerati, was an Argentine Singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, and producer. He, as a solo artist, and with his band Soda Stereo, set the gold standard for Latin American Rock, Rock En Espa�ol, and Ibero-American Rock. Soda Stereo became one of the most successful Latin American rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s, selling out stadiums in their native Argentina and throughout Latin America and beyond. According to the Spanish fanzine Indy Rock, "Gustavo Cerati is the most influential Rock en Espa�ol artist of the American continent, one of the most talented of the Argentinian musical scene." He was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various Grammy's, MTV awards, as well as the MTV Legend Award with Soda Stereo, the first of its kind. Cerati died on 4 September 2014 at the age of 55, 4 years after suffering a stroke in Caracas, Venezuela which resulted in a coma. [More at Wikipedia]

August 11th, 1959 in Buenos Aires  /  Died:   Sep 4th, 2014