About No Te Va Gustar
No Te Va Gustar, also known by their initials NTVG, is an Uruguayan rock band formed in 1994 in Malvín, Montevideo. The group consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Emiliano Brancciari, bassist Guzmán Silveira, drummer Diego Bartaburu, trumpeter Martín Gil, trombonist Denis Ramos, tenor saxophonist Mauricio Ortiz, guitarist Pablo Coniberti, and keyboardist Francisco Nasser. The group was founded by Brancciari, Mateo Moreno, and Pablo Abdala as a group of friends that played at a small festival. It is considered as the most popular and international Uruguayan rock band and one of the most recognized Latin American groups.
Five years after its founding, No Te Va Gustar independently released their debut studio album Solo de Noche, inspired by the emerging Latin rock. They signed to Bizarro Records to release the album Este Fuerte Viento que Sopla , which solidified their success in Uruguay. During the launch of three albums between 2004 and 2008 and a series of concert tours, they found an internacional commercial breakthrough. The band's sixth record, Por Lo Menos Hoy , was presented in front of 60,000 people in Montevideo. El Calor del Pleno Invierno marked No Te Va Gustar's first album to reach number one in both Uruguay and Argentina.
No Te Va Gustar's subsequent albums—El Tiempo Otra Vez Avanza and Suenan las Alarmas —topped the Cámara Uruguaya de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas' chart in their native country. In 2019, the band founded their own record label, Elefante Blanco, to release Otras Canciones, which featured collaborations with various Latin American musicians. Their tenth album, Luz, also peaked at number one in Uruguay.
Throughout their career, though respecting their usual combination of rock and pop, the band experimented with other musical styles, such as murga, candombe, and punk. They have received nominations for ten Latin Grammy, two MTV Europe Music Awards, one MTV MIAW Awards, and one Premios Gardel, while winning an Iris Award.
No Te Va Gustar was formed in 1994 in the Montevideo neighbourhood of Malvín, when most of their members were around the age of 16. On 26 June, a group of friends who attended Liceo 10 played at a band festival. After initial changes in the formation, the group stabilized as a trio made up of guitarist Emiliano Brancciari, bassist Mateo Moreno and drummer Pablo Abdala. Between 1996 and 1997, with the inclusion of percussion and wind instruments, after the arrival of the musicians Pamela Retamoza, Emiliano García, Santiago Svirsky and Martín Gil, the music of the band began to evolve fusing various Latin American rhythms such as reggae, candombe, ska, salsa, and murga, without neglecting its rock essence. The band started to gain recognition in 1998 when they won the Third Song Festival of Montevideo and another competition organized by the Montevideo City Council Youth Commission.
In July 1999, the band began recording their first album titled Solo De Noche, and its lyrics are critical of several social problems. It was released independently on December and was entirely produced by Juan Campodónico, with the collaboration of Emiliano Brancciari and Mateo Moreno. It also had the participation of Fito Páez in the composition. The album was inspired by the Latin rock that emerged in the 1990s, and its lyrics criticize the Uruguayan government. After the release of the album, Svirsky left the group and was replaced by Denis Ramos. During the summer of 2000 the band toured the east coast of Uruguay. In April 2000, their album was officially presented at the Sala Zitarrosa in the city of Montevideo, with sold out locations. After that show, they continued with a tour throughout 2000 and 2001 throughout Uruguay, while they performed their first shows in Buenos Aires. A year later the number of members was reduced, after the saxophonists decided to leave. They were replaced by Mauricio Ortiz.
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