Soda Stereo was an Argentine rock band that is considered by critics to be the most important and influential Ibero-American band of all time and a Latin music legend. Formed in Buenos Aires, in 1982, this power trio made up of Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitars), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass, backing vocals), and Charly Alberti (drums, percussion) achieved international success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They played a very important role in the development and dissemination of Latin and Ibero-American rock. They were the first Latin rock group to achieve success throughout South, Central and North America (principally in Mexico and Spanish-speaking population of United States) and even in Spain. They helped popularize the Rock En Español, Ibero-American Rock, and Latin Rock genres to a mainstream audience. The band established what would become the template for many other popular Spanish-speaking rock music groups. They have topped the all-time lists in much of Latin America and in their native Argentina, where they set landmarks in record sales and concert attendances. Gustavo Cerati died on September 4, 2014 at the age of 55, after four years in a coma.

Soda’s early sound was influenced by new wave bands such as Virus, The Police, Elvis Costello and post-punk bands such as Television (Soda Stereo (1984), Nada Personal (1985), Signos (1986), Doble Vida (1988)). The band gradually evolved into a heavier sounding alternative rock band, eventually drawing influences from classic rock, progressive rock, shoegaze, neo-psychedelia, britpop, and electronic music (Canción Animal (1990), Dynamo (1992), Sueño Stereo (1995)).