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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band that is considered by critics to be the most important and influential Iberoamerican band of all time. 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. Soda Stereo were the first Latin rock group to achieve success throughout South and Central America. They helped popularize 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.Soda Stereo has 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. In their active career they sold over 7 million of albums in Latin America only and this number continues to increase after the separation of the band. In 2002 Soda Stereo was awarded the Legend Prize by MTV Latin America, the first prize to be awarded of its kind. Four of their albums were included on a list of 250 Iberoamerican best albums of all time: Canción Animal (Nº 2), Comfort y Música Para Volar (Nº 15), Signos (Nº 40) and Sueño Stereo (Nº 41). Also, Rolling Stone considered Sueño Stereo as Nº 4 best of latin rock history.Soda's early sound was influenced by new wave bands such as Virus, The Police, Elvis Costello and post-punk bands such as Television. 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. In 1997, the band broke up due to personal and artistic differences of opinion among its members. In mid-2007, the band announced their return to make a single continental tour called Gira Me Verás Volver ("You will see me return" tour) in which gathered more than one million fans and breaking several records for assists and concert number.. }

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