Zeta Bosio
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Héctor Pedro Juan Bosio Bertolotti (born October 1, 1959 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires
) better known by his stage name Zeta Bosio, is an Argentine rock
musician, record producer
and DJ
, better known as the bassist
and backing vocalist
of the influential Argentine rock band Soda Stereo
. Because of this, he is considered one of the most important musicians of Latin and Spanish
rock.
Bosio, along with Gustavo Cerati
and Charly Alberti
formed Soda Stereo in 1982. They recorded over a dozen of records until they disbanded in 1997. Since then, he has kept a very low profile until recently. ProyectoUnder.com is the music portal chosen by Bosio as a way to promote underground bands. Zeta is now working with his independent record label Alerta Discos. He has produced albums for bands such as "Aguirre" and "Peligrosos Gorriones". Also, he presents a TV show called "Rock Road" for Much Music Argentina and the Chilean channel Via X
. In 2011, he is judge in the Chilean TV show Factor X
.
, determined to learn to play bass on the disc.
While at the school formed two bands: "Water" and "La Banda de San Francisco." Then went into the Navy, and his first paycheck he bought a bass in Puerto Rico. In the army he joined the orchestra and honed his musical skills:
"I played all kinds of music from salsa to Arabic songs".
When he returned to Buenos Aires was entered in the advertising career at the University of El Salvador and was part of "The Morgan", a good band also comprised Sandra Baylac, Hugo Dop, Christian Hansen, Pablo Rodriguez, Charly Amato, Osvaldo Kaplan and Andres Calamaro, with which they came to play in the famous student program "Happy Sunday" on Channel 9. The Morgan came to edit a single item with Perfume by Rita Lee Lance.
In 1979, Zeta met Gustavo Cerati
in college, but did not become friends. During the Summer of 1982 both agreed at Punta del Este
(Uruguay
) with his group Cerati and Bosio Sauvage (??) in The Morgan. Due to a series of adventures, Cerati and Bosio established a close musical bond and friendship, which led them to start playing together.
Zeta Gustavo and shared the same musical tastes and dreams and began a search for integrating a punk rock group inspired by The Police
(who played the same year in Argentina), with their own songs in Spanish. Cerati first joined The Morgan and then formed a band called the Stress (along with Charlie Amato and drummer Pablo Guadalupe) and Erekto Project (with Andres Calamaro
), with the latter not meeting their expectations. Shortly after Gustavo and decided to visit Charly Alberti
(son of the famous percussionist Tito Alberti
and four years younger than Bosio), to hear him play the drums from his father. Soda Stereo
was formed there, which publicly debuted in July 1983.
In Soda Stereo, Zeta played the bass
and backing vocals. He also played acoustic guitar
and the chapman stick
.
Soda Stereo was dissolved in September 1997 and thereafter Zeta was devoted to the dissemination of groups, first through the web Under Project, then being Manager of Sony Music Label Argentina, and in recent years given its own seal Alert Discos.
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Zeta hosts a TV show called Rock Road in the Argentine channel Much Music, where he said his tour of European festivals. This program is aired on Chilean Via X. Also on Saturday leads Bosio Keep Rockin on the Radio Rock & Pop
He was also bassist in the band invited Catupecu Machu Argentina, after the car accident suffered by Gabriel Ruiz Diaz.
In June 2007, Soda Stereo announced his comeback with a tour. Between October and December of that year, Zeta Bosio and Soda Stereo played throughout Latinomérica once again breaking all records in the tour they called Me Verás Volver
.
Zeta will participate in the Lollapalooza
festival (to be held for the first time outside the U.S.) to be held in Chile
in April 2011.
San Fernando, Buenos Aires
San Fernando de la Buena Vista is a city in the Gran Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and capital of the San Fernando Partido, north of the city of Buenos Aires.- Geographic Data:...
) better known by his stage name Zeta Bosio, is an Argentine rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musician, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, better known as the bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
and backing vocalist
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
of the influential Argentine rock band Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band who are recognized as one of the most influential and important Latin American and Ibero-American bands of all time...
. Because of this, he is considered one of the most important musicians of Latin and Spanish
Rock en Español
Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...
rock.
Bosio, along with Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
and Charly Alberti
Charly Alberti
Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti , known by his stage name Charly Alberti, is an Argentine rock musician, better recognized as the drummer of the influential argentine rock band Soda Stereo. Because of this, he is considered one of the most important musicians of latin and Spanish rock...
formed Soda Stereo in 1982. They recorded over a dozen of records until they disbanded in 1997. Since then, he has kept a very low profile until recently. ProyectoUnder.com is the music portal chosen by Bosio as a way to promote underground bands. Zeta is now working with his independent record label Alerta Discos. He has produced albums for bands such as "Aguirre" and "Peligrosos Gorriones". Also, he presents a TV show called "Rock Road" for Much Music Argentina and the Chilean channel Via X
Via X
Via X is a private owned cable TV channel of Chile. It airs mostly rock music videos, mainly focusing in Chilean indie subculture. It airs talk shows and other programmes as well, but mainly centered in music. Its sister station is Zona Latina which airs Spanish music videos. It is owned by Edu...
. In 2011, he is judge in the Chilean TV show Factor X
Factor X (Chile)
Factor X Chile is a television show, adapted from the original UK show as part of The X Factor franchise. The auditions were in January 2011. The first season of the Chilean version was premiered on television in March 3, 2011...
.
Biography
He began his contact with music at age 11, age when first heard The BeatlesThe Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, determined to learn to play bass on the disc.
While at the school formed two bands: "Water" and "La Banda de San Francisco." Then went into the Navy, and his first paycheck he bought a bass in Puerto Rico. In the army he joined the orchestra and honed his musical skills:
"I played all kinds of music from salsa to Arabic songs".
When he returned to Buenos Aires was entered in the advertising career at the University of El Salvador and was part of "The Morgan", a good band also comprised Sandra Baylac, Hugo Dop, Christian Hansen, Pablo Rodriguez, Charly Amato, Osvaldo Kaplan and Andres Calamaro, with which they came to play in the famous student program "Happy Sunday" on Channel 9. The Morgan came to edit a single item with Perfume by Rita Lee Lance.
In 1979, Zeta met Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
in college, but did not become friends. During the Summer of 1982 both agreed at Punta del Este
Punta del Este
Punta del Este is a resort town on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located on the intersection of Route 10 with Route 39, directly southeast of the department capital Maldonado and about east of Montevideo...
(Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) with his group Cerati and Bosio Sauvage (??) in The Morgan. Due to a series of adventures, Cerati and Bosio established a close musical bond and friendship, which led them to start playing together.
Zeta Gustavo and shared the same musical tastes and dreams and began a search for integrating a punk rock group inspired by The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
(who played the same year in Argentina), with their own songs in Spanish. Cerati first joined The Morgan and then formed a band called the Stress (along with Charlie Amato and drummer Pablo Guadalupe) and Erekto Project (with Andres Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro
Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
), with the latter not meeting their expectations. Shortly after Gustavo and decided to visit Charly Alberti
Charly Alberti
Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti , known by his stage name Charly Alberti, is an Argentine rock musician, better recognized as the drummer of the influential argentine rock band Soda Stereo. Because of this, he is considered one of the most important musicians of latin and Spanish rock...
(son of the famous percussionist Tito Alberti
Tito Alberti
Tito Alberti was a noted Argentine jazz drummer.-Life and work:Tito Alberti was born Juan Alberto Ficicchia in the port city of Zárate to an Argentine mother and a Sicilian father in 1923. Enjoying a gregarious childhood, he formed a band at age 7 with two brothers, Virgilio and Homero Expósito...
and four years younger than Bosio), to hear him play the drums from his father. Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo were an Argentine rock band who are recognized as one of the most influential and important Latin American and Ibero-American bands of all time...
was formed there, which publicly debuted in July 1983.
In Soda Stereo, Zeta played the bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and backing vocals. He also played acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
and the chapman stick
Chapman Stick
The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
.
Soda Stereo was dissolved in September 1997 and thereafter Zeta was devoted to the dissemination of groups, first through the web Under Project, then being Manager of Sony Music Label Argentina, and in recent years given its own seal Alert Discos.
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Zeta hosts a TV show called Rock Road in the Argentine channel Much Music, where he said his tour of European festivals. This program is aired on Chilean Via X. Also on Saturday leads Bosio Keep Rockin on the Radio Rock & Pop
He was also bassist in the band invited Catupecu Machu Argentina, after the car accident suffered by Gabriel Ruiz Diaz.
In June 2007, Soda Stereo announced his comeback with a tour. Between October and December of that year, Zeta Bosio and Soda Stereo played throughout Latinomérica once again breaking all records in the tour they called Me Verás Volver
Me Verás Volver
Me Verás Volver is a compilation album released in July, 2007 by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. The album shares the name with their comeback tour that started on October of the same year.-Track listing:# Sobredosis de TV – 4:11...
.
Currently
Today, Zeta and his companions returned to their own projects after this brief encounter, without discarding any next meeting in the future. Zeta, addition "Keep Rockin", he toured as a DJ performing in various parts of Latin America, called Live Sessions, where he shows his versatility on the decks. In the context of electronic music, dance and Dancefloor (who has stated that he are fascinated musical styles) in addition to being a DJ, Zeta has plans to release a solo album with his mixes and compositions.Zeta will participate in the Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
festival (to be held for the first time outside the U.S.) to be held in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
in April 2011.
Basses
Zeta has a large collection of basses, which he used during his career with Soda Stereo, that varies in his concerts according to the song that plays. Among them:- 1. Fender Precision Bass Olympic WhiteFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
. - 2. Fender Precision Bass Candy Apple RedFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
. - 3. Rickenbacker 4001 MaplegloRickenbacker 4001The Rickenbacker 4001 is a bass guitar that was manufactured by Rickenbacker as a "deluxe model" of the 4000 between 1961 and 1981 before being replaced by an updated version, the Rickenbacker 4003...
- 4. Gibson Thunderbird Vintage SunburstGibson ThunderbirdThe Gibson Thunderbird is an electric bass guitar made by Gibson.-Background and introduction:The Gibson Thunderbird was introduced in 1963. At the time, Fender had been the leader in the electric bass market since their introduction of the Precision Bass twelve years earlier.The Thunderbird was...
. - 5. Steinberger L-series BlackSteinbergerSteinberger refers to a series of distinctive electric guitars and bass guitars, designed and originally manufactured by Ned Steinberger. The word Steinberger can be used to refer to either the instruments themselves or the company that produced them...
. - 6. Kubicki Ex Factor Bass Trans VioletPhilip Kubicki Factor BassPhilip Kubicki Factor Bass is a brand of electric bass guitar created by Philip Kubicki. These basses have a unique tuning module located in the body of the guitar rather than the headstock, as seen on most bass guitars.-Models:...
. - 7. Fender Precision Bass SunbusrtFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
. - 8. Fender Precision Bass Butterscotch BlondeFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
. - 9. Chapman Stick BassChapman StickThe Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has been used on music recordings to play bass lines, melody lines, chords or textures...
- Zeta uses RotoSoundRotoSound-History of Rotosound:Started in the late 1950's by James How -a musician and engineer by trade. How started manufacturing music strings for many famous artists across the world. Still a family run business all Rotosound strings are made in England....
strings. - For amplification using cabinets Pre-AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
8x10 and AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
amps.
Production in Soda Stereo
Zeta Bosio participated in the musical production of the following albums:- Nada PersonalNada Personal (album)Nada personal is the second album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, and released in 1985...
(1985) (with Gustavo CeratiGustavo CeratiGustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
y Charly AlbertiCharly AlbertiCarlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti , known by his stage name Charly Alberti, is an Argentine rock musician, better recognized as the drummer of the influential argentine rock band Soda Stereo. Because of this, he is considered one of the most important musicians of latin and Spanish rock...
) - SignosSignosSignos is the third studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, and released in 1986. It was remastered in 2007 at Sterling Sound Studios in New York.-Track listing:...
(1986) (with Gustavo Cerati y Charly Alberti) - Ruido BlancoRuido BlancoRuido Blanco is a live album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released in 1987 and recorded on their "Signos" Latinamerican tour. This album includes a unique track, "Vita-Set" consists of the two songs bonded by their initial chords...
(1987) (with Gustavo Cerati y Charly Alberti) - Languis (1989) (with a Gustavo Cerati y Charly Alberti)
- Canción AnimalCanción AnimalCanción Animal is the seventh album released by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released in December, 1990...
(1990) (with Gustavo Cerati) - Rex MixRex MixRex Mix is an EP Remix recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was their second effort EP and was released by Sony Music in 1991. The EP contains remixes and new arrangements of previous songs, two songs recorded live at El Gran Rex , and one new track: No necesito verte ...
(1991) (with Gustavo Cerati) - Dynamo (1992) (with Gustavo Cerati)
- Zona de PromesasZona de PromesasZona de Promesas: mixes 1984-1993 is an album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. Their tenth album was released by Sony Music Entertainment in 1994...
(1993) (with Gustavo Cerati) - Sueño StereoSueño StereoSueño Stereo is the final studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was released by Sony BMG in 1995...
(1995) (with Gustavo Cerati)