Miguel Mateos

Miguel Ángel Mateos Sorrentino (born January 26, 1954 ) is an Argentine rock singer-songwriter from Villa Pueyrredón, Argentina. Outside Argentina he is considered one of the most important exponents of Rock en Español, especially in the 1980s when he along with Charly Garcia, Soda Stereo, Enanitos Verdes, Virus, Sumo, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Rata Blanca, and many more bands became international stars in the so-called "Argentinian Invasion" ("La Ola Argentina") of rock music that swept Latin America and parts of North America and Europe. It helped popularize Spanish-language rock outside Argentina, and make the genre a commercially successful industry.

History Miguel Mateos/Zas in 1982: Miguel Mateos, Fernando Lupano, Ricardo Pegnotti and Alejandro Mateos. He became involved in music since he was 15 years of age. In 1979, he and his brother Alejandro formed the underground rock band ZAS. The following year he managed to contact Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and gain a spot on stage as the opening act for the British group for their Buenos Aires concerts. He turned ZAS into one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the early 80s.

In 1986, Mateos recorded in the United States his first solo album (officially, but in practice he still used members of ZAS as supporting band). With a much more polished sound, and greater pop accessibility than the ZAS works, Mateos jumped on the crest of the wave of Argentine rock acts that dominated the 1986–1988 period all over Latin America, Spain, and elsewhere.

Solos en América was considered a watershed album containing cuts that would become classics of Rock en Español from that time, including the homonymous track, "Cuando Seas Grande", and "Mi Sombra en la Pared". He was among the first Rock en Español acts to receive active support from fledgling MTV International.

Mateos went on the so-called first Rock en Español tour of the United States in 1990, where he was awarded the Bravo Musical Award. He released Bar Imperio in 1998 and after a hiatus released Uno in 2005.

Discography

With ZAS ZAS (1982) Huevos (1983) Tengo que parar (1984) Solos en América (1986) Atado a un sentimiento (1987)

Soloist Obsesión (1990) Kryptonita (1991) Pisanlov (1995) Bar Imperio (1998) Uno (2005) Fidelidad (2008) La alegría ha vuelto a la ciudad (2013) Electropop (2016) Undotrecua (2019)

Live albums Cóctel (1993) Salir vivo (2002) Primera fila (2011)