# Babasónicos

Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina in the late 1990s.
The band name refers partly to Sai Baba, the Indian guru, and partly to a local toy gun called "La Pistola Sónica"
The lead singer Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez and the keyboardist Diego "Uma-T" Tuñón initially decided to create a new style, which would not follow the established Argentine music. The other official band members are: Diego "Uma" Rodríguez (guitarist and lead singer), Diego "Panza" Castellano (drummer), Mariano "Roger" Domínguez (guitarist), and Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli (bassist, deceased).
For their second album, Trance Zomba (1994), they incorporated a guest DJ, "DJ Peggyn" who would eventually remain as a band member until after releasing Miami (1999). This same year the band saw the departure of their longtime manager Cosme.
In 1999, they collaborated with Ian Brown on a song that bears their name on his album Golden Greats.
In 2001, the band released Jessico, their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album up to that point, reaching a broad mainstream audience with singles like "Los Calientes", "El Loco" and "Deléctrico".
The following records, Infame (2003), Anoche (2005) and Mucho (2008) continued with a streak of critical praise and commercial success, each one being selected by several media outlets as one of the best Argentine albums of their respective years.
Babasonicos also composed the soundtrack for Vera Fogwill's movie Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños (Kept and Dreamless), which was released in 2007. The album was composed in 2003.
On January 12, 2008, the band posted an entry on their official site in which they informed that their longtime bassist, Gabriel Manelli had died as a result of Hodgkin's disease, which he had been suffering since the tour supporting the album Infame. Multi-instrumentalist and long-time friend Carca joined the group in replace of Manelli in their 2011 album A Propósito.
They released their latest album Trinchera, in 2022.

## Discography

Studio albums
* Pasto (1992)
* Trance Zomba (1994)
* Dopádromo (1996)
* Babasónica (1997)
* Miami (1999)
* Jessico (2001)
* Infame (2003)
* Anoche (2005)
* Mucho (2008)
* A propósito (2011)
* Romantisísmico (2013)
* Discutible (2018)
* Trinchera (2022)

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2002 | Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Jessico | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2004 | Best Alternative Music Album | Infame | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2006 | Best Alternative Music Album | Anoche | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2008 | Best Alternative Music Album | Mucho | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2008 | Best Short Form Music Video | "Pijamas" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2009 | Best Short Form Music Video | "Las Demás" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2009 | Best Alternative Music Album | Mucho + | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2014 | Best Alternative Music Album | Romantisísmico | Won |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2014 | Best Alternative Song | "La Lanza" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2014 | Best Short Form Music Video | "La Lanza" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2016 | Best Long Form Music Video | Desde Adentro - Impuesto de Fé (En Vivo) | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2019 | Best Alternative Music Album | Discutible | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2019 | Best Alternative Song | "La Pregunta" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2022 | Best Pop/Rock Album | Trinchera | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2022 | Best Pop/Rock Song | "Bye Bye" | Nominated |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2023 | Best Pop/Rock Album | Trinchera Avanzada | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2002 | Best Group or Duet | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2002 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2002 | Best Artist — Southeast | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2003 | Best Group or Duet | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2003 | Best Artist - Argentina | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2004 | Video of the Year | "Putita" | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2004 | Best Group or Duet | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2004 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2004 | Best Artist - Argentina | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2005 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2005 | Best Artist - South | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2006 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2006 | Best Artist - South | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2007 | Artist of the Year | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2007 | Best Group or Duet | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2007 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Won |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2007 | Best Artist - South | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Artist of the Year | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Best Group or Duet | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Best Rock Artist | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Best Artist - South | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Best Fanclub | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Video of the Year | "Pijamas" | Nominated |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2012 | Best Latin America South Act | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2014 | Best Latin America South Act | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2016 | Best Latin America South Act | Babasónicos | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2002 | Album of the Year | Jessico | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2002 | Best Rock Group Album | Jessico | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Album of the Year | Infame | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Golden Gardel | Infame | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Producer of the Year (with Andrew Weiss) | Infame | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Best Rock Group Album | Infame | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Song of the Year | "Irresponsables" | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Record of the Year | "Irresponsables" | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2004 | Best Music Video | "Irresponsables" | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2006 | Album of the Year | Anoche | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2006 | Record of the Year | Anoche | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2006 | Best Rock Group Album | Anoche | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2006 | Song of the Year | "Yegua" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2006 | Best Music Video | "Yegua" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2008 | Best Soundtrack | Las Mantenidas sin Sueños | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2009 | Album of the Year | Mucho | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2009 | Best Rock Group Album | Mucho | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2009 | Song of the Year | "Microdancing" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2009 | Song of the Year | Best Music Video | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2012 | Album of the Year | A Proposito | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2012 | Best Rock Group Album | A Proposito | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2012 | Best Music Video | "Muñeco de Haití" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2013 | Best Catalog Collection Album | Jessico Carolo | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2014 | Album of the Year | Romantisísmico | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2014 | Best Rock Group Album | Romantisísmico | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2014 | Song of the Year | "La Lanza" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2014 | Song of the Year | Best Music Video | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2017 | Best DVD | Desde Adentro & Impuesto de Fé | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2018 | Best Rock Group Album | Repuesto de Fé | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2019 | Album of the Year | Discutible | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2019 | Record of the Year | Discutible | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2019 | Best Rock Group Album | Discutible | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2019 | Song of the Year | "La Pregunta" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2019 | Best Music Video | "La Pregunta" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2021 | Song of the Year | "Suficiente" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Album of the Year | Trinchera Avanzada | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Best Alternative Rock Album | Trinchera Avanzada | Won |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Song of the Year | "Bye Bye" | Nominated |
| Premios Gardel | 2023 | Best Catalogue Collection | A Propósito | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2011 | Video of the Year | "Muñeco de Haití" | Won |
| Premios Quiero | 2012 | Best Rock Video | "Tormento" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2013 | Best Rock Video | "La Lanza" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2013 | Best Group Video | "La Lanza" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2016 | Video of the Year | "Vampi" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2016 | Best Rock Video | "Vampi" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2017 | Best Live Video | "Yegua" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2018 | Best Rock Video | "La Pregunta" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2019 | Best Group Video | "La Pregunta" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Group Video | "La Izquierda de la Noche" | Nominated |
| Premios Quiero | 2022 | Best Rock Video | "BYE BYE" | Nominated |

## Interviews

* The Scenestar - March 2007