Sui Generis - Vida

Sui Generis is one of the most important rock and roll (or folk rock) bands in Argentine history, enjoying enormous success and popularity during the first half of the 1970s and a following that has lasted to the present. Although long since disbanded, Sui Generis reunited in 2000 for a concert in Boca Juniors' Stadium in Buenos Aires.
Sui Generis was formed in 1969 by the merging of two bands: "To Walk Spanish", originally led by Carlos Alberto "Charly" García Moreno and "The Century Indignation", originally led by Carlos Alberto "Nito" Mestre. The newly-formed band's member list consisted of, Charly (piano), Nito (flute) Alberto Rodríguez (drums), Alejandro Correa (bass) (later replaced by Rolando Fortich), Juan Carlos Bellia (guitar) and Carlos Piégari (guitar and vocals).
Sui Generis is the predecessor band of SerúGirán and La Máquina De Hacer Pájaros.

Charly and Nito were about 20-year boys and had a lot of fans in a short time. The first album by Sui Generis is a collection of songs which mix pop, folk, some of blues, played with a piano, an acoustic guitar, a flute, drums and a bass guitar. The arrangement shows they already were great musicians. The music is a little primitive to be considerate as prog rock, but there are some things which presage a 'prog rocker' future for 'Sui'. The most prog-related songs: 'Dime quién me lo robó': the longest song / 'Natalio Ruiz', a multi-rhythmical song with a nice harmonization / 'Mariel y el capitán': it's a nice song with a detail: in the happiest part of the story, the song is in D major but in the saddest part, the song turn in D minor... that's an awesome effect / 'Amigo vuelve a casa pronto': this is the strongest song; it's a bit strange for this album's style / 'Posludio': this one is a short instrumental composition. It's a jazzy piece with a piano and a flute / The other songs are very interesting, too.