Argentine Rock
Argentine rock, known locally as rock nacional, is rock music from Argentina, one of the earliest and most influential Spanish-language rock scenes.
It took shape in Buenos Aires in the 1960s, when bands such as Los Gatos, whose single 'La balsa' came out in 1967, began writing their own rock songs in Spanish instead of covering English hits. Over time it took in folk, progressive rock, new wave, punk and pop, often with poetic or political lyrics. During the 1982 Falklands War, radio stations in Argentina stopped playing English-language music, which gave local bands a large boost.
Artists it is known for: Charly García, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Soda Stereo, Fito Páez.
- Family
- Latin
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- Buenos Aires, 1960s
- Also called
- rock nacional, rock argentino
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 2%
About 2,000 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have argentine rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Argentine Rock artists
Soda Stereo
Gustavo Cerati
Los Enanitos Verdes
El Cuarteto De Nos
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
Andrés Calamaro
Babasonicos
Charly García
Airbag
Los Piojos
The argentine rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.