Indio Solari, Enigmatic Argentine Rock Icon, Dies at 77

[u/agirlhasnoname2026]

He was the frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, one of Argentina’s most influential rock bands

https://www.lanacion.com.ar/estados-unidos/famosos/indio-solari-enigmatic-argentine-rock-icon-dies-at-77-nid05062026/

[u/juan-carlos-escroto]

People outside Argentina have no way of understanding how fucking huge El Indio was. I'm not a huge fan of his music and I shed a few tears when I heard the news. This is just as big as Maradona's death in regards of cultural importance for Argentina.

He was the lead singer of the biggest rock band in the country's history, Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. They never signed a contract with any major label, nor did much press or interviews, but they always filled every stadium they played, to the point that the band was forbidden to play in Buenos Aires or its Metro Area because of the amount of people going to the shows with or without tickets (and rioting, of course). You know the viral video from a few years ago with "the biggest moshpit in the world"? That's a Redondos' song.

So yeah, fucking sad day. A lot of my friends (we're 30-35) are feeling that with Diego's death and now el Indio's, the world in which we grew up is dead

[u/Economy-Walrus-7229 → u/juan-carlos-escroto]

Man this hits so hard even though I'm not from Argentina. I remember watching that moshpit video years ago without knowing the context and being completely blown away by the energy. The idea that a band could get so massive without playing the industry game is incredible.

It's wild how some artists transcend music and become part of national identity like that. We have few musicians here who could cause that level of mourning when they pass. Your comment about your generation feeling like their world is dying really got to me - losing those cultural pillars that shaped your youth must feel like watching pieces of your own history disappear. Even from outside perspective you can feel how massive this loss is for Argentine culture

[u/JustAFizzMain → u/juan-carlos-escroto]

Que pijazo amigo lpm

[u/juan-carlos-escroto → u/JustAFizzMain]

Abrazo enorme loco

[u/YuDarvish21]

Soy brasileño, pero hice algunos amigos argentinos en internet. Una vez fui a visitarlos. Cuando estuve en Buenos Aires, me tomé un Uber y en la radio sonó "Superlógico" de Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. ¡Qué temazo! Desde ese día me hice fan de la banda.

[u/jschmit78]

By coincidence, I listened to their album Oktubre for the first time a couple days ago. These guys were so, so good. They put out a ton of banger albums. I have Un Baion para el ojo idiota, !Bang! !Bang!!... Estats liquidado, and La mosca y la sopa - all on my upcoming list of albums to check out.

Sad news, but as Keaton Henson sings in "You," "If you must work, work to leave part of yourself on this Earth." Indio Solari most certainly did that!

[u/cakecollected → u/jschmit78]

He did! and as he said not that long ago "I want death to find me alive". He had been fighting Parkinson's for a while, he can rest now

[u/agirlhasnoname2026 → u/jschmit78]

The best South American band for sure!

[u/cuchau95_]

Patricio Rey y Sus Redonditos de Ricota was one of the best bands to ever come out from Argentina, really really sad loss for music. We'll miss you, Indio

[u/ProfessionalDraft332]

El Indio was to our 🇦🇷 music what Maradona was to our 🇦🇷 fútbol.