El Otro Yo

El Otro Yo
Origin	Temperley, Argentina
Genres	Alternative rock, punk
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Besotico Records
Website	www.elotroyo.com
Members
Cristian Aldana María Fernanda Aldana Ricky Rua Gabriel Guerrisi Diego Vainer
Past members
Ezequiel Araujo Ray Fajardo

El Otro Yo is an Argentine band of alternative rock and originally of Temperley, Buenos Aires, formed at the beginning of the decade of 1990 and influenced mainly by Nirvana, Pixies and Sonic Youth. Led by Cristian Aldana and with more than one decade on the scenes, this band has known to leave in front of independent form with 11 discs published in several parts of the world, plus a DVD with most of its trajectory.

Why "El Otro Yo"?

Cristian was playing in a band called “Los Apáticos” during the years 86-87, and Maria was also playing in other bands when they decided to form a band together. Maria had read a poetry which Arthur Rimbaud had written when he was sixteen years; “Yo soy otro”. That phrase lingered in her mind while the band was still being conformed. Afterwards, Maria told Cristian about what she had read and he decided to name the group "El Otro Yo” ("The Other I" or "My other self"). [1]

Members

• Cristian Aldana (guitar and vocals) ALDANA [2]
• María Fernanda Aldana (bass guitar and vocals) X.M.F [3]
• Gabriel Guerrisi (guitars)[4]
• Diego Vainer (keyboards, sampling)
• Ricky Rua (Drums)

Former Members

• Raimundo Fajardo (Ray) (drums)RAY [5]
• Ezequiel Araujo (keyboards, sampling) (1999–2004) [6]

Discography

• Traka Traka (1994, Besotico Records)
• Mundo (1995, Besotico Records)
• Hijos del Alien (Reedicion) (1996, Besotico Records)
• Esencia (1997, Besotico Records)
• Esencia Compilado (1998, Besotico Records)
• Abrecaminos (1999, Besotico Records)
• Contagiándose la Energía del Otro (2000, Besotico Records)
• Colmena (2003, platinum album)
• Espejismos (2004, Besotico Records)
• Pirata (2006, Besotico Records)
• Fuera del Tiempo (2007, Besotico Records)

Click on the link to see EL OTRO YO discography [7]

See also

• Argentine punk
• Argentine rock

External links

• Official Band Site
• Purevolume
• Myspace
• Fan Community