Ricardo Mollo

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Ricardo Mollo in 2014.
Background information
Born	(1957-08-17) August 17, 1957 Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Rock Funk Argentine music
Occupation(s)	Musician Producer Guitarist Composer
Instrument(s)	Guitar Voice
Years active	1976 – present
Labels	CBS Polygram Sony BMG

Ricardo Mollo (born August 17, 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a musician, producer, singer and composer of Argentinian rock.

Career

Mollo became known in the 1980s as the guitarist of Sumo, with whom he released four studio albums until 1987, when the vocalist of the group, Luca Prodan, died of liver cirrhosis. After Sumo, with the bassist Diego Arnedo, he formed the band Divididos.

He is considered one of the best musicians and guitarists of Argentine rock. He is also known for his virtuosity on the guitar, and particularly for his version of "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix, which he has played on his guitar using his teeth or objects thrown by the public including carrots, slippers, sandals, tennis balls, or canes for the blind.

Besides his work as a bandleader, he is a producer and has produced Latin American artists including Cuca, León Gieco, Charly García, Gustavo Cerati, Los Piojos, Las Pelotas, La Renga, and Luis Alberto Spinetta.

Personal life

He was in a relationship with the singer Érica García between 1989 and 1999. In 2002, he married Uruguayan actress Natalia Oreiro, with whom he had a son in 2012.

Discography

Sumo

• Divididos por la Felicidad (1985)
• Llegando los Monos (1986)
• After Chabón (1987)

Divididos

• 40 dibujos ahí en el piso (1989)
• Acariciando lo áspero (1991)
• La era de la boludez (1993)
• Otro le travaladna (1995)
• Divididos (1996)
• Gol de mujer (1998)
• 10 (1999)
• Narigón del siglo (2000)
• Viveza criolla (2000)
• Vengo del placard de otro (2002)
• Vivo Acá (2003)
• Amapola del 66 (2010)
• Audio y agua (2011)

External links

• Interview with Ricardo Mollo (in Spanish)