El Cuarteto de Nos

El Cuarteto de Nos
The group performing live a song from their Raro album.
Background information
Origin	Uruguay, Montevideo
Genres	Rock, Alternative rock, Comedy rock, Rap rock, Rock en español
Years active	1980-present
Labels	Warner Music Group Orfeo Sony BMG Koala records Manzana verde (record label) Bizarro records
Website	www.cuartetodenos.com.uy
Members	Álvaro Pintos Santiago Tavella Roberto Musso Gustavo Antuña Santiago Marrero
Past members	Ricardo Musso

El Cuarteto de Nos is a Grammy Award winning rock group formed in 1980 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

El Cuarteto is the oldest active Uruguayan band. It has gained universal praise trascending local culture through universal themes and engaging everyday pathos in a humorous light. In 2014 they released their last album to date, Habla Tu Espejo.

In 1980, El Cuarteto de Nos played their first show, an instrumental set in the "El Tinglado" theater. They also played at the "La Máscara", "El Circular", "Teatro de la Alianza Francesa" theaters while their own musical style was being developed. In 1984, their first album was released, as Alberto Wolf and drummer Álvaro Pintos joined the group.

In 1985, they stepped on a stage, located in a fair from Villa Biarritz, dressed up with aluminum foil on their legs and balloons tied into their heads.

In 1986, they edited their first LP, Soy una Arveja (I am a Pea), on which they performed some hits, and the following year, at a concert they performed, the members were dressed up as old ladies, promoting the song Soy una Vieja (I am an Old Lady). In the same year, their second album was released, Emilio García (by then, the fictional manager).

In 1990, the album Canciones del Corazón (Songs of the Heart) was released in cassette, it was a commercial success.

In 1994, after four years of hiatus, they released their albume Otra Navidad en las Trincheras (Another Christmas in the Trenches), which achieved quadruple platinum status almost instantly, making them the first Uruguayan band ever to achieve it. This album has a wider musical amplitude, having mixed salsa, music, and electronic music, in the band's usual mocking style, the most successful songs of this album were Sólo un rumor (Just a rumour), El primer oriental desertor (The first oriental deserter), Soy un capón (I'm a eunuch), Bo Cartero (Hey, Mr. Postman; a mocking, Spanish version of Please Mr. Postman), El putón del barrio (The biggest slut of the neighbourhood) and Me agarré el pitito con el cierre (I caught my peepee with the zip, being said in a childish manner).