Sumo (band)

Sumo
The second Sumo line-up in 1983: Luca Prodan, Alejandro Sokol, Roberto Pettinato, Germán Daffunchio, Diego Arnedo.
Background information
Origin	Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Post-punk Alternative rock Reggae New wave
Years active	1981–1988
Associated acts	Los Violadores Os Paralamas do Sucesso Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota Hurlingham Reggae Band
Members	Luca Prodan (vocals) Ricardo Mollo (Guitars) Germán Daffunchio (Guitars) Diego Arnedo (Bass and Keyboards) Roberto Pettinato (Saxophone) Alberto "Superman" Troglio (drums and Percussion) Alejandro Sokol (vocals, Bass and drums)
Past members	Stephanie Nuttal (drums) Ricardo Curtet (Guitars)

Sumo was a 1980s Argentine alternative rock band, merging post-punk with reggae. Headed by Italian-born Luca Prodan, it remained underground for most of its short activity, but was extremely influential in shaping contemporary Argentine rock. Sumo introduced British post-punk to the Argentine scene, with many lyrics in English. And provided a visceral counterpoint to the progressive and nueva canción influences then dominant in Rock en Español.

Luca Prodan was born in Rome on 17 May 1953, and he had not only Italian origins but Scottish as well. He was born after the return of the Prodan family from China: his father had set up a prosperous business in ancient Chinese pottery that became untenable after the Japanese invasion of China during World War II.

In his youth, his parents sent him to the prestigious Gordonstoun College in Scotland; The same school where Prince Charles of England attended; Where he escaped a year before graduating. After that, he moved to London.

He moved to London in the 1970s and worked at EMI. While in London, he formed his first band, The New Clear Heads, which shared aesthetics with contemporary punk bands like XTC, The Fall, Joy Division (from which he named the first Sumo album after: Divididos por la Felicidad, Spanish for Divided By Joy) and Wire.