Luis Alberto Spinetta

Luis Alberto Spinetta sits, for me, in the rarefied air of artists you simply revere. Born in Buenos Aires in 1950 and gone in 2012, El Flaco was a founding force of Argentine rock and, by extension, of Spanish-language rock itself. What moves me is that he was a poet and writer as much as a guitarist and composer, someone who treated songs as literature rather than product. That refusal to measure his work by commercial yardsticks is precisely why his legacy endures and why his country still cherishes him. I can't say his name without a little reverence; he expanded what rock could mean in a whole language.

Name (English)

Luis Alberto Spinetta

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・アルベルト・スピネッタ

Reading

るいす・あるべると・すぴねった

Born

January 23, 1950 – February 8, 2012

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Occupation

composer / singer / guitarist / songwriter / musician

• Official sitehttps://www.luisalbertospinetta.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Alberto%20Spinetta
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957627

Tags

• composer
• singer
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.