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Break It All to make rockeros worldwide mad as hell. “Why isn’t [enter your favorite band] mentioned?” some asked. “Why is [enter a band you don’t like] in bigger letters than [enter band you like]?” And the trailer for the six-part series, which began streaming late last month, didn’t help much either. “Where is Caifanes?” Mexican fans inquired. “What are Mon Laferte and Maná doing there?” complained those who don’t consider the Chilean songstress and the immensely successful Mexican band to be “rock.” “Where are Los Shakers?” asked Uruguayan fans, offended by the fact that the band’s greatest hit was named “Rompan Todo” (“Break It All”), clearly the inspiration for the documentary series’ title.
Rompan Todo Explores A Turbulent History Of Latin America Through Rock Music By Betto Arcos | NPR
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Sergio Arau (center) poses with fellow Botellita de Jerez bandmates. They were one of the most influential groups in the 80s after rock re-emerged in Mexico following 15 years of censorship and repression.
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In the 1960s, as rock and roll became America s most popular music, the genre also began to take hold in countries like Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Netflix s new six-part documentary series,
Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America, explores the music from the 60s to the present.
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In the 1960s, as rock and roll became this country s most popular music, it also took hold in countries like Argentina, Mexico and Chile. A new documentary series called Break Everything: The History Of Rock In Latin America is now on Netflix. Betto Arcos reports.
BETTO ARCOS, BYLINE: Break Everything - Rompan Todo in Spanish - begins in the early 1960s in Mexico, when bands like Los Teen Tops started covering American hits.
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âBreak It Allâ Celebrates the Oppositional Energy of Latin Rock
A new six-part Netflix series explores half a century of music under pressure.
Soda Stereo onstage in 1984. The band is one of many featured in “Break It All,” a six-part documentary series on Netflix.Credit.Netflix
Latin America has taken rock seriously. Seriously enough for governments to suppress it. Seriously enough for bands to sing about political issues, societal troubles and the spirit of rebellion. Seriously enough for fans to risk arrests and beatings to see a concert. While Latin rock can be thoroughly entertaining â catchy, playful, rambunctious, over the top â it rarely settles for being mere entertainment. Thereâs often far more going on behind the melody, rhythm and noise.