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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Review: Netflix’s ‘Break It All’ breaks open the world of Latin American rock
From Los Teen Tops to Maná, the six-part documentary series chronicles and the struggles and successes of rock music born below our southern border.
Cary Darling December 17, 2020Updated: December 17, 2020, 3:16 pm
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“Music … is nourished by context,” says Argentinian music producer Gustavo Santaolalla at one point in “Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America,” a fascinating, six-episode series chronicling the rise of rock ’n’ roll on the other side of our southern border. “And the one thing we do have in Latin America is a rich context due to our sociopolitical, economic and cultural situation.”