

Ĭerati's parents, Juan José Cerati and Lilian Clark, acquired a guitar for him when he was nine years old, at that point Cerati started to take music seriously, becoming a fanatic of rock and roll:Ĭerati during a photo session to promote the Signos album in 1986Īfter serving compulsory military service in 1979, Cerati entered the university to pursue a degree in marketing, something that he was not passionate about. Cerati's first passion was art and in elementary school he drew comics and created his own comic book characters. From his early memories he had an idyllic love of the sun and nature. His father was an accountant and regularly traveled abroad. He grew up in a middle class household his paternal family was of Lombard descent and his maternal family was of Irish origin. Ĭerati was born on 11 August 1959 in Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He and his band had intended to go to a show-after-party at the rock club Moulin Rouge, located on Francisco Solano López Avenue in the Sabana Grande area of Caracas but his symptoms started developing backstage, right after his last performance concluded. On, Cerati suffered a massive brain stroke in Caracas following a concert the stroke left him in a coma, and four years later, on 4 September 2014, Cerati died of cardiac arrest in Buenos Aires aged 55. Ĭerati was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various Grammys, MTV awards, as well as the MTV (Latin America) Legend Award with Soda Stereo, the first of its kind.

Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, were one of the most popular and influential rock and pop groups of the 1980s and 1990s. Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock.

