Indio Solari, voice of Argentine rock and leader of Los Redonditos, dies at 77
Carlos Alberto Solari, known as Indio Solari, died on June 5, 2026 at his home in Parque Leloir, roughly 33 kilometres from Buenos Aires. He was 77. A post-mortem examination determined the cause of death to be a haemorrhagic stroke suffered in the early morning hours while he was in his indoor swimming pool. He was found by his carer; resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. He had been living with Parkinson’s disease for several years, the illness that had forced him to step away from live performance for good in 2017.
Solari was one of the defining figures of Argentine rock nacional — a music that served for decades as a cultural soundtrack of resistance in a country shaped by dictatorship, economic crises and deep social fractures. In 1976 he co-founded Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota — known simply as Los Redondos — alongside guitarist Skay Beilinson and the legendary “Negra” Poli. The band released ten studio albums and grew into a phenomenon with no real equivalent in Latin American rock history. Their central paradox: Solari managed to make hundreds of thousands of people sing along to some of the most hermetic, literary lyrics in contemporary popular music.
After Los Redondos disbanded in 2001, Solari returned in 2004 with Los Fundamentalistas del Aire Acondicionado, releasing five albums between 2004 and 2018. His final live concert took place in Olavarría in March 2017, drawing an estimated 300,000 people. Parkinson’s ended his time on stage, but not his creative activity: in 2022 he founded El Mister y los Marsupiales Extintos, releasing fifteen singles before his death. The news of his passing triggered an outpouring of grief across Argentina; thousands gathered spontaneously at Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo to pay their respects.
