
Marifer had read a letter that French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote when he was 16 and which stated “I Am Another” (“Je Suis Un Autre”) that phrase was imbedded in her memory during the formative years of the band. Around those years, they decided to form a band together. Between 19, Cristian played in Los Apáticos and El Gregal, where Ricky Rúa (current EOY drummer) played drums meanwhile María became part of groups such as Rebecca, whose drummer was also Ricky Rúa. Afterwards, Cristian formed his first punk rock band: Los Apáticos. At school, they played together in a band called Revolución, where they covered songs by Sumo, Virus and Miguel Mateos. Under the influence of their mother, who was a poet, they started writing their first songs, which were simple in the early stages but revolutionary nonetheless, in the style of Velvet Underground & Nico. At the age of five, Humberto Cristian and María Fernanda Aldana started playing music at home with their father's classical guitar (he was a bolero and tango singer in old bars) and a GEM organ. They are also the first Latin American band to offer their own application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users.įrom the beginnings in Temperley to Abrecaminos (1988-1999) Įl Otro Yo formed in the late 1980s/early 1990s in Temperley, in the south of Greater Buenos Aires. El Otro Yo is the third band in the world (after Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead) to transform their official website into a social network, which is called Comunidad EOY. They have played extensively all over Latin American and the United States. The band shared tours and stages with bands such as Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, Incubus, Yo La Tengo, Molotov, Café Tacuba, Todos Tus Muertos, Los Brujos, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Silverchair, Soda Stereo, Robi Draco Rosa, The Offspring and Placebo, among others. EOY is the independent group with the most albums recorded in the 1990s. Later on, the group successfully founded its own label, Besotico Records, thus sealing their independent personality. They made their debut in the late '80s / early '90s, with a demo tape called Los Hijos de Alien, followed by Traka-Traka.

El Otro Yo ( The Other Me) is an Argentinean alternative rock band.
