A fertile breeding ground for rock talent, Argentina provided Calamaro with the examples of Charly Garcia—whose "Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo (Pecado Mortal)" introduced the Roland drum machine to the country—and the genius of Luis Alberto Spinetta, whose band Almendra turned the rock scene on to jazz, folk, and other styles in tunes such as the flute-flavored "Que el Viento Borró Tus Manos."