Rivalries
Soda Stereo has often been compared and contrasted against contemporary Argentine band Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota with Soda Stereo representing the music industry, the high and middle classes, having pop-undetones and lyrics not dealing with social issues and Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota representing the working classes, independent music, left-wing politics and political dissatisfaction in general.
In the 1980s Soda Stereo was harschly criticized by Los Prisioneros vocalist Jorge González who complained against the ease with which Soda Stereo made apareances on Chilean TV or in Chilean magazines and the ease they had to obtain musical equipment for concerts in Chile. Soda Stereo was invited to Viña del Mar International Song Festival while Los Prisioneros were neglected despite popular acclaim. This situation was because Los Prisioneros were censored by media under the influence of the Chilean military dictatorship headed by Pinochet. In the 2005 book Maldito Sudaca Jorge González recanted from his criticism explaining that he admired Soda Stereo and his former statements were because of envy.
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