60s and 70s
With the Uruguayan Invasion of Argentina dying down, a new wave of rock musicians arose, including El Kinto, Totem (banda), Psiglo, Génesis, Opus Alfa, Eduardo Mateo, Jesus Figueroa and Días de Blues, promoted by radio and television shows like Constelacion and Discodromo Show. In 1973, however, a military dictatorship came to rule Uruguay, and the rock boom ended. In 1975, popular music was canto popular, a genre that was against and openly dismissed electric instrumentations and foreign rhythm and styles.
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