Los Twist
Los Twist c. 1983. From left to right: Pipo Cipolatti, Gonzalo Palacios, Fabiana Cantilo, Polo Corbella, Daniel Melingo and Eduardo Cano.
Background information
Origin	Argentina
Years active	1982 - 1988 1991 - 2012
Past members	Pipo Cipolatti Fabiana Cantilo Hilda Lizarazu Daniel Melingo Gonzalo Palacios Eduardo Cano Polo Corbella Camilo Iezzi Rolo Rossini

Los Twist was an Argentine rock group formed on March 30, 1982, in Buenos Aires. Their music was inspired in the rockabilly of the 1950s, and their lyrics contained strong political statements disguised with humor. The band officially broke up on April 30, 2012.^[1]

Among their most famous songs are: Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos, El rockabilly de los narcisos, Ricardo Rubén, El estudiante, and Estoy herido, etc.

Members of Los Twist

• Pipo Cipolatti (guitar and voice)
• Daniel Melingo (guitar)
• Fabiana Cantilo (vocals: first 2 albums)
• Eduardo Cano (bass: first 2 albums)
• Bruno Toppino (drums: first 2 albums)
• Gonzalo Palacios (wind instruments)
• Damian Toppino (vocals: third album)
• Santiago Toppino and Gustavo Pintos (vocals 1991-1996)

Discography

The band started playing in the early 1980s; their albums include:

• "La dicha en movimiento" (1983),
• "Cachetazo al vicio" (1984),
• "La máquina del tiempo" (1985),
• "Cataratas musicales" (1991),
• "El álbum" (1993),
• "Con el 5 en la espalda" (1994)
• "Explosivo '96" (1995)

Singles

Some of their hits include: "Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos", "Ritmo colocado", "Jugando hula-hula" from "La dicha en movimiento" "El hombre de la barra de hielo" (1983), and "El estudiante" from "Cataratas musicales" (1991).

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