Origin of the band's name According to Bond, the origin of the name La Pesada came from
Álvarez and his friends, who had a habit of giving everyone female-gendered nicknames. Thus,
La Pesada referred to Bond himself, who weighed
120 kilos y tenía la contextura de un luchador. First stage: open band In La Pesada's beginnings, membership in the band was open. Both during performances and for recordings, the band featured outstanding musicians of the rock scene of the times, which made it a sort of national rock team. The dissolution of
Manal,
Almendra, and
Los Gatos, the founding groups of
Argentine rock, created a vacuum. In spite of the growing popularity of bands like
Vox Dei, this foreshadowed the potential extinction of this alternative movement as it had been known until then. The former members of the disbanded groups were facing the formation of new ones, but the presence of the rock genre on stages and in the media had diminished considerably. On the other hand, the independent label Mandioca had disappeared, and the major record companies were not managing their "progressive music" artists properly. in which these musicians took part. Bond himself explained that when the concert started, there were about 4,000 to 5,000 people who had bought general admission tickets while the seats in the front were empty because
los pibes del rock no tenían plata. Thus, he encouraged them to get closer to the stage so they could see. This led some people to climb the fence, which in turn led to riot police immediately appearing
con cascos, escudos y bastones. Later, some media outlets attributed the chaos to Billy Bond's behavior on stage.—happened between those two dates. == Discography ==