Moderatto formed in the late 1990s. It began playing in 2001 in Mexico City, then consisting of five friends: Jay de la Cueva, Javier Ramírez, Marcelo Lara, Iñaki Vazquez and Olallo Rubio. They launched their mainstream debut CD
Resurrexión in 2001. This album quickly gained popularity thanks to their first single "Márchate Ya" and later "Isabel". In November 2004 they launched
El Detector de Metal, whose first single, a cover of
Timbiriche's "Muriendo Lento", featured female pop singer
Belinda as a collaboration with her. The group released
¡Grrrr! at the end of 2006 with its first single, "Sentimettal", which climbed to No. 3 on the Mexican Top 40 in three weeks. Three of their first five albums were certified platinum. In addition to Mexico and Latin America, they also performed at
Yokohama's Red Brick Warehouse on 24 July 2010 and The Trump Room in
Shibuya, Tokyo the following day. == Discography ==