Reunited Soda Stereo finds that the fizz is still there

It was 3 p.m. in Mexico City and singer Gustavo Cerati had just gotten up at his hotel to start another day on the road. Time gets turned around for musicians on tour and the veteran Argentine rocker still sounded a little groggy when he came to the phone to talk about the reunion of his old band, Soda Stereo, one of the most popular and influential groups in the history of rock en español.

The original members of the 1980s alt-Latino trio — bassist Zeta Bosio, drummer Charly Alberti and Cerati, the main songwriter — had been storming through Latin American capitals since Oct. 19, when the reunion tour blasted off in Buenos Aires, selling out five shows at the 70,000-capacity River Plate Stadium, then adding a sixth to break the venue’s previous attendance record set by the Rolling Stones. “*

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