Luca Prodan
Luca George Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian and Scottish musician and singer who rose to prominence as the leading vocalist of Argentine-based alternative rock band Sumo, considered one of the most influential bands in Spanish-language rock history, and is widely considered one of the country's most important artists. Born in Rome to an affluent family in the art industry, Prodan was sent at nine years old to the United Kingdom for school at Gordonstoun. During his studies, Prodan learned to play the guitar and became heavily influenced by the recent progressive and psychedelic rock music that have emerged during the decade. At seventeen years old and one year away from graduating, Prodan abandoned his studies and returned to Italy. Prodan eventually returned to the United Kingdom for work, settling across Brighton, Manchester, and London; he soon became addicted to heroin. After moving to the outskirts of Argentina in 1980 to recover from his heroin addiction, he met Germán Daffunchio, who is the brother-in-law of Prodan's friend from Gordonstoun, Timmy McKern, and Alejandro Sokol, and formed the band Sumo. For much of the decade until Prodan's death, the band would become one of the most influential groups in shaping Argentine rock of its time. Prodan, along with the rest of Sumo, are credited for introducing British post-punk to not just Argentina, but to the continent, by providing songs in the English language, and for providing a visceral counterpoint to the progressive-influenced themes that dominated Spanish-language rock at that time. Prodan was the older brother of Italian film actor and composer, Andrea Prodan.
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