Pappo

During one of his returns to Buenos Aires, in 1977, he formed "Aeroblus". Since 1980 he stayed in Argentina and formed Riff, considered one of the most representative bands of Argentine rock from the 1980s. In the 1990s, he returned with Pappo's Blues and also held brief reunions of Riff. Early in the decade of the 2000s, Pappo published a solo album with a classic sound of blues and hard rock. Norberto Napolitano died in February 2005 in a motorcycle accident. The municipality of the City of Buenos Aires dedicated a monument in his honour.

In 1971, he formed "Pappo's Blues" and that same year released his first album, and was also part of the 1973 documentary "Hasta que se ponga el sol". During the first era of Pappo's Blues in the 1970s there were constant line-up changes; one of the members was Hannibal Reitano, former guitar player of Comandante Energia and later in the 1980s they played in London, England. Napolitano was the only permanent member of the band. Between 1975 and 1980 Pappo lived alternately in England and Argentina, in the United Kingdom he was in contact with new genres such as punk and the new wave of heavy metal.

Norberto Napolitano was born in La Paternal, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since his youth he felt great interest in music, his early influences being The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Freddie King, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and Manal. During the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, he was a fundamental part of the Argentine rock scene; he started playing as occasional guitarist for Manal, but soon joined Los Abuelos de la Nada and later Los Gatos.

Norberto Aníbal Napolitano, known by his stage name Pappo (La Paternal, 10 March 1950 – Luján, 25 February 2005), was an Argentine electric guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in the history of Argentine rock (known locally as rock nacional, Spanish for "national rock").