While critics look at these reasons to signify Café Tacuba's importance, legions of global music followers are enamored with them simply because of their music, which is broadly appealing not only because of its groundbreaking nature, but also because of it's fun, madcap, and ever-changing. While their sound is instantly recognizable, no Café Tacuba album sounds quite like another, for the band generally pursues a grand artistic vision for each project that goes all the way from the scope of the album to which musical styles will be fused, to which collaborators are best-suited for the performances, to the actual packaging design of each release. The band employs a standard rock lineup of guitar/bass/drums with vocals, certainly, but the members also incorporate electronics as well as exotic instrumentation into their music, which encompasses styles as divergent as punk and ballads, as well as regional Mexican sounds like norteña, cumbia, ranchera, and even mariachi and electronica, indie pop, and garage rock. In reality, the Tacubas aren't all that well-served by the "rock en español" tag the "rock music sung in Spanish" descriptor does little justice to the stylistic diversity and creative strides showcased by Café Tacuba over the course of their career. Café Tacuba's stage antics and nearly limitless creative endeavors have made them a sell-out touring attraction not only in their home country and throughout Latin America, but in North America and Europe as well. Their self-titled Warner debut in 1992 yielded no less than six hit singles, while its follow-up, 1994's Re - whose songs remain an active part in their concert set list - is such a cornerstone of influence, Rolling Stone magazine placed it in the top spot on its list of the 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time.
The Mexican quartet has remained one of the biggest acts on the Latin music scene since, inspiring two generations of rockers in their wake. Together since 1989 after meeting while in college, Grammy winners and Mexico City indie rockers Café Tacuba are rightfully credited as the preeminent band to emerge from the rock en español movement of the early '90s.
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