[4] However, the main legacy of the band, to have served as the launching pad for the careers of many musicians who would go on to become emblematic figures in the history of Argentine rock, had already been fulfilled.
The band's second album [es], known as La Oreja (alluding to the image on the cover), reflects the atmosphere of the zapadas (jam sessions)[11] in which these musicians took part.
With this line-up, the band recorded solo albums by each member and several with artists who would later become famous, such as Sui Generis, David Lebón, and Raúl Porchetto.
On 20 October 1972, La Pesada took part in the failed rock festival in which the Luna Park Stadium facilities were damaged due to clashes between the police and the concert-going public.
[13][14] Bond himself explained that when the concert started, there were about 4,000 to 5,000 people who had bought general admission tickets while the seats in the front were empty because los pibes del rock no tenían plata [d].
[4] According to him, the atmosphere that led to the incident was related to two events in Argentina's political history: first, in 1969, the first mass demonstration against the military dictatorship of General Juan Carlos Onganía, referred to as the Cordobazo; second, the Ezeiza massacre in 1973.
Una gran válvula de escape protagonizada por chicos de clase media y clase trabajadora (...) [g]From then on, the band limited themselves to recording albums (their last, Volumen 4, among them) and giving very few public performances until 1974, when Claudio Gabis, Billy Bond, and Alejandro Medina decided to emigrate to Brazil, thus putting an end to the group's existence.