[a] Cargo was formed by Adrian Bărar in 1985, after he quit the new wave band Autostop.

The original line-up was Tavi Iepan (guitar), Carol Bleich (drums), Tiberiu Gajdo (bass), Dinel Tollea (keyboards) and Adrian Bărar (guitar, vocals).

[3] In 2003, Kempes decided to leave the band, and emigrate to Australia, so the vocal duties were taken over by guitarist Adrian Igrișan.

[4] After considering to organize auditions for a new vocalist, they finally decided on leaving Igrișan to handle both guitar and vocals.

The power ballad "Dacă ploaia s-ar opri" received massive airplay on both radio and television, with Cargo becoming a household name in Romania.