[1] Almost all notable musicians of Argentine rock played in Cemento at some point, with the exception of Charly García.

A concert of the Scottish punk rock band The Exploited in 1993 had an incident with neo-Nazis, which led to the first closing of Cemento.

A violent incident during a punk rock festival on August 10, 1997, led to another 4-month closure, arranged by the mayor Fernando De la Rúa.

New concert halls opened in the 2000s, such as "El Teatro" or "La Trastienda Club", began to dispute its primacy as the main one.

[1] The watchman Mario Duarte, who had been living in a small room inside Cemento since previous years, stayed in it after the closing.