Alongside giants like Soda Stereo and Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados stands as one of the most influential forces in rock en español. While Soda Stereo played a key role in globalizing the genre in the 1980s and Café Tacvba drove experimental innovation in later decades, Aterciopelados has carved its own path by blending alternative rock with Colombian and other Latin American soundscapes.