Without Soda Stereo's alt-rock exoticism, rock en español wouldn't have turned out so provocative. Their sexy New Wave experiments enlightened Zoé's space-rock mastery and Chetes' sly guitar-pedal maneuvers. As the cosmos and earthly mysteries fueled Soda's sublime songwriting, Caifanes clearly took cues with their occult-leaning lyric flourishes—also evinced by Ases Falsos' majestic, nature-informed poetry.