Walter Giardino
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Héctor Walter Giardino is an Argentine guitarist, composer and leader of the heavy metal and hard rock
band Rata Blanca
. He is very influenced by Ritchie Blackmore
and Yngwie Malmsteen.
need a new guitarist and drummer to sustitute Osvaldo Civile and Gustavo Rowek and the band recruit both Giardino and Andino. In V8 Giardino wrote some songs but the band never accepted it. After six months in V8 the bassist Ricardo Iorio
fire up Giardino. Giardino began a new project with another former V8, the drummer Gustavo Rowek.
with Gustavo Rowek (drums), Rodolfo Cava (vocals) and Yulie Ruth (bass), under this line-up the band recorded a demo in England. After two years of rehearsals the band debuted at Teatro Luz y Fuerza in Buenos Aires. For this event the band recruited Sergio Berdichevsky (rhythm guitar), Saul Blanch (vocals) and a new bassist called Guillermo Sanchez. This line-up eventually recorded the band's self-titled debut album. In 1990 the band recorded Magos, Espadas y Rosas with Adrian Barilari on the vocals and Hugo Bistolfi as an official member in the keyboard duties. This era was the band's most successful. In 1992 they released Guerrero del Arco Iris and in 1993 the EP El Libro Oculto. After this Walter Giardino wished to move the band's sound into a heavier sound, opinion not shared with both Barilari and Bistolfi, who decided to leave Rata Blanca. They were in turn replaced by Mario Ian (vocals) and Javier Retamozo
(keyboards). This formation recorded in 1994 Entre el cielo y el infierno an album marked with a heavy sound more in the style of bands like Accept
and Judas Priest
. Ian leaves in 1996 after musical differences with the band, and Giardino started searching for a new vocalist with same register of Barilari. Finally he recruited Gabriel Marian. VII was the next album, that didn't receive much acceptance from the fans. In 1998 Giardino disbanded Rata Blanca.
, Black Sabbath
) when Walter Giardino wanted to play alone allegedly because the band doesn't know how to play the song 'Burn'. After this event the members of the band except Scarcella create his own band, ironically named Quemar (Spanish translation of "burn"). Temple was on a hiatus and Giardino collaborate with Spain metal band Mago de Oz and then return to Argentina. Giardino invites Adrian Barilari and Hugo Bistolfi to act for some nights with Temple, the bassist Daniel Leonetti leaves the band and his place was taken by Guillermo Sanchez (another Rata Blanca member) and this was the beginning of the return of Rata Blanca.
, Yngwie Malmsteen) on vocals.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Rata Blanca
Rata Blanca
Rata Blanca is a heavy metal band from Argentina formed in the 1980s.-Biography:The band was founded by Walter Giardino after he left V8. Rata Blanca played together for about two years before their debut on August 15, 1987 in the theater "Luz y Fuerza" in Buenos Aires...
. He is very influenced by Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Early Years and V8 (1981 - 1985)
In 1981 Walter Giardino enter as a guitarist and vocalist in a hard rock band named Punto Rojo with Gustavo Andino (drums) and Roberto Cosseddu (bass) the band progress on the under scene but never record an album. The band was dissolved in 1984. In 1985 one of the best band of the times in Argentina, named V8V8 (band)
V8 was an Argentine heavy metal band created in 1979, one of the first notable Argentine bands of that genre. After its dissolution former members have continued their careers starting other heavy metal bands, Hermética, Horcas, Rata Blanca, Logos and Almafuerte.-Biography:In the beginning of the...
need a new guitarist and drummer to sustitute Osvaldo Civile and Gustavo Rowek and the band recruit both Giardino and Andino. In V8 Giardino wrote some songs but the band never accepted it. After six months in V8 the bassist Ricardo Iorio
Ricardo Iorio
Ricardo Iorio is an Argentine heavy metal musician who participated in various of the most important metal bands in the country....
fire up Giardino. Giardino began a new project with another former V8, the drummer Gustavo Rowek.
Rata Blanca (1986 -1998)
In 1986, after his departure from V8, Giardino founded Rata BlancaRata Blanca
Rata Blanca is a heavy metal band from Argentina formed in the 1980s.-Biography:The band was founded by Walter Giardino after he left V8. Rata Blanca played together for about two years before their debut on August 15, 1987 in the theater "Luz y Fuerza" in Buenos Aires...
with Gustavo Rowek (drums), Rodolfo Cava (vocals) and Yulie Ruth (bass), under this line-up the band recorded a demo in England. After two years of rehearsals the band debuted at Teatro Luz y Fuerza in Buenos Aires. For this event the band recruited Sergio Berdichevsky (rhythm guitar), Saul Blanch (vocals) and a new bassist called Guillermo Sanchez. This line-up eventually recorded the band's self-titled debut album. In 1990 the band recorded Magos, Espadas y Rosas with Adrian Barilari on the vocals and Hugo Bistolfi as an official member in the keyboard duties. This era was the band's most successful. In 1992 they released Guerrero del Arco Iris and in 1993 the EP El Libro Oculto. After this Walter Giardino wished to move the band's sound into a heavier sound, opinion not shared with both Barilari and Bistolfi, who decided to leave Rata Blanca. They were in turn replaced by Mario Ian (vocals) and Javier Retamozo
Javier Retamozo
Javier Retamozo is a keyboardist of Heavy metal and Hard rock in Argentina-Biography:He starts his career in 1988 with LZ2, a hard rock band led by Martín Knye. In 1989, he is chosen as the fourth best keyboard player of the Argentinian hard rock scene in the annual poll carried out by “Metal”, a...
(keyboards). This formation recorded in 1994 Entre el cielo y el infierno an album marked with a heavy sound more in the style of bands like Accept
Accept
Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...
and Judas Priest
Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...
. Ian leaves in 1996 after musical differences with the band, and Giardino started searching for a new vocalist with same register of Barilari. Finally he recruited Gabriel Marian. VII was the next album, that didn't receive much acceptance from the fans. In 1998 Giardino disbanded Rata Blanca.
Temple (1998 - 2000)
Giardino started a new project named Walter Giardino Temple which only recorded one album (1998) The band included Norberto Rodriguez (vocals) Ruben Trombini (bass), Pablo Catania (keyboards) and Martin Carrizo (drums) later replaced by Fernando Scarcella. The band break-up after play with Glenn Hughes (Deep PurpleDeep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
) when Walter Giardino wanted to play alone allegedly because the band doesn't know how to play the song 'Burn'. After this event the members of the band except Scarcella create his own band, ironically named Quemar (Spanish translation of "burn"). Temple was on a hiatus and Giardino collaborate with Spain metal band Mago de Oz and then return to Argentina. Giardino invites Adrian Barilari and Hugo Bistolfi to act for some nights with Temple, the bassist Daniel Leonetti leaves the band and his place was taken by Guillermo Sanchez (another Rata Blanca member) and this was the beginning of the return of Rata Blanca.
Rata Blanca: The Second Era (2001 - Present)
Temple officially had four of the six members of the most successful line-up of Rata Blanca. Giardino decided that this was the return of Rata Blanca. Giardino asked Gustavo Rowek and Sergio Berdichevsky to return to Rata Blanca, but they decided to remain with their own band Nativo. Fernando Scarcella stayed as the drummer of Rata Blanca, and Giardino became the only guitarist of the group. Since it's return, the band has recorded three studio albums. In 2002 Rata Blanca recorded the return album El Camino de Fuego which has an English version named "Highway on Fire" (which has three themes). In 2003, Glenn Hughes was Rata Blanca guest musician in one concert. In 2005 Rata Blanca released La Llave de la Puerta Secreta and in 2008 El Reino Olvidado which in the English version with features Doogie White (RainbowRainbow
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc...
, Yngwie Malmsteen) on vocals.
With Rata Blanca
- Rata BlancaRata Blanca (album)Rata Blanca is the first album by the Argentine metal band of the same name recorded in 1988 by Polygram.-Recording history:The vocalist Saul Blanch had already left the band after the recording the disk. After his departure so many singer took his place like Carlos Perigo and Shito Molina but they...
- 1988 - Magos, espadas y rosasMagos, espadas y rosasMagos, Espadas y Rosas is the second album by Argentine metal band Rata Blanca. The album was released by PolyGram and is one of the best selling albums of Latino-American rock albums. It is also the first album with Adrian Barilari on the vocals.-Tracks:All tracks written by Walter Giardino...
- 1990 - Guerrero del Arco Iris - 1992
- El Libro OcultoEl Libro OcultoEl Libro Oculto is the fourth album by argentine metal band Rata Blanca. The album was recorded in 1993 in Spain. The disk have a more heavy sound than previous albums. After this album the singer Adrian Barilari and the keyboardist Hugo Bistolfi left the band...
- 1993 - Entre El Cielo y El Infierno - 1994
- En Vivo en Buenos Aires - 1996
- Rata Blanca VII - 1997
- Grandes Canciones - 2000
- El Camino del FuegoEl Camino del FuegoEl Camino del Fuego is the seventh studio album and the first after the reunion in 2001 of the argentinian band Rata Blanca. In this album Adrian Barilari returns as the lead vocalist. The album also has an EP version in english....
(Highway on Fire) - 2002 - Poder Vivo - 2002
- En Vivo con Gleen Hughes (DVD) - 2003
- La Llave de la Puerta Secreta - 2005
- El Reino OlvidadoEl Reino OlvidadoEl Reino Olvidado is the ninth studio album by the Argentine band Rata Blanca. The album was edited and released in 2008 by Popart. Two weeks after the release date the album obtain the gold album certification....
(The Forgotten Kingdom) - 2008 - 2009
With Others
- Gaia - Mago de OzMägo de OzMägo de Oz is a Spanish folk/heavy metal band from Begoña, Madrid formed in mid-1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio. In 1992, the band were finalists in the Villa de Madrid contest. Then, they went onto achieve great success in Spain, and in 1995, were declared Revolution Rock Band...
- 2003 - Barilari - BarilariBarilariBarilari is a project band from Argentina fronted by the Rata Blanca vocalist Adrián Barilari. The band formed in 2001 due to Adrian's wishes to form a solo project away from the demands of his other bands. In 2003 he invited his friends from Nightwish and Jens Johansson from Stratovarius to become...
- 2003 - Canciones Doradas - BarilariBarilariBarilari is a project band from Argentina fronted by the Rata Blanca vocalist Adrián Barilari. The band formed in 2001 due to Adrian's wishes to form a solo project away from the demands of his other bands. In 2003 he invited his friends from Nightwish and Jens Johansson from Stratovarius to become...
- 2007 - Sabbath Crosses( tribute to Black Sabbath )
- Larga vida al... Volumen Brutal,song "Los Rockeros Van Al Infierno",( tribute to Baron Rojo )
- Tierra Firme of Ars Amandi, guitar solo on " Tierra Firme "
- Cuerdas Vitales ( Carina Alfie )