[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/rata-blanca-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/rata-blanca-wikipedia\/","headline":"Rata Blanca – Wikipedia","name":"Rata Blanca – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 Argentine rock band after-content-x4 Rata Blanca (“White Rat” in English) is an Argentine heavy metal band, formed in 1986.","datePublished":"2018-11-20","dateModified":"2018-11-20","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3f\/V8giardino.jpg\/220px-V8giardino.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3f\/V8giardino.jpg\/220px-V8giardino.jpg","height":"140","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/rata-blanca-wikipedia\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":2154,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4Argentine rock band       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Rata Blanca (“White Rat” in English) is an Argentine heavy metal band, formed in 1986.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4History[edit]Beginnings[edit]Success[edit]Changes in lineup and reunion[edit]2010\u2013present[edit]Personnel[edit]Current lineup[edit]Past members[edit]Live members[edit]Timeline[edit]Discography[edit]Studio albums[edit]Live and compilation albums[edit]Singles and EPs[edit]Cover versions[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Beginnings[edit]  The guitarist Walter Giardino replaced Osvaldo Civile in V8 for a little time, and left the band when his songs were rejected. His friend Roberto Cosseddu, bassist of Kamikaze, helped him to record a demo tape with those songs. The drummer Gustavo Rowek, who had also left V8 a short time before, declined his projects with Civile and joined Giardino. The session musicians Rodolfo Cava (singer) and Yulie Ruth (bass player) completed the line-up that recorded the demo. The songs were “Chico callejero”, “Rompe el hechizo”, “Gente del sur” and “La bruja blanca”. Seeking stable members, the band took Sa\u00fal Blanch as singer, who was working in the hard rock band Plus. They met the bass player Guillermo S\u00e1nchez with the help of Giardino’s friend Sergio Berdichevsky, member of WC at that point.[1]Rata Blanca made their first concert on 15 August 1987 in the Luz y Fuerza theater. Sa\u00fal Blanch left the band, and he was replaced by Carlos P\u00e9rigo, who composed the song “D\u00edas Duros”. P\u00e9rigo left the band soon after that. Rodolfo Cava returned for a brief time, and Shito Molina got ill and could not sing anymore. As the band was about to record their first album and needed a singer immediately, Sa\u00fal Blanch returned to the band and helped record it. The album Rata Blanca was released in 1988, with nine songs.[1] On that year they took part in the “Halley en Obras” concert, along with Alakr\u00e1n, JAF and Kamikaze.Success[edit]Polygram requested that the band could create an album which would have high sales in the first semester to renew the contract, and the band made fourfold the required number of sales. The keyboard player Hugo Bistolfi joined the band in 1989, and the singer Adri\u00e1n Barilari replaced Sa\u00fal Blanch. The band subsequently made their second album Magos, espadas y rosas, which contained the popular songs “Mujer amante” and “La leyenda del hada y el mago”. It was a successful release, and in its wake the band appeared in the TV show Ritmo de la Noche, and played in cumbia concert halls because typical rock venues could not accommodate their large audiences.[1]The album was followed by “Guerrero del Arco Iris”, and a concert at the Jos\u00e9 Amalfitani Stadium. The band ended their contract with Polygram recording a live album, made at the Opera Theater with an orchestra,[2] but this album was released years later. Once in BMG they made an EP called “El Libro Oculto”. This work was more aggressive, both in instrumental style and lyrical style, as a result of the criticism from heavy metal fans towards the band.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Changes in lineup and reunion[edit]Barilari did not like the new style found in “El Libro Oculto” and left the band after a concert in Obras.[1] Bistolfi followed him, and both of them created the band Alianza.Barilari and Bistolfi were replaced by Mario Ian on vocals and Javier Retamozo on keyboards. With this line-up they released Entre el Cielo y el Infierno (“Between Heaven and Hell”). Later that year, they were invited to play in the “Festival Monsters of Rock” in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, along with Ozzy Osbourne, Therapy?, and Alice Cooper.[citation needed] They released another album with new singer Gabriel Marian called “Rata Blanca VII”. The group disbanded in late 1997. Gustavo Rowek and Sergio Berdichevsky created the band Nativo, and Giardino continued with Walter Giardino Temple.Barilari and Bistolfi were invited to a concert of Walter Giardino Temple in 2000, which led to a reunion of the band. Rowek and Berdichevsky refused to be part of the reunion. The radio station La Mega aired frequently the old “Mujer amante” song, generating a renewed interest in the band. The new album, El camino del fuego, released in 2002, was a huge success. Its follow-up, the 2005 album La Llave de la Puerta Secreta had great sales and went into Gold even before being officially released.[3]Rata Blanca played with famous member of Deep Purple Glenn Hughes as a guest at the Gran Rex Theater, in 2003. They played the band’s hits as well as Deep Purple’s classic songs. In order to gain a more international profile, Giardino approached former Rainbow singer Doogie White to record an English version of the Forgotten Kingdom album in 2009.[4]  Doogie White recorded an English versions of El Reino Olvidado2010\u2013present[edit]Early in 2010, Rata Blanca historical keyboardist Hugo Bistolfi left the band and was replaced by Danilo Moschen, a former member of Barilari’s soloist band.In 2013, original members Gustavo Rowek, Sergio Berdichevsky and Saul Blanch reunited with Rata Blanca for some presentations. In 2015 Rata Blanca released their tenth studio album, Tormenta El\u00e9ctrica.In May 2017, bassplayer Guillermo S\u00e1nchez died due to sepsis.[5] A few days before, singer Adri\u00e1n Barilari announced that Guillermo was in poor health condition.Personnel[edit]  2010\u20132017 line-up, from left to right; Fernando Scarcella, Guillermo S\u00e1nchez, Walter Giardino, Danilo Moschen and Adri\u00e1n BarilariCurrent lineup[edit]Walter Giardino \u2013 lead guitar (1986\u20131997, 2000\u2013present)Adri\u00e1n Barilari \u2013 vocals (1989\u20131993, 2000\u2013present)Fernando Scarcella \u2013 drums (2000\u2013present)Danilo Moschen \u2013 keyboards (2010\u2013present)Pablo Motyczak \u2013 bass (2017\u2013present)Past members[edit]Sa\u00fal Blanch \u2013 vocals (1987\u20131989)Mario Ian \u2013 vocals (1993\u20131996)Gabriel Marian \u2013 vocals (1996\u20131997)Sergio Berdichevsky \u2013 rhythm guitar (1986\u20131997)Guillermo S\u00e1nchez \u2013 bass (1986\u20131997, 2000\u20132017; died 2017)Gustavo Rowek \u2013 drums (1986\u20131997)Hugo Bistolfi \u2013 keyboards (1989\u20131993, 2000\u20132010)Javier Retamozo \u2013 keyboards (1993\u20131997)Live members[edit]Shito Molina \u2013 vocals (1988; died 2003)Carlos Perigo \u2013 vocals (1988)Lowi Novello \u2013 vocals (1988)Rodolfo Cava \u2013 vocals (1986)Alejandro Zon \u2013 drums (2005)Mariano Elias Martin \u2013 drums (2018)Timeline[edit]Discography[edit]Studio albums[edit]Rata Blanca (1988)Magos, Espadas y Rosas (1990)Guerrero del Arco Iris (1991)Entre el Cielo y el Infierno (1994)Rata Blanca VII (1997)El Camino del Fuego (2002)La Llave de la Puerta Secreta (2005)El Reino Olvidado (2008)Tormenta El\u00e9ctrica (2015)Live and compilation albums[edit]En Vivo en Buenos Aires (1996)Grandes Canciones (compilation, 2000)Oro: Grandes \u00c9xitos (compilation, 2002)Poder Vivo (2003)En Vivo (2003)Magos Espadas y Rosas: XX Aniversario en Vivo (2011)Singles and EPs[edit]El Sue\u00f1o de la Gitana (1988)La Leyenda del Hada y el Mago (1990)D\u00edas Duros (1990)Mujer Amante (1990)Abrazando el Rock & Roll (1991)Guerrero del Arco Iris (1991)Nada Es F\u00e1cil Sin tu Amor (1991)El Libro Oculto (EP, 1993)Basura (1994)Mujer Amante – versi\u00f3n ac\u00fastica (2000)Rata Blanca (EP, 2001)Teatro Gran Rex XIV – XII – MMI (2001)Highway on Fire (EP, 2002)Volviendo a Casa (2002)El Reino Olvidado (2008)La Leyenda del Hada y el Mago \/ Mujer Amante (live, 2011)Cover versions[edit]Spain’s M\u00e4go de Oz recorded a version of “Mujer amante”.References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/rata-blanca-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Rata Blanca – Wikipedia"}}]}]