Rata BlancaRata Blanca is a classic heavy metal heavy metal (music) band from Argentina that formed in the 1980s. In 1989, Hugo Bistolfi joined the band and then Saúl Blanch left, to be replaced by Adrián Barilari. With that arrangement, the band made its second album Magos, Espadas y Rosas ("Wizards, Swords, and Roses"), containing their classic song "Mujer amante". It was followed by "Guerrero del Arco Iris" ("Rainbow Warrior"). The band ended their contract with Polygram recording a live album, made at the Opera Theater with an orchestra, but this album was released years later. Once in BMG they made a short CD called "El Libro Oculto" ("The Hidden Book"). Both Bistolfi and Barilari decided to leave, being 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 "Festival Monsters of Rock" in São Paulo, Brazil, along with Ozzy Osbourne, Therapy?, and Alice Cooper. They released yet another album with new singer Gabriel Marian and keyboard player Javier Retamozo (Hugo Bistolfi left to form the band Alianza with singer Adrian Barilari) called "Rata Blanca VII", the group disbanded in 1998. They regrouped in 2000 (with Barilari back on vocals and Bistolfi on keyboards) to tour Latin America. In recent years, they have released three more albums, El Camino del Fuego ("The Path of Fire") in 2002, La Llave de la Puerta Secreta ("The Key to the Secret Door") in 2005, and El Reino Olvidado ("The Forgotten Kingdom") in 2008. The lyrics to La Llave de la Puerta Secreta were inspired by The Da Vinci Code. Wanting to gain a more international profile, Giardino approached former Rainbow Rainbow (band) singer Doogie White to record an English version of the Forgotten Kingdom album in 2009. The band is heavily influenced by British hard rock bands like Rainbow Rainbow (band) , Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, as well as by Yngwie Malmsteen. Walter Giardino has had successful collaborations with Spain's Mägo de Oz. Current *Walter Giardino: Guitar (1986 - 1998, 2001 - Present) *Adrián Barilari: Vocals Singer (1989 - 1993, 2001 - Present) *Guillermo Sánchez: Bass Bass guitar (1987 - 1998, 2001 - Present) *Fernando Scarcella: Drums Drum kit (2001 - Present) Original *Saúl Blanch: vocals *Wálter Giardino: guitar *Guillermo Sánchez: bass *Gustavo Rowek: drums *Sergio Berdichevsky: rhythm guitar Others * Mario Ian: vocals (1994 - 1996) * Gabriel Marian: vocals (1997 - 1998) * Javier Retamozo: Keyboards (1994 - 1998) * Saúl Blanch: vocals (1987, 1988 - 1989) * Sergio Berdichevsky: rhythm guitar (1987 - 1998) * Shito Molina: vocals (1988) * Gustavo Rowek; drums (1986 - 1998) *Hugo Bistolfi: Keyboards (1989 - 1993, 2000 - 2010) Studio albums * Rata Blanca (album) (1988) * Magos, espadas y rosas (1990) * Guerrero del arco iris (1992) * El libro oculto (1993) * 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) * The Forgotten Kingdom (2009) Live and compilation albums * En vivo en Buenos Aires (1996) * Grandes Canciones (2000) * Poder Vivo (2003) * Rata Blanca & Glenn Hughes (2003) Singles * "La Leyenda del Hada y El Mago" * "Rata Blanca" (2001) * "Teatro Gran Rex" (2001) * "Highway on Fire" (2002)Spain's Mägo de Oz recorded a version of "Mujer amante".
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