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Rata Blanca es una banda argentina que se ha consolidado como la banda de heavy/hard rock en español más importante de latinoamerica. Debutaron en el teatro de Luz y Fuerza ante 600 personas, el 15 de agosto de 1987.

Walter Giardino armó este grupo tras su frustrado paso por V8 y pasaron casi dos años de ensayos antes de salir a tocar.En 1988 editar el álbum debut, que tuvo dos temas de difusión: "Chico callejero" y "El sueño de la gitana".

El primer disco de la banda fue presentado el 18 de diciembre en el teatro Alfil. A comienzos del año siguiente Adrián Barilari reemplazó a Saúl Blanch y se incorporó Hugo Bistolfi en los teclados.

Con esa formación editaron "Magos, espadas y rosas"(1990), que pudieron presentar masivamente en el show de Ian Gillan (ex Black Sabbath) en Obras.Con su estilo "soft-metal " alcanzaron en 1991 su pico de mayor popularidad, al vender más de 200 mil copias de su tres discos, apoyados en sus 120 shows por todo el país (Argentina).

Una gran parte del repertorio posee una fuerte identificación con la música clásica, sin perder la fuerza metálica que los caracteriza.En ese mismo la año la banda sufre varios cambios, con la salida de Adrian Barilari, Hugo Bistolfi y el guitarrista invitado para las giras Hugh Lynch, reclutan al baterista Gustavo Segura, Alex Bass en el bajo y al guitarrista Daniel Tellis, emprenden un proyecto solistas llamado "Alianza".

"Entre el cielo y el infierno" (1994) fue grabado en España con Mario Ian (ex Alakrán) y presentado en una gira latinoamericana. Fueron invitados a tocar en el festival Mosters of Rock de San Pablo, junto a Ozzy Osbourne, Therapy Y Alice Cooper, en septiembre de 1995.

En 1997 concretaron otro cambio de cantante: Gabriel Marian (ex-Escocia) reemplazó a Ian, luego de un casting de más de 100 vocalistas. Con esta formación editaron el séptimo disco, titulado simplemente "Rata Blanca", con la intención de recuperar el terreno perdido en los tres años de ausencia en las bateas.

Giardino confirmó la separación de la banda en abril del '98, y editó su primer disco solista en 1999.En octubre del 2000 se reunieron para realizar una gira por Latinoamérica (Bolivia, Chile, México, Colombia y Ecuador).

Se presentaron también en Buenos Aires y editaron un disco recopilación, que incluye una versión acústica de "Mujer amante" como bonus track.Luego vendrían dos discos más: El Camino del Fuego (2002), que marco un nuevo reencuentro, y Poder Vivo (2003); y dos DVDs: En vivo en Obras (2004) y Rata & Glenn Hugues (recital que hicieron junto a Glenn Hugues, en 2004) "La llave de la puerta secreta" fue el disco número 12 en la carrera de la banda.

Es un disco típico de Rata Blanca, muy metalero con algunas baladas, y la temática de las letras está basada, en gran parte, en el libro "El código Da Vinci".ENGLISH:The band was founded in 1985 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, Argentina. They later took part in the "Halley en Obras", along with other bands: Alakrán ("Skorpion"), JAF and Kamikaze, in 1988.

That year they made their debut album with two hits: "Chico Callejero" ("Street Boy") and "El Sueño de la Gitana" ("Gypsy Woman's Dream").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 late 1997.

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 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, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, as well as by Yngwie Malmsteen.Walter Giardino has had successful collaborations with Spain's Mägo de Oz.

The band's name literally means "White Rat" in English; however in South American slang, rata blanca refers to a type of firework.http://www.rataweb.com.ar/

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