Osvaldo Civile
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Osvaldo Civile on the cover of the magazine Epopeya #22, April 1999, in photograph intended as cover art for the Eternos CD
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Cetorca, Borracho |
| Born |
October 21, 1958 Caseros, Buenos Aires |
| Died | April 28, 1999 (aged 40) |
| Genres | Thrash metal |
| Instruments | Guitarist |
| Years active | 1982–1999 |
| Associated acts | V8, Horcas |
Osvaldo Daniel Civile (October 21, 1958 – April 28, 1999) was an Argentine heavy metal guitarist. He was the guitarist for the bands V8 and Horcas.
Civile was born in Caseros, Buenos Aires, and began his music career in the band Té de brujas. The guitarist of V8, Ricardo Moreno, left the band in 1982 for health reasons and proposed Civile as his replacement. The drummer Alejandro Colantonio left the band as well, and was replaced by Gustavo Rowek. The lineup of Civile, Rowek, Ricardo Iorio and Alberto Zamarbide is the most famous one of the band. They recorded two long plays, Luchando por el Metal (English: Fighting for metal) and Un Paso Mas En La Batalla (English: Another step in the battle). The band moved to Santos, in Brazil, attempting to continue their career there. The project was abandoned and the band returned to Argentina in 1985, but Civile stayed in Brazil because his wife was ill.
Civile returned to Argentina in 1988. He created a thrash metal band, Horcas. Civile was the lead guitarist, Adrián Zucchi the second guitarist, Eddie Walker the bassist, Gabriel Ganzo the drummer, and Hugo Benítez the singer. Zucchi left the band, which recorded its first LP, Reinará la tempestad (English: The tempest will rule), in 1990. The second work, Oíd mortales el grito sangrado (English: Hear, mortals, the bleeding cry), had two new members, Oscar Castro as second guitarist and Norberto Yañez as drummer. They played with Metallica, Motörhead, Exodus, Kreator and Ratos de Porão.
The band got a new singer, Christian Bertoncelli, and went many years without new productions. Horcas took part in the Metal Rock Festival, a festival with the bands Rata Blanca and Logos, closed by a reunion of V8. Gustavo Rowek and Alberto Zamarbide were members of those two bands. The reunion was controversial because Ricardo Iorio, leader of V8, refused to take part in it. The reunion of V8 was recorded in a live CD, "Homenaje".
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