Line #51 Music/RicardoIorio


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3	Ricardo Horacio Iorio (25 June 1962 – 24 October 2023) was a musician from UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}}. He began as a bassist, then a bassist who made chorus, then a [[LeadBassist bassist singer]], and finally a singer. He took part in neighbourhood bands with some friends, and then he created V8, the first HeavyMetal band in Argentina. The most famous line-up was Iorio-Civile-Rowek-Zamarbide, which recorded the first two [=LPs=]. Civile left the band, and then Rowek. Walter Giardino (who would lead Rata Blanca years later) joined V8 for a couple of months, and left. The third line-up had Cenci, Roldán, Iorio and Zamarbide, recorded the third LP. Iorio's partners became involved with religious ideas and sought to promote them with the band, which was resisted by Iorio and led to the breakup. With bassist José Amurín, the last V8 lineup continued as Logos.
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5	Iorio made a new band, Hermética, this time full thrash metal. The singer Claudio O'Connor and guitarrist Antonio Romano stayed all the time, and the first drummer was quickly replaced by Tony Scotto. They recorded the first LP, where Iorio made some chorus here and there, and then a short LP with covers. Scotto was replaced by Claudio Strunz, making the most famous line-up of Hermética. They recorded two studio Cds and two live albums; Iorio singed some full songs now. The band broke-up shortly before the release of the second live album, and Iorio and his partners accused each other for the breakup.
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7	And then, he made his third and most successful band, Almafuerte. He became the singer of all songs, and recorded several studio and live [=CDs=] until the band's hiatus in 2016. He founded his own record label, called ''Dejesú Records'', named after a catchphrase from him.
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9	For better or for worse, his three bands [[TropeCodifier defined]] the Argentinean ThrashMetal scene (and, in some cases, other HeavyMetal scenes as well), both in musical and lyrical style, as well as their orientation.
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11	Iorio died on 24 October 2023, at the age of 61, from a massive heart attack.
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13	You can find more information about him and his bands on [[https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Ricardo_Iorio/3619 Encyclopedia Metallum]].
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15	[[folder:Studio Discography]]
16	!V8
17	* ''Luchando Por El Metal'' - 1983
18	* ''Un Paso Más en la Batalla'' - 1984
19	* ''El Fin de los Inicuos'' - 1986
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21	!Hermética
22	* ''Hermética'' - 1989
23	* ''Ácido Argentino'' - 1991
24	* ''Víctimas del Vaciamiento'' - 1994
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26	!Iorio & Flavio
27	* ''Peso Argento'' - 1997
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29	!Almafuerte
30	* ''Mundo Guanaco'' - 1995
31	* ''Del Entorno'' - 1996
32	* ''Almafuerte'' - 1998
33	* ''A fondo blanco'' - 1999
34	* ''Piedra libre'' - 2001
35	* ''Ultimando'' - 2003
36	* ''Toro y pampa'' - 2006
37	* ''Trillando La Fina'' - 2012
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39	!Solo discography
40	* ''Ayer Deseo, Hoy Realidad'' - 2008
41	* ''Tangos y milongas'' - 2014
42	* ''Atesorando en los cielos'' - 2015
43	[[/folder]]
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45	!Tropes related with him and/or his works:
46	* CoverAlbum:
47	** Hermética's ''Intérpretes''.
48	** ''Ayer Deseo, Hoy Realidad'' and ''Tangos y Milongas'' as a solo artist.
49	* CoverVersion: Several covers of tangos and folk songs with both Hermética and Almafuerte, plus [[Music/{{Motorhead}} "El As de Espadas (Ace of Spades)"]] with Music/LosNatas.
50	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some V8 songs like "Lanzado al mundo hoy" mention Heavy Metal, and Hermética's ''Intérpretes'' features a cover song of "No Class" from Music/{{Motorhead}}. He would eventually become a vocal critic of Argentinian artists singing in English, and talk about the music genre only as "Metal pesado".
51	* EasilyCondemned: When Iorio breaks with someone, he means it. He never took part in any reunion of V8 or Hermética, not even for a single show.
52	* IAmTheBand: And for whoever disagrees with Iorio in this, [[RevolvingDoorBand there is the door]].
53	* ItsAllAboutMe: Ever since Almafuerte's ''Del Entorno'', most songs are simply Iorio singing about himself.
54	* LeadBassist: First type C in V8 and Hermética, then type B as well in Almafuerte.
55	* LighterAndSofter: The new millennium brought the less heavy albums for both Almafuerte and Iorio as a solo artist, concluding with 2006's ''Toro y Pampa'' and 2012's ''Trillando La Fina'', which were closer to HardRock. Then his solo albums for TheNewTens were done in a completely HardRock style.
56	* RevolvingDoorBand: Several drummers passed through Almafuerte, them being Claudio Cardacci (for ''Mundo Guanaco''), Walter Martínez (from ''Del Entorno'' up to ''A Fondo Blanco'') and Adrián "Bin" Valencia (from ''Piedra Libre'' onwards). Then there's Iorio going full voice and delegating bass dues to Alberto Ceriotti.
57	* StartMyOwn: That was the spirit when he began with Hermética and Almafuerte, make something different and better than his previous works. Hermética is not "V8 with other members and new name", but a completely different band with an unique style, and the same goes for Almafuerte. Even internationally, how many artists have developed a personal style '''3 different times'''?
58	* TakeThat: Several.
59	** In V8, the songs "Tiempos Metálicos"[[note]]Metal Times[[/note]] and "Brigadas Metálicas"[[note]]Metal Squads[[/note]] are directed towards the conformist hippism of earlier eras.
60	** Hermetica has "Dejá De Robar"[[note]]"Stop Stealing"[[/note]], directed towards Walter Giardino, and "Buscando Razón"[[note]]"Finding Reason"[[/note]], a song towards some artist which we don't know who is.
61	--> Mi rechazo hacia tus baladas de amor[[note]]My rejection towards your love ballads[[/note]]
62	--> me llegó desde pendejo[[note]]came to me since my youth[[/note]]
63	--> Cuando V8 era mala palabra[[note]]When V8 was a swear word[[/note]]
64	--> se intentaba con vos lavarnos cerebros[[note]]they tried with you to brainwash us[[/note]]
65	--> Fuiste azota del jazz-rock[[note]]You were supporter of {{jazz rock}}[[/note]]
66	--> reggae, pop, new wave, moderno[[note]]{{reggae}}, {{pop}}, {{new wave}}, modern[[/note]]
67	--> Hoy cantás tus amoríos[[note]]Now you sing your love songs[[/note]]
68	--> con fanfarrias de rockero[[note]]with rockstar fanfares[[/note]]
69	--> Yo que nunca compartí tu pose Stone[[note]]I, who never shared your [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Stone]] pose[[/note]]
70	--> voy a deschavarte el juego[[note]]I'm going to ruin your game[[/note]]
71	--> Sos veleta de la moda y no me asombra[[note]]You're a bandwagon fashionist, and I'm not surprised[[/note]]
72	--> que mañana amanezcas metalero.[[note]]that tomorrow, you'll wake up as a metalhead.[[/note]]
73	** After Hermetica's breakup, two bands formed: Almafuerte, led by Iorio, and Malon, led by the remaining members. On their first records, both bands would fire at each other. Almafuerte with "El amasijo de un gran sueño"[[note]]"The death of a big dream"[[/note]] and Malón with "La fábula del avestruz y el jabalí"[[note]]"The fable of the ostrich and the boar"[[/note]]. Two years later, Malón disbanded, and Almafuerte celebrated it with "Triunfo"[[note]]"Victory"[[/note]].

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