Ricardo Horacio Iorio was an Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist.
21 Facts About Ricardo Iorio
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Ricardo Iorio was the singer and main composer for Almafuerte from 1995 until its dissolution in 2016.
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Ricardo Iorio's songs were urban stories dealing with the life of the lower classes, as well as Argentine 'metalheads'.
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Extremely nationalist, Ricardo Iorio continuously proclaimed in his songs and in the media his pride in being Argentine and in Argentine history, and mixed native music styles such as tango, Indian and gaucho culture with the heavy metal base of Almafuerte.
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Ricardo Iorio was born on 25 June 1962 in Ciudadela, Buenos Aires.
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Ricardo Iorio's parents were italian Alfredo Iorio and Elda Pedraza, of Tehuelche ancestry.
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Ricardo Iorio lived during his infancy in Caseros, Buenos Aires.
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Ricardo Iorio helped his father with his work in a greengrocery.
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Ricardo Iorio attended rehearsals of the band El Reloj and got his first bass by the end of the 1970s.
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Ricardo Iorio became friends with both Ricardos, as well as Gustavo Rowek, drummer of WC.
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Ricardo Iorio Moreno left V8 after being diagnosed with asthma, and proposed Osvaldo Civile as his replacement.
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Ricardo Iorio felt that V8 was no longer his band, and it broke up in 1987.
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The name of the band is a reference to hermeticism; Ricardo Iorio saw similarities between the hermetic doctrine and the context of the Argentine heavy metal.
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Ricardo Iorio argued that relations with the other band members had deteriorated, while others declared exhaustion from not being consulted on the organizational aspects of the band.
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Ricardo Iorio began to sing their songs as a regular frontman.
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Ricardo Iorio filmed the first video clip of his career, for the song "El Pibe Tigre".
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Almafuerte had been invited to participate but Ricardo Iorio refused, contending that his current band was better.
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Ricardo Iorio left the city of Buenos Aires to live in the countryside, in the city of Coronel Suarez in the Buenos Aires Province.
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Ricardo Iorio recorded four cover albums, with a variety of genres and artists.
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Ricardo Iorio died on 24 October 2023, at the age of 61.
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Ricardo Iorio felt pain in his chest and called for an ambulance, but died on the way, being declared dead when he arrived at the hospital.