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, V8 and Manal, among others.

Production

''Intérpretes'' is the second work produced by Hermética, after the 1989 '' Hermética'' album. At that point, the label Trípoli Discos could provide only 27 hours of recording time. The band accepted the proposal. Lacking new songs, the band recorded a cover album. Bassist Ricardo Iorio commented that they were not really interested in receiving royalties, and thus had no problems in recording covers. One of the songs is a

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version of the tango ''

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''. Iorio commented that the lyrics of the song, written in the 1930s, were still vigent, and close to the lyrics of Hermética. He also played the song as an homage to Enrique Santos Discépolo, a tango artist that influenced him, and pointed that the song is well-known in neighbour countries. The band recorded as well "''Destrucción''" and "''Ideando la fuga''", two songs of V8, Iorio's previous band. Iorio commented that he does not like the songs as they were recorded by V8, because the albums ('' Luchando por el Metal'' and '' Un Paso Mas En La Batalla'', respectively) had a weak production. He recorded them in ''Intérpretes'' because he considered that Hermética could play them better. Both songs were already included in the band's regular set of songs. The album had similarities with the contemporary

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's cover album '' The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited''. Iorio pointed that he was a fan of Budgie when he was aged 11, and saw with great pride that a prominent heavy metal band played one of their songs. The band included as well a cover of

's song No Class. It was the only song in English recorded by Hermética.

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals * Ricardo Iorio – bass, vocals on "Cambalache" * Antonio Romano – guitars *Tony Scotto – drums ,Others * Nestor "Pajaro" Randazzo – sound engineer * Cristian Jeroncic & Ricki – assistants * Sergio Assabi – photography * Gustavo Deferrari – executive producer * Walter Kolm & Sergio Fasanelli – general producers * Marcelo Tommy Moya – management * Martin Gimeno – press/promotion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Interpretes Hermética albums Covers EPs 1990 EPs Thrash metal EPs