''Homenaje'' ( es, Tribute) is a 1996 live album, recorded during the "Metal Rock Festival" at

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. The concert was a reunion of the first line-up of the Argentine heavy metal band V8, with the exception of its original bass player

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Background

V8 was a 1980s Argentine heavy metal band whose most famous line-up included

(bass),

Osvaldo Civile Osvaldo Daniel Civile (21 October 1958 – 28 April 1999) was an Argentine heavy metal guitarist. He was the guitarist for the bands V8 and Horcas. Biography Civile was born in Caseros, Buenos Aires, and began his music career in the band ...

(guitar), Alberto Zamarbide (vocals) and Gustavo Rowek (drums), which recorded the band's first two studio albums. Civile and Rowek left in 1985, and the band broke up in 1987. All four members created new bands, all of which were among the most influential in Argentine heavy metal. Civile created Horcas, and Rowek joined

Walter Giardino Héctor Walter Giardino (born 6 March 1960) is an Argentine guitarist and the leader of the heavy metal and hard rock band Rata Blanca. Career Early years and V8 (1981–1985) In 1981 Walter Giardino as a guitarist and vocalist founded Pun ...

(another former V8 member) in

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. Iorio created

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, and then Almafuerte when Hermética broke up in 1995. Zamarbide and the remaining members of the last line-up of V8 (including guitarist Miguel Roldán) formed the band Logos.

Reunion of V8

Logos played a concert in

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in 1995, and Zamarbide invited Civile and Rowek to play four songs of V8 at the end, in an unannounced reunion. Since Iorio was absent, guitarist Roldán played bass. The reception was highly positive, and a second reunion was planned for the "Metal Rock Festival" at the

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, to include the three bands Logos, Horcas and Rata Blanca. The V8 reunion, this time for a full concert, was unadvertised but spread as an open secret. The concert was recorded for a release as a live album. Rowek explained that the studio albums made by V8 had a low sound quality, that the band never had a big last concert, and that many young fans had never seen the band live. The CD also includes a new song, "A través de los tiempos" ( es, Across the times), recorded in the studio. The lyrics talk about the legacy of V8. The album is labeled as a

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; Gustavo Rowek clarified that it is a tribute to the fans of 1980s Argentine heavy metal in general.

Track listing

# "Deseando Destruir y Matar" # "Cautivos Del Sistema" # "Muy Cansado Estoy" # "Momento De Luchar" # "Parcas Sangrientas" # "Si Puedes Vencer Al Temor" # "Ángeles De Las Tinieblas" # "Ideando La Fuga" # "Brigadas Metálicas" # "Destrucción" # "A Través De Los Tiempos"

Personnel

* Miguel Roldan - Bass guitar, backing vocals *

- Lead guitar * Alberto Zamarbide - Lead vocals * Gustavo Rowek - Drums

References

{{Authority control V8 (band) albums 1996 live albums Spanish-language live albums Live albums recorded in Buenos Aires