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 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 and Un paso más en la batalla . The band moved to Santos, 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. Newspapers that reported Civile's death used the pictures of him with the Grim Reaper to accompany the story. Gustavo Rowek pointed out that Civile had problems with alcoholism and frequent episodes of depression. He was buried at the Podesta Municipal Cemetery. The band edited the Eternos CD and continued their career, but used different cover art for it.

Discography With V8 Luchando por el Metal – 1983 Un paso más en la batalla – 1985 No se rindan – 1991 (Compilation) Homenaje – 1996 (Live)

With Horcas Reinará la Tempestad – 1990 Oíd Mortales el Grito Sangrado – 1992 Vence – 1997 Eternos – 1999