In 1989, Hugo Bistolfi joined the band and then Saúl Blanch left, to be replaced by Adrián Barilari. With that arrangement, the band made its second album Magos, Espadas y Rosas ("Wizards, Swords, and Roses"), containing their classic song "Mujer amante". It was followed by "Guerrero del Arco Iris" ("Rainbow Warrior"). The band ended their contract with Polygram recording a live album, made at the Opera Theater with an orchestra, but this album was released years later. Once in BMG they made a short CD called "El Libro Oculto" ("The Hidden Book").
Both Bistolfi and Barilari decided to leave, being replaced by Mario Ian on vocals and Javier Retamozo on keyboards. With this line-up they released Entre el Cielo y el Infierno ("Between Heaven and Hell"). Later that year, they were invited to play in "Festival Monsters of Rock" in São Paulo, Brazil, along with Ozzy Osbourne, Therapy?, and Alice Cooper.
They released yet another album with new singer Gabriel Marian and keyboard player Javier Retamozo (Hugo Bistolfi left to form the band Alianza with singer Adrian Barilari) called "Rata Blanca VII", the group disbanded in late 1997. They regrouped in 2000 (with Barilari back on vocals and Bistolfi on keyboards) to tour Latin America.
In recent years, they have released three more albums, El Camino del Fuego ("The Path of Fire") in 2002, La Llave de la Puerta Secreta ("The Key to the Secret Door") in 2005, and El Reino Olvidado ("The Forgotten Kingdom") in 2008. The lyrics to La Llave de la Puerta Secreta were inspired by The Da Vinci Code.
Wanting to gain a more international profile, Giardino approached former Rainbow singer Doogie White to record an English version of the Forgotten Kingdom album in 2009.
The band is heavily influenced by British hard rock bands like Rainbow, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, as well as by Yngwie Malmsteen.
Walter Giardino has had successful collaborations with Spain's Mägo de Oz.
The band's name literally means "White Rat" in English; however in South American slang, rata blanca refers to a type of firework.
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Patria
Rata Blanca Lyrics
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esa extensa soledad,
contarán en el Juicio Final
una historia criminal.
Tus indios murieron por las manos viles
de los que desearon que no fueran libres.
Oh... libres.
Si hay un Dios que reciba
a los muertos en el sur,
inmolados quizás por defender
la mentira del deber.
Te dieron su vida why ellos fueron miles
son héroes perdidos de la patria libre.
Oh... libre.
Libre... oh, libre.
Como cielo why mar.
Entre textos de primaria
de mi patria existirán
grandes hombres que no supieron dar
a mi pueblo libertad.
Los gritos de guerra hoy son inservibles
unamos la tierra why seremos libres.
Oh... libres.
Libres... oh, libres.
¡Libres!
¡Libres!
¡Libres!
¡Libres!
The lyrics of Rata Blanca's song Patria speak to the pain and struggle of a nation fighting for freedom and justice. The first two lines ask the question of who owns the vast loneliness that seems to befall the land. It is a poignant question that implies a sense of emptiness and despair. The lyrics point out that those who hold this loneliness will be held accountable on the day of judgment for their criminal acts.
The song speaks to the atrocities committed against the indigenous people of Argentina in their quest for freedom by those who wanted to keep them in bondage. The line "Tus indios murieron por las manos viles de los que desearon que no fueran libres" (“Your Indians died at the hands of the vile ones who wished they were not free”) is a somber reminder of the brutality of that time. The song asks a higher power to receive the dead, who may have given their lives to defend the lie of duty.
The song is a call for freedom and unity. It implores its listeners to work together to create a better future, one where people are not divided by war and hate but united by love and understanding. The song ends with the repeating chorus of "Libre" which means "free" in Spanish.
Line by Line Meaning
Quiénes son los que poseen esa extensa soledad,
Who are those who possess such vast loneliness,
contarán en el Juicio Final una historia criminal.
they will recount a criminal history on the day of Judgment.
Tus indios murieron por las manos viles
Your indigenous people died at the hands of vile
de los que desearon que no fueran libres.
ones who desired them not to be free.
Oh... libres.
Oh... free.
Libres... oh, libres.
Free... oh, free.
Si hay un Dios que reciba a los muertos en el sur,
If there is a God who will receive the dead in the south,
inmolados quizás por defender la mentira del deber.
perhaps they were immolated for defending the lie of duty.
Te dieron su vida why ellos fueron miles
They gave you their lives, and they were thousands.
son héroes perdidos de la patria libre.
They are lost heroes of the free homeland.
Oh... libre.
Oh... free.
Libre... oh, libre.
Free... oh, free.
Como cielo why mar.
Like sky and sea.
Entre textos de primaria de mi patria existirán
Among the primary school texts in my homeland there will exist
grandes hombres que no supieron dar
great men who did not know how to give
a mi pueblo libertad.
freedom to my people.
Los gritos de guerra hoy son inservibles
The cries of war are now useless
unamos la tierra why seremos libres.
let's unite the land, and we will be free.
Oh... libres.
Oh... free.
Libres... oh, libres.
Free... oh, free.
¡Libres!
Free!
¡Libres!
Free!
¡Libres!
Free!
¡Libres!
Free!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: W. GIARDINO
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Lautaro Fourcade
si no te emocionas con ese solo de Aurora no sos Argentino
lucas adjamian
@Deymar Josue Ruiz Delgado sos boludo ? o__o
María Fortino
@Deymar Josue Ruiz Delgado bruto
Emiliano Godoy
@Deymar Josue Ruiz Delgado forma del español antiguo para conjugar el verbo ser. Sería el singulat del sois
Deymar Josue Ruiz Delgado
Que es "sos"?
fernando garay
Si me emociono yo q soy Mexicano,
Nicolas Przybytek
Piel de gallina con ese solo de Aurora! Viva la Patria carajo!!!
Walter Bunajul
Totalmente hermano
Carol Rich Mezzosoprano
Es una hermosa cancion ahora que mi país México esta siendo gobernado por represores, mo Patria esta siendo violada y lo que necesitanos sob verdaderos lideres que den su vida por la gente que gobiernan, aqui en México desaparecieron 43 normalistas solo por reclamar sus derechos laborales y así como ellos muchos mas, de verdad una rola buenisima en general uno de los disvos de la Rata que me facinan, me traspasan a esos años ochenteros, viva Rata Blanca!!!
P R
¿Y ahora Carol?. ¿Tu percepción ha mejorado?.
Pienso que lo que tienen ahora ya cambiado muchas cosas y parece que les da esperanzas para creer en cambiar otras situaciones.