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Vox Dei

Background information
Origin Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre(s) Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock
Years active 1967 - present
Website www.voxdei.com.ar
Members
Carlos Gardellini
Willy Quiroga
Rubén Basoalto
Former members
Ricardo Soulé
Juan Carlos Godoy
Nacho Smilari
Beto Fortunato
Enrique "Avellaneda" Díaz
Raúl Fernández

Vox Dei (Latin: God's Voice) is an Argentine rock band. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Its most prolific years were the 1970s, having recorded 10 albums.

History

The band's original members were Jorge Carlos "Yody" Godoy (guitar and vocals), Ricardo Soulé (guitar and vocals), Rubén Basoalto (drums) and Willy Quiroga (bass and vocals).

In 1968 they recorded a version of Percy Sledge's "When a man loves a woman", and the company Mandioca organized an audition for them in the Payró theatre. Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1940) is an American R&B and soul performer The members of Manal and Almendra were also present, and a few hours later they played together. Manal was an early Argentine rock group Together with Almendra and Los Gatos, they are perceived as the founders of Argentine rock Almendra was one of the most important Rock and roll groups from Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 1960s In 1970 they recorded for Mandioca their first album Caliente. Caliente (Hot is the name of the first album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei.

In the B. A. Rock Festival Vox Dei played the first part of the theme "Genesis", which had no lyrics yet. In February 1971 they released La Biblia ('The Bible'). La Biblia (The Bible is the name of the second album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei, generally regarded as the first argentine Being the first Argentine concept album, it became a turning point in the history of Argentine rock; even the Archdiocese, that had asked to examine the lyrics, recommended young people to buy it. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" The moment when 'Argentine' rock began as a distinct musical style can be traced to the middle 1960s when several garage groups and aspiring musicians began composing Songs and Lyrics In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Right after the recording of La Biblia, Jorge Godoy left the band and was replaced by Ignacio Smilari.

In 1972 they re-edited their first album and recorded the third one, Jeremías Pies de Plomo. Jeremías Pies de Plomo (spanish for Lead-Feet Jeremiah) is the name of the third album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei During the first shows after the release, they recorded La Nave Infernal and a few months later Es una Nube, No Hay Duda. La Nave Infernal (The Infernal Ship is the name of the fifth album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei. Es una Nube No Hay Duda (It's a Cloud No Doubt About It is the name of the sixth album recorded by the Argentine rock band Vox Dei, and After Vox Dei para Vox Dei of 1974, Ricardo Soulé announced he would leave the band to start as a soloist. Carlos Michelini replaced him while recording Estamos en la pecera in 1975, and then was himself replaced by Raúl Fernandez. In 1976 they recorded Ciego de siglos.

Soulé returned to the band in 1978 to record Gata de noche. Slowly the differences between the musicians started to grow, but they respected the contract that kept them together until 1981. In 1988 they made a "come back", to produce Tengo Razones Para Seguir with Luis Valenti. The other albums recorded following the dissolution of the band are: Sin Darle Ya Más Vueltas in 1994, La Biblia II and El Camino.

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