current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
walter lucas simcic meza sebastián coria topo yáñez guillermo de luca 1988 -- present tocka discos - sony music entertainment -lrb- argentina -rrb- horcas
 see below group_or_band heavy metal buenos aires horcas
horcas

horcas is a heavy metal band from argentina created in 1988 by osvaldo civile , former guitarist for v8 , argentina 's landmark heavy metal outfit in the 1980s .
after quitting v8 in 1985 , and impressed by the new generation of thrash metal bands from the bay area led by metallica , civile set out to put together a new group in that line .
that seminal project , which included former v8 bandmate gustavo rowek on the drums , was however delayed for a number of reasons , and it was not until 1988 that it could definitely take off .
by that time though , put off by the incessant postponements , rowek had joined another former v8 member , walter giardino , in his new project rata blanca .
