Biography
Venezuelan Latin rock outfit Témpano originated in 1977 when ex-Diedra and Magia drummer Gerardo Ubieda teamed with singer/guitarist Pedro Castillo, bassist Miguel Angel Echevarreneta, and Leonardo Arias. Keyboardist Giuglio Cesare Della Noce came aboard in 1979, enabling the quartet to cut its debut LP, Atabal Yemal, widely acknowledged as Venezuela’s first symphonic rock album. Pedro Castillo departed the following year to launch P.P.S., after which singer Zdenek Matousek and bassist Víctor Fiol entered the lineup and the band tracked Pesadilla Sin Final for a 1981 release. Miguel Angel Echevarreneta exited in 1983; guitarist Rubén Angel Correa replaced him for the sessions that yielded ...en reclamación and the 1984 follow-up Seducción Subliminal. A subsequent deal with Sony Music produced a self-titled, pop/rock-leaning set that featured La Unión’s “Lobo Hombre En Paris.” The group issued El Tercer Lado in 1988 before a temporary split, only to reconvene in May 1998.
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