Claudio Strunz (born November 11, 1966) is an Argentine thrash metal drummer. He has worked in Heinkel,

Hermética Hermética was an Argentine thrash metal band from San Martín, Buenos Aires. It was formed by bassist Ricardo Iorio in 1987 after his previous band, V8, disbanded. Hermética was signed to the independent record label Radio Trípoli Discos th ...

Malón ''Malón'' (from the Mapudungun ''maleu,'' to inflict damage to the enemy) is the name given to plunder raids carried out by Mapuche warriors, who rode horses into Spanish, Chilean and Argentine territories from the 17th to the 19th centuries, as ...

and Simbiosis.

Biography

Claudio Strunz, born in

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, began his career in Heinkel, a band that would be renamed Jeriko. The band's rehearsal room was located in the Belgrano neighbourhood, which was very distant, so he created a new one at his home.

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hired this rehearsal room as well. He created later a new one in

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, which was hired by the thrash metal band

. He played with that band during tests when the drummer Tony Scotto was absent. As a result, when Scotto left the band Strunz was selected as the new drummer. He joined the band in 1991, just in time for the recording of the LP ''

Ácido Argentino ''Ácido Argentino'' is the second studio album by Argentine thrash metal band Hermética, released in 1991 by Trípoli Discos. Details This is the first album featuring drummer Claudio Strunz. Same as the previous release, ''Intérpretes'', ''Á ...

'', and stayed with the band since then. Hermética received a golden record for the sales of ''Ácido Argentino'', and a second one for the 1994 CD ''

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''. Hermética broke up in 1994, in controversial circumstances. Bassist

Ricardo Iorio Ricardo Iorio (born 25 June 1962) is an Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist who participated in various of the most important metal bands of the nation. He was one of the founders of V8 (1979–1987) and later founded the successful band ...

created a new band, Almafuerte, with new musicians. Strunz, guitarist Antonio Romano and singer

Claudio O'Connor Claudio Alberto Castro, also known as Claudio O'Connor (born April 28, 1963 in Llavallol, Buenos Aires Province) is a thrash metal, groove metal and hard rock vocalist from Argentina. Nowadays he's lead singer of his own band O'Connor and Malón ...

, the remaining members of the band, created the band

with a new bassist, Carlos Kuadrado. The new band had a

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style similar to Hermética. They recorded two studio CDs and one live CD. Strunz made a guest appearance in the song "Ardiendo en el cielo" of "Tierra Violada", the first CD of Jeriko. He was the producer of the CD, as well as with their second CD, "Tensiones". Malón broke up in 1998, after the departure of O'Connor. Strunz created the

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band ''Simbiosis'', which had little success. With his previous experience, he created "Asbury Park", a complex of rehearsal rooms. He tried to reunite Malón with Romano and Kuadrado; O'Connor refused to join them. The band broke up again, and Strunz claimed the copyright over the name of the band, forbidding it to continue without him. The band reunited again in 2011, this time with all the original members.

Discography

With
Hermética Hermética was an Argentine thrash metal band from San Martín, Buenos Aires. It was formed by bassist Ricardo Iorio in 1987 after his previous band, V8, disbanded. Hermética was signed to the independent record label Radio Trípoli Discos th ...

* Ácido Argentino – 1991 * En Vivo 1993 Argentina – 1993 (live) * Víctimas del Vaciamiento – 1994 * Lo Último – 1995 (live) * En Concierto I&II – 1996 (live)

With
Malón ''Malón'' (from the Mapudungun ''maleu,'' to inflict damage to the enemy) is the name given to plunder raids carried out by Mapuche warriors, who rode horses into Spanish, Chilean and Argentine territories from the 17th to the 19th centuries, as ...

* Espíritu Combativo – 1995 * Justicia O Resistencia – 1996 * Resistencia Viva – 1997 (live) * El regreso más esperado – 2012 (live) * Nuevo Orden Mundial - 2015

With Simbiosis

* Riesgo Y Reacción * Neo Adicción

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strunz, Claudio Argentine heavy metal drummers Male drummers Argentine businesspeople People from La Matanza Partido 1971 births Living people 21st-century drummers 21st-century male musicians