Martín Alejandro Fabio has been traveling for 30 years and taking his music to different parts of the world. But long before becoming “Kapanga’s monkey “ And if the leader of one of the national rock emblem bands, spent hours with a pen in hand, facing a daily challenge: complete the Claringrilla, who turns 60.
“I learned to read before going to school with magazines like Isidoro and Patoruzú. In my house the newspaper was read every day. My old man bought it, and my old woman was the one who made the clarification always. when I grew up, I got hooked. From 15 to 23 years, I didn’t spend a day without doing it“, says the monkey in a talk with Clarín.
The routine became almost a ritual. “I worked at a bar and the newspaper arrived at 6.30 in the morning. At 7.30 I was already there, I opened at 8, and between that half an hour I hit me a first round. Sometimes I was shot, and others had two or three pending words left.”
However, his need to complete it was stronger. He even wait for more than 12 hours to return home and finish it. “When I arrived, I grabbed the dictionary and learned the words that were missing. I tried not to ask for help, it was obsessive”.
Quilmes musician also remembers other moments in that coffee where he worked, when cut the last page of the newspaper to make sure that no one else resolved it before him. “If they did it before, I wanted to kill them,” he says with a laugh. “It happened to me several times and he warmed me. Claringrilla was mine “add.
However, the clarification was not only a hobby, but also became a bond that strengthened his link with his mother. “He joined my mother, we made her together. My dad could never do it because I was monopolized. The last page did not touch. “
Nilda Paslalli, her mother, died in October 2022 and the monkey dismissed her with an emotional message in her networks: “Thank you for giving my life, education, light at times of darkness and unconditional support in everything I did and wanted to be.” And he reaffirms that, without a doubt, exchanging doubts and results of the Claringrilla was a tool to strengthen the relationship.
Today, with 55 years, the monkey is still competitive and lover of challenges, and He never abandoned his passion for words. “I am a fan of the questions and answers. I see little TV, but ‘the 8 steps’ I always look at it. I went and came to the final.”
Even a few weeks ago, he participated in Pasapalabra (Telefe), where He managed to complete the rosco and won 2 million pesos. The prize donated to Adoptions Quilmes, a refuge of animals with which he collaborates years ago.
On September 28, the monkey suffered a heart attack in the middle of show and had to be urgent. They placed him 7 stents. However, just a month later, I was already on stage again. “I don’t feel like dying,” he says.
“I’m still in recovery, I have to take care of myself, but I try to live every day with a smile. Life I take it differently, there are things that I don’t care,” he says.
Today, his son follows his way in music, although without inheriting his fascination with words. “He doesn’t like, but writes, composes and makes letters. It is an improved version “jokes.
Three decades of having founded Kapanga, the monkey celebrates the tour and does not deny Having used some words from the clarification for your songs. “30 years of anything is a lot, but a rock band, even more. I give it the most important place in my life. I did something that is not a conventional job, I toured the world, I met cultures, friends. I am grateful forever.”
