The world of Argentine rock is in mourning this Tuesday, as it marks 62 years since the birth of Ricardo Iorio, considered the father of national heavy metal. Less than a year after her departure, her eldest daughter Daiana decided to commemorate this special date with a emotional post on social networks.
In this sense, Daiana shared some words full of love and memories for his father, highlighting his constant struggle and unwavering faith over the years. “The difficult dates, which excavate years of life lived. Over 36 years I saw you fight a lot. That prepared me. What is a man without Faith? Is there any treasure worth anything, if it is from this world? Yes, it exists. The little treasures“, he expressed.
June 25th becomes a special date for lovers of heavy metal and the followers of Iorio in all the country. “A day when friends get together to listen to you and remember moments in the shelter of a barbecue; also a day that will create a special feeling in many throughout the country and in other payments as well.. I’ll stick with this one: the reply,” Daiana continued.
“I saw you feed the hungry, pay for operations, awaken purpose in the hopeless, give books to the illiterate, vision to the everyday, you helped friends start businesses, you formed couples, you predicted the births of their children, and a book could be made only of the people you took to their homes or jobs on the route“, he recalled and added: “Just as you took care of spreading hidden and forgotten artists, it was always necessary to do the same with you.”
“But this relevance, so significant, is drowned in possession. You are too big to belong to anyone. If we do not take that piece of life that we experience and transmit it to another, it becomes extinct. Squeezed in the hand to hold him, he suffocates. Music as a perfect vehicle, national sentiment as a true message, generosity as a way of life. Giving is not losing, it is reaping. It would be strange if someone who loved you didn’t understand it that way,” he completed the writing that accompanied a photo of the musician with a little Daiana.
Iorio passed away on October 24, 2023. According to his lawyer, Juan Ignacio Vitalini, He suffered a heart attack while he was at home, in a rural area of Coronel Suárez. “Rumors began to spread in Bahía Blanca. “I tried to talk to some relatives, the woman confirmed the sad news,” the lawyer said at the time.
Ricardo Mollo explained what the music world did not expect: “No one remembered”
Ricardo Mollo is synonymous with National rock in Argentina for his contribution to the music with Dividedthe band that is also made up of Diego Arnedo and Catriel Ciavarella. In the last few hours, the 66-year-old singer and guitarist became a trend for a strong comment that surprised everyone.
Divided he doesn’t stop playing and his artistic relevance is marked by his recitals in it Flores Theaterthe place that has cradled them for years and where their audience expects them to always play. Ricardo Mollothe leader of the iconic group, is being more active in his social networks and with some interviews in between in 2024. In dialogue with National Industry by Jellymade a comment that caused a stir in the cultural environment.
“Yesterday were the Gardel Awards,” said Marcos Aramburu, who was immediately interrupted by Mollo to express his dissatisfaction with what happened at the event. “No one remembered. Nobody remembered Ricardo Iorio”he said, lamenting what happened, since they only showed his photo when they reviewed the artists who died in this last year.
“I don’t know why it was. A very valuable guy, a great writer who has written very good things, what happens is that he had his part like everything, what do I know,” he considered about the occurrences that Iorio always had. It should be remembered that after the Gardel Awards 2024the daughter of the former leader of Strong soul He questioned the organization with a series of strong comments.
“There are things you like and there are things you don’t. I remember a phrase he told me ‘I write things at night and in the morning I burn them because a thousand hells appear to me, friend'”, Mollo recalled, making a tone of voice similar to Iorio’s that sparked laughter in the studio. Jelly. Ultimately, Mollo closed with a reflection on what Iorio was for music in Argentina: “A guy who has made a contribution not only to metal, but to poetry, to music. With Tanito -Marciello- they were the Lennon-McCartney or Jagger-Richards.”
