The artist born in England. but in fact very Roman, who died after a long illness
There was a very specific moment, when the explosion of the network started, before the advent of social networks, in which video sleepers started on Youtube that quickly become viral (a term also now outdated) of characters even involuntarily risen to mythological . If one of these was surely Germano Mosconi
honest provincial journalist in Veronato which some spiteful had mounted some insults sent off-wave, certainly another state Richard Benson, metalhead screamer who enjoyed arguing with listeners with memorable head washings, also seasoned with a rather colorful language. Who, unlike Mosconi, did everything to become a character, after a rather articulated life, succeeding precisely in the aforementioned season.
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And he left yesterday, after a long illness at the age of 67, to his home in the capital: character first of all because he had always enjoyed playing with his origins (there were those who claimed that Richard Benson was a literary invention, but he, although very Roman, had shown his British passport which bore his place of birth, Woking, London suburb). And character because he was among the first in the 70s and 80s to practice metal in Italy at the time dominated by songwriters, with some concessions to traditional rock. He had not managed to take the path of stardom on the stages, but he had made a solid reputation in the nascent Roman private TVs, with broadcasts where music was theoretically the master, but in practice his overflowing effect and the deliberately whimsical look stood out. .
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Arbore took him seriously, first in Per Voi Giovani on the radio and then in Quelli della notte and Carlo Verdone took him seriously, who wanted him to play himself in a phantom TV show that perfectly traced his, Juke Box all’Idrogen in cursed the day I met you. Other forays from Chiambretti and Gene Gnocchi increased his fame, but it was above all his evenings in the Roman underground (which ended punctually with the launch of vegetables and chickens on stage) and the extracts of his disputes on the programs in local broadcasters, which ended on time. , in fact, on Youtube, to cross its notoriet beyond the Grande Raccordo Anulare. A fame for which Richard was not entirely able to capitalize: while the video sleepers gave way to other more ephemeral fashions, in 2016 he was forced to make an appeal because in difficult economic conditions and already suffering from health problems. We hardly heard of it since, though the echo of those memorable quarrels would never fade.
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May 10, 2022 (change May 10, 2022 | 17:31)
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