"Pity" Álvarez, the broken star of Villa Lugano – 13/07/2018

Cristian Pity Álvarez ─symbol of the country's rock district, frontman of "Viejas Locas" and "Intoxicados" ─ reappeared as in his last years, in a scandalous context: accused of killing four hits known with a 7.65 caliber, he went on Friday morning and confessed.

─ I killed him because he was between him and me – he said.

"Old Mad Men", his first band, is a key to the working-class district in the nineties. His maximum expression, perhaps, is the song "Homer".

—

Homer

What injustice is not valued
efficiency and responsibility
because he was killed today thinking
and is the same as another,
Homer is tired,
eats and wants to go to bed,
returns to dawn and between the everyday and his companions
he asks "how much more?" ]

And it's like that, the life of a worker is like that,
life in the neighborhood is like that
and few people go break it.

And so, we learn to be happy like that,
the life of the worker is like that
and few are those who will break it.

—

Mercy broke his profile and a wink at the "soulless" .

But behind this picture there is an avid composer and lyricist of songs stuck today in popular memory ("The sun goes out", "A candle", "Legalizenlá", "Reggae for Mirtha", "Fire", "They want rock" "Everything is the same", "I love you so much").

His voice, spoiled by everything that goes into his body, but perfect for his style (like that of Bob Dylan for his music), is also his suburban identity

Running Blood – "Viejas Locas" (which made his debut) in 1989) he came to support the Rolling Stones in 1998, he also put in his songs the street side of Dylan, the reggae explored by Sumo, the district of Manal and, of course, the stoneano

—

A candle

Do not be afraid of what I tell you
but in my neighborhood all this is true
everyone has irons, yuta a peur
then throws without asking first
and dodge bullets in my bicycle
I go to the house of my pointer to look for my grass.

—

In the early eighties, the consecrated bands of the country came or they were in rock rock and progressive rock, stage of virtuosity and strong technique on the instrument . There was La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros (1976 to 1977) and Spinetta Jade (their albums date from 1980 to 1984). Bassists wanted to play as Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report) and guitarists as Pat Metheny and Al Di Meola

In this context, the influence of Luca Prodan sought to erase perfectionism and appeal to his acoustic guitar to emotion with "simple" songs.

Thus, Sumo forged a new tradition in the country and, after its dissolution In 1987, a new direction opened in the music here: Las Pelotas, Divided, Old Mad, La Renga, Los Redondos ( who had added power since the eighties), Hermetic, Two Minutes, rising expressions, different same thing at the same time, of a youth disagreement about scrapping in Menem.

Mercy includes in its figure elements lúmpenes and tragicas that drag the national rock since its foundation.

"Intoxicados", the second group of "Pity", was born in 2001 on the ashes of "Viejas Locas ".

His last years were a decontrol: reports of car theft, television cameras, arrested for possession of crack, delayed to throw flames in a recital, denounced for gender violence, injured on his motorcycle, absent from his his own recital in Tucumán where there were 10,000 people

His words profoundly record the voice of the popular neighborhoods, the harshness of these streets, the seat of the "falopa" in them. Himself, already burned, figure of a generation, is an expression of it.

He never wanted to be a rock star

He wanted to be a star a broken star of the Piedrabuena district of Lugano.

—

Señor Kiosquero

Hello Mr. Kioskero
I come to get your money
put your hands in the air
and be very careful:
my family did not work
and I work I do not want
that puts the money
in this bag please …