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Calamaro: "Social networking is a vice and I left most dangerous vices"

Genio, Andrés Calamaro used his stopover in London, where he promotes his latest album "On The Rock" to justify his controversial exit of Twitter, "a vice" that has left as it did with "other more dangerous" and pursue his staunch defense of bulls and of his idol Maradona.

In an interview, which began in a taxi by the London Borough of Saint Paul's, the veteran he showed his face more familiar and detailed his position on controversial issues that made news in recent weeks.

Argentine rocker spoke about his hectic and out of Twitter commented and said that life is better "without having to read the shit that portion published middle class. "

" The rock was not invented to please anyone, quite the contrary. The rock there to offend, to steal the bride for himself flying. Before the musicians had their own plane, now have Twitter, "said Calamaro on the criticisms leveled at the entry on his blog explaining his departure from the network.

The author of the monumental album" The Salmon "said he prefers communicate with his audience through his music and has "no interest" in contact with people who do not listen to their albums or going to their concerts because they believe they have "nothing to do" with him.

"I was next to talk about music with people who like the music, get together to talk politics with people who like politics and I get together to talk of bulls with people who like bulls "Argentina's settled.

His criticism of the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia sparked a debate in your Twitter profile in which, in his words, "the rabid anti-communist" showed that "internet is full of poor people who insult anyone" .

said Calamaro not understand those who oppose bullfighting to defend the bull, "a wild animal, born to fight, that survives thanks to farmers and bullfighters who worry that the race is good and not extinguished. "


To make clear its position, the singer looks at his guitar the silhouette of a bull Osborne," which became a symbol "for him and his band during their tours of Spain.


Within days, Calamaro returned to Spain in a series of concerts to promote" On the Rock ", an album that mixed rock with flamenco, rap and Latin rhythms such as those already experienced when playing with the legendary band The Smiths.


"The Hispanic and Latino songs we came out very well, but because we rehearsed a lot. Cost us much, but we get issues like No documents with a sound that existed in the rock, "said Calamaro something nostalgic.


Recently, a link to a Youtube video almost 15 years ago made him realize that The Smiths were "wicked good".


"We were young, we were looking, we were friends," recalls Calamaro who avoided at all costs to imply that he would return to Los Rodriguez, while not ruling out playing again with Tequila former leader Ariel Rot. "occasionally email helps them maintain contact.


Calamaro Rot is a "bittersweet" and believes "it would have liked to return," perhaps because "it has affected him more over time."



the late nineties, the band disbanded. Candy, Joseph and Tito signed a tour of more than 100 concerts with Fito, "the big winner of the rock of recent years" and Calamaro decided to follow their peers rather than stay with Ariel.

"I never think much about the past, how it was, nor do too many plans for the future," said The Argentine, who admitted that for the first time in his life had to think about a future beyond the next night "to choose his daughter's school a few months ago.


out rocker side too familiar to talk about his friend and idol, Diego Armando Maradona, who devoted an issue in which he described as a man "with the heavenly gift of treating the ball well."

After the departure of "Maradona as coach of Argentina, Calamaro believes it now has the opportunity to" live peacefully, eat 'barbecue' and enjoy her grandson. The next month turns 50 and is fine. just needs a little farm Farm-to-go riding with his sons and that everything is idyllic.


confessed football fan, did not justify Calamaro Maradona's performance in front of the package "albiceleste" but he defended himself against criticism by stressing that lead an international team is a work "very unpleasant" and that did not lose three games before "him to take the world over."

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