Guitarist, singer and composer
Fer Pita
, co-founder of the legendary group
Heroicos Sobrevivientes,
has died .
The band was born in 1987 in Tigre. He released numerous albums throughout his career, including a very recent one. He performed on important stages and shared live or studio performances with figures such as Andrés Calamaro, Pappo, Skay Beilinson and Charly García.
Rebellious and wild. "I see many people whose only dream is to be famous, fill a stadium and earn money," said Fer Pita, from Heroicos Sobrevivientes. press photo
The legendary band was completed in recent times with Ernesto “Garfield” Candenas on bass, Luciano “Lucky” Candenas on guitar, Pablo Estévez on drums and Izzy Gainza on backing vocals and acoustics.
a liver disease
Just a week ago, the group had announced on its networks that Fer Pita was experiencing
liver failure
and asked for financial help to cover health expenses.
"Fer is going through a health problem that requires constant medical attention and we are making a great effort together, so that he has the best at his disposal," he said.
And the statement continued: "We want to tell you that we are organizing a date that will bring together great artists and friends of Fer, who have selflessly offered to participate. We will soon send you all the corresponding information. Thank you very much and let us all continue pushing for a speedy recovery ”.
A long career
According to Fer in
Clarín
, “I had a cover band that sang in English, and one day Flaco Spinetta appeared, who had not yet recorded his first single, the
Tema de Pototo
. I was 19, and at the end of the show he came up to me and said: 'Your thing is very good, but what language are we speaking?'. 'In Spanish'. 'Why do you sing in English then?' “It was my first lesson.”
The musical group Heroicos Sobrevivientes. press photo
Among his laurels, Fer always counted the fact of having said no to a band that was emerging within the fervent, but reduced, post-dictatorship music scene:
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
.
He wanted to form his own band. “With the Heroicos the idea was always to defend rock & roll, in that challenge I was lucky enough to come across artists who taught me the path of rock,” he said.
What was that “rock road” like?
-On the one hand it is very satisfying, on the other, quite thorny. He has his things. Mainly everything that rock & roll implies: excesses, addictions, difficulties in getting a record label, not selling out, not trading. Nothing is easy when it comes to continuing to lead a band for so long. But rock & roll gives it back to you in satisfaction.
-Would you have done something different?
-The story is well written like this. What happens to us is what has to happen to us. I don't regret everything we did, maybe we could have done a little more in terms of dissemination, but I would continue doing the same thing. My advice to those just starting out is: don't give up. Let them finish what they started. I never thought about leaving this life, not even in the worst moments. It's the only thing, the best thing I know how to do. I wouldn't do anything else in my life. I could not