Marciano Cantero, leader of the Argentine rock band Enanitos Verdes, who thanks to hits such as “La pared verde” and “Lamento boliviano” became a benchmark for Latin American rock in the 1980s and 90s, died at the age of 62 due to of a kidney condition.
“I want to be remembered not only as the composer, the singer, the artist that he was, but also as a wonderful person and my best friend in the world,” said his son Javier Cantero when communicating the death of his father, which occurred on Thursday. , to journalists at the Cuyo clinic in the province of Mendoza, where the musician was from.
Cantero, whose real name was Horacio Eduardo Cantero Hernández, will be veiled on Friday at the provincial Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The musician — born in 1960 — was admitted to hospital earlier this week with acute abdominal pain from a kidney condition. He underwent surgery to remove a kidney and part of his spleen, but the condition worsened and he died.
Together with guitarist Felipe Staiti and Daniel Piccolo on drums, he formed Enanitos Verdes in 1979, in the midst of the military dictatorship. Chosen as a revelation band at a festival in the province of Córdoba, the group composed their first hit “I’m still singing” in the mid-eighties. In 1986 they released their second album “Contrarreloj” which included the song “La pared verde” with which they transcended borders.
“What sad news,” said singer Dante Spinetta, son of the late Argentine rock star Luis Alberto Spinetta. “I’m going to miss your voice and your hug. Goodbye teacher”, dedicated the singer and composer Coti Sorokin.
While the leader of Pericos, Juanchi Baleirón, expressed “a lot of sadness and sorrow for the death of dear Marciano Cantero… I can’t believe it… Brother, may you rest in peace and with lots of music. All my affection for your family We will miss you.
From the stage of the Viña del Mar International Festival in 1988, the Green Enanitos projected an international career through the rest of Latin America, the United States and Spain.
The National Auditorium of Mexico City issued a statement lamenting the death of the leader of “one of the emblematic and longest-running groups of Latin American rock.” He highlighted that he performed three times on that stage, the last one in April of this year.
“We are going to miss you carnal Marciano Cantero rest in peace”, was the message that the Mexican gang Molotov dedicated to him on his Twitter account.
The star of Mexican regional music, Marco Antonio Solís. expressed: “More unfortunate than the same ‘Lamento Boliviano’. What sad and unexpected news, our dear Marciano Cantero says goodbye to us.
In 40 years of musical career, the Green Enanitos released 28 albums. “I’m still singing”, “I saw you on a train” and “For the rest”, were other of his great successes. Among the most recent songs by Cantero, “Un peso” stands out with J Balvin and Bad Bunny.
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Latin rockers mourn the death of Marciano Cantero