Musician Robe Iniesta, leader of Extremoduro, dies at age 63
The artist from Extremadura has been a key figure in Spanish-language rock.
BarcelonaRobe Iniesta, the Extremaduran musician and leader of the band Extremoduro, died this Wednesday at the age of 63. His management agency announced his death in a statement that did not specify the cause. "Today we say goodbye to the last great philosopher, the last great humanist and contemporary writer in the Spanish language, and to the singer whose melodies have impacted generations. But above all, today we say goodbye to the master of masters," the statement reads. A year ago he suffered a pulmonary embolism that forced him to cancel some concerts from the album tour We can't breathe, one of the best albums of 2023 according to the ARAIt was the same album he had presented to 23,000 people at the Parc del Fòrum. in a triumphant concert This effectively demonstrated that both Extremoduro's songs and those he released under his own name reached a generationally diverse audience. Roberto Iniesta Ojea, Robe, born in Plasencia on May 16, 1962, connected with many people, and how!
Robe Iniesta was a poet with a raspy voice and strangely tender, sing-song rhymes, rock of extremely high emotional intensity where a verse inflamed with profanity would suddenly appear. He was, in fact, one of the great lyricists of love, of the desire that explodes in his sex. Prometheusof the most transparent and the most cryptic love, of the inconsolable longing for Go out and of love as nourishment, which he described in Nothing to lose, the monumental song from his latest album; a song that among the riffs With the raw power of the guitar and the violin's pillow, the final self-portrait of an extraordinary artist is now being performed—surely the most influential figure in Spanish-language rock, a reference point for Estopa and Albert Pla, for example. "Extremoduro is the best band that has ever existed," said Albert Pla. "Robe inspires me because he's sixty years old and his inspiration hasn't left him. There are people who have written amazing songs, but they've dried up. And he hasn't," explained David Muñoz of Estopa, who added: "The other day I almost cried listening to him Nothing to loseMy son said to me, "Dad, why are you crying?" No, no. It's a song that I love:I would return to my addictions if necessary [...] I would do it again for love, if necessary»".
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