Richard benson e max giusti biography

Richard Philip Henry John Benson, known as Richard Benson (10 March 1955 – 10 May 2022) was an English–Italian guitarist.

Career

Benson probably moved to Rome in 1965. In 1971 he joined the progressive rock band Buon Vecchio Charlie. In 1972, he took part in the festival "Villa Pamphili".

From 1978 to 2013 he hosted TV shows relating to new musical releases of the time. The music was mostly hard rock and heavy metal, but also jazz, funk, blues, fusion and Italian rock.

In 1983, Benson released his first LP, Animal Zoo. In 1984, he released the LP Renegade. In 1987 he was included on the compilation album, Metal Attack (RCA Italy – Talent).

In 1992, Benson played himself in Carlo Verdone's movie Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato. In the second half of the 1990s he gave concerts in Rome. In 1999, he released his first CD, Madre Tortura.

Benson has then appeared in Italian national broadcast television as a music critic (Rai 2), together with Max Giusti. His work in the show was comical instead of serious. He played a sort of parody of his own character. In June 2013, he created an online television channel, "RichardBensonTV". He hosts a show there about heavy metal music. RichardBensonTv closed after just over a year.

In 2015 he released his second CD, L'inferno dei vivi.

In November 2016, it was announced that Benson had heart disease. He died in Rome on 10 May 2022, at the age of 67.

Discography

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Richard Philip Henry John Benson, conocido simplemente como Richard Benson (Woking, 10 de marzo de 1955 - Roma, 10 de mayo de 2022),​ fue un cantante, guitarrista, locutor de radio y presentador de televisiónitaliano de origen británico.

Biografía

Nacido afectado por labio leporino, en 1965 Benson abandonó el Reino Unido y se trasladó a Roma. En 1971, entró a formar parte de la banda de rock progresivo Buon Vecchio Charlie como vocalista y guitarrista. Su primer y único disco de nombre homónimo se grabó ese mismo año, pero por problemas desconocidos no fue lanzado hasta 1990.​ En 1972 y 1974 participó en el festival de música Villa Pamphili.​​

De 1978 a 2013, fue anfitrión de programas de televisión relacionados con los nuevos lanzamientos musicales de la época. La música que presentaba era principalmente hard rock y heavy metal, pero también había jazz, funk, blues, fusión y rock italiano.

En 1983, lanzó su primer sencillo, "Animal Zoo",​ y al año siguiente lanzó el segundo sencillo, "Renegade". En 1987, este último tema fue incluido en el álbum recopilatorio Metal Attack (RCA Italia - Talento). En 1992, Benson apareció en la película de Carlo Ver

About

Richard Benson is a British-Italian singer and guitarist. He is known for his shouts and lies he tells about himself and his career.

Background and origins

His early life is difficult to know for certain, since he enjoys telling lies and building up a character around himself.

According to what he says, his full name is Richard Philip Henry John Benson, he was born in Woking, Surrey, in 1955 and he moved to Rome when he was ten. He usually remarks having a Roman grandmother, who taught him everything about the Italian lifestyle.

It is also a popular opinion among his detractors that he was actually born in Rome, he is not English at all, and his real name would be Riccardo Bensoni or Benzoni. This hypothesis is enforced by Richard's accent, that sounds totally Roman and not English at all. He has always discouraged this hypotesis, and he referred to a supposed scan of his British passport.

He started career as a guitarist in 1970, when he entered the progressive rock band "Buon Vecchio Charlie", with which he published an album. The band broke up in 1972. A legend says that Benson was driven crazy by the fact that a finger infection prevented him from playing his beloved guitar.

Between the 80s and 90s he appeared as a presenter in many local TV and radio shows, where he talked about music (mainly rock and metal) and made cameo appearances in some movies.

Career twist and spread of the meme

In 2001 he had a severe accident, falling from Ponte Sisto footbridge in Rome. After this, he started showing up more rarely until 2004, when he started his own TV program with the local network "Televita", where he simply talks about music and answers phone calls.

In this period he started to perform live in some roman local, where his exhibition became a trash icon. His repertoire, aside from songs, was completed by weird and ludicrous scenes where he shows half-naked women, comments on the items the raging crowd threw on the