by Renato Franco
Dj Ringo admits in the round, between women, engines. And taste in music
Who else calls you Rocco?
“Last time it was my grandma, nobody calls me that anymore, but the other night when I was at Rocco Siffredi’s, they called him and I turned around. We had fun, we did a job together.”
A porn movie with him?
“No, not that. Despite asking me a thousand times, he suggested I do Rocco and his brothers the hard version. I’d have a lot of fun, but I already see three women looking at me and I’m scared: my mother , my friend Rachel and my daughter. I don’t feel like facing them ».
Rocco Maurizio Anaclerio is Dj Ringo for everyone. After the club season, he began working as a radio presenter. He is the long-time creative director of Virgin Radio, where he continues to host Revolver, his trademark rock-themed program. Forever bleached hair, he is the son of the 80’s and Milan to drink: discos and models, fun and evenings, lots of luxury and little thought.
“I spent most of my money on alcohol, women and fast cars, I squandered the rest,” said George Best. Are you George Best on the radio?
“My friends still make fun of me.”
Is it true that he threw away the equivalent of 10 million euros?
“Certainly billions and billions of lire, I earned a lot and spent a lot. Cars, motorcycles, trips: I paid everything to others because I didn’t want to walk around alone. Porsche and Ferrari. Motorcycle. I smashed them and changed them. And the money flew away. But I don’t regret it ».
The craziest issue?
“Ten days in the Bahamas, my friends didn’t have a dime, I paid for 12 people, including girlfriends, hotels, restaurants, entertainment. Everything included. Today I may have a few more houses or apartments … I wasted it but to have fun ».
The greatest transgression?
“I could write an encyclopedia. But I’ve never been fascinated by drugs and I don’t drink because I’m allergic to ethanol. I’ve always been attracted to sex and women, an orgy, something instinctive…then AIDS came along to ruin it all. I lived at night, it was fantastic: real friends, little money, pure fun that always ended up with some girl, either in motels or in the park. The 80’s were beautiful, I had such a good time: I met Keith Haring; Fiorucci introduced me to a singer who had to get dressed: it was Madonna; I spoke to Andy Warhol. They also offered me to buy one of his paintings for 40 million lire. I didn’t take it and I’m still eating my hands: it would be worth more than a million euros ».
car or motorcycle? what do you prefer?
“The bike is like a twenty-year-old, the car like a MILF; they are two different ways of approaching the opposite sex, both of which are very interesting. The bike gives me more emotions because it is more risky, the car is safer and more protected ».
What was his youth like?
“Loud. In the ’70s I lived in the Porta Venezia neighborhood of Milan, those were the years of turbulent fighting, right versus left, smoke bombs, shootings. It was a demonstration area and I was always in the thick of it, every time it was an adventure , they used to hit each other. But I still have good memories».
Which student was that?
“I repeated eighth grade because I fought in class and got kicked out.”
What happened?
“A friend stole the donut my mother gave me and when he ate it I broke his face. I was expelled from school even though the class testified for me.
Well you can’t beat it…
“He was three times my height, I repeat, he was the bully of the class, he stole from everyone. I avenged her. Let’s say I got kicked out for a reaction foul ».
After middle school?
“I stopped there because I wanted to buy the moped myself. I worked in a beauty salon, I was a boy, I brought coffee to the Countess, I gave my boss the curlers, I told my 80-year-old customers a lot of nonsense and I got a tip. I had the Ciao, we had fun with little, with 1,500 lire a week I paid for the mixture and offered pizza to friends. I also started playing in a Beatles cover band, drums like Ringo Starr. From there they gave me the nickname Ringo ».
Has Ringo Starr ever met him?
“It was a wonderful meeting, it was coming full circle and he was very nice. I told him they called me that in his honor and he replied that I owed him a lot of royalties.”
After the hairdresser?
“I went to London in 1978, made the Coat of Arms and was drafted into the military. I shaved before, that was better.’
The first concerts?
‘We climbed over. The first important jump was at Bennato’s concert at the San Siro, when I met him I told him about it. Then after a few days the same scene for Bob Marley ».
In 2003 he took part in the first edition of the “Isola dei Famosi”.
“I was only there 4 days, I had an operation on my gallbladder and it infected me.”
Did they pay well?
“Not at all. I didn’t get a penny because if you quit, you didn’t get paid. It was really an experimental program back then, I would have liked to do it. Now it’s become a trash program. They always offer me reality shows , but I can not go: I would play the image of Virgin, my radio ».
What does radio mean to you?
“Virgin is at home. I was 105 and my dream was to do the first rock network. Boom. We really made it and it’s been 15 years. I don’t know what else to do, it’s my world. Beyond that there is nothing, at most I could go back like the shrimp. We are a point of reference for those who love this type of music. The current mainstream pop scene, on the other hand, is not for me, full of trappers, show-offs, posers. Can I… tell about it? The current landscape makes me shit. I’ve heard Viola di Fedez and Salmo, don’t blame me, but it’s terrifying. Orietta Berti could have done it. If these are the young people who make music … ».
And the males?
“Dreadful”.
They also?
«Yes, they are a substitute for a marketing product, they have nothing real, not even the suspenders. I’m sorry and I’m ready to change my mind… There’s one very important thing in rock ‘n’ roll: you can’t be a show-off. The answer is Iggy Pop. I expect a real piece ».
Not even “shut up and good”?
«They presented it in Sanremo. Do you understand where the error lies? A rock group shouldn’t be at the Sanremo Festival. do you see the photo There are four stars who are in Olympus: James Dean, Elvis, Humphrey Bogart, one of the coolest of them all, Marilyn Monro and the icon. Rock has very specific, fundamentalist laws that you have to respect. Leaving a talent like X Factor is not rock ».
His private life is also very rocky. A soft spot for women volleyball players: first the world champion Francesca Piccinini; now Rachele Sangiuliano, another champion.
“I like athletic women, maybe because I was athletic as a young man. I’ve always been engaged to beautiful women, hanging up was easy; In fact, many took advantage of my friendship because I was the one who wore the beautiful girls ».
How did you leave Elenoire Casalegno?
“We are friends, she is my daughter’s mother, how could I badmouth her? I’m sorry, when I see stormy separations, like Totti and Ilary now, I’m thrilled. I could not fight this public war ».
Your daughter’s name is Swami, who chose the name?
“Elenoire. If the man’s name had touched me: William, both for my cousin who I lost as a child and to whom I was very attached, and for William Wallace, Braveheart, a great character, so anarchic and combative » .
Francesca Piccinini?
“Among my exes I never had enemies since I sat down with a smile, being more playful I did the same when I broke up. When I see that the moment is coming when we no longer understand each other, I stop before that Quarrels inside. I prefer to avoid the fight, call myself paraculo or lucky. I find it absurd that it ends in war if it was love; I’m a 50’s romantic in that ».
It will also be romantic, but it also looks very fickle. Faithful or traitor?
‘Very loyal. Now. Never before. It is difficult to be faithful to Italian women, there are beautiful ones, I have traveled a lot, but there are no women like Italian: beautiful, sexy, well-groomed. In the summer, you always risk an accident at traffic lights. But as you get older, you get to a point in life where you don’t look for trouble anymore. I’ve always had the little devil and the little angel on my shoulders, you know what a struggle they had.”
is your head ok
“Never. Rachele made me a little more pragmatic, but she herself says that she likes me because she got to know me. Now I have some problems with Equitalia, I have caused disasters without resolving them and the bill has arrived » .
Does he go to heaven or hell?
“I’m a purgatory guy. As good as I am, I could go to heaven; but if we look at the commandments, I break practically all of them, so hell. I will go before him and I will do like Equitalia, I will ask for a rate of sins ».
November 7, 2022 (Change November 7, 2022 | 08:10)
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