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Chris Cornell
Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell played his first show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in support of fifth solo album Higher Truth, the tour similar in style to his 2011 Songbook tour, with Cornell playing stripped-back renditions of a selection of songs from his Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo material mixed with covers on a range of acoustic guitars, this time accompanied by Bryan Gibson on cello, keyboards and mandolin ...
Read the rest of this review with more photos over at RockShot Magazine.
The frontman of Dillinger Escape Plan singing in front the crowd for their latest tour gig in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American mathcore band from Morris Plains, New Jersey.
Band: Collective Soul - lead vocalist / frontman
Legendary Rock Band - Rockin' Theater! - Age: 60
Late Last Cruise Night - February 25th, 2024
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Soul
Band Four Song Medley - (this show!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6lRjGeiLRs
"Shine" - Collective Soul - (official video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m0bI82Rz_k
--------------------------Vertical Portrait Series---------------------------
*[left-click for a closer-look - Day 4 - Royal Theater - 9:51 PM]
*[Collective Soul was a big hit on our cruise! Went to two of their three shows. Fantastic! - Above: early moments of their last show]
OK, so I've done the Sail-Away, the 'Port' in the Dominican Republic, and some sunrises/sunsets along this five-day cruise. NOW, it's time for: The Artists at Sea - Twenty Amazing Bands! Will be posting in no particular order: the wide stage-shots & then the verticals. This was our 7th consecutive Rock Legends Cruise. Epic Music Cruise. Enjoy.
Rock Legends Cruise XI - February 22nd-26th, 2024
------- Annual Rock Music Festival at Sea Benefit ---------
Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas
---- Miami - Dominican Republic - Miami - (five days) ----
20 Bands! - Five Day Party! - three stages! - 60 Shows!
Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM
2024 Bands: Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Billy F Gibbons
Bret Michaels - Rick Springfield - Collective Soul - Geoff Tate
Jefferson Starship - Last In Line - The Immediate Family
The Kentucky Headhunters - Canned Heat - Mononeon
Vanessa Collier - Gary Hoey - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
Robert Jon & The Wreck - Anthony Gomes - Two Wolf
Mathew Curry - Jax Hallow - Gary Hoey's All Star Jam
*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...
*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
2024 Rock Legends Cruise XI slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBhjDw
*[this was our 7th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise
(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XII 2025
w/Robin Trower - Burton Cummings! Next year will be: 8 of 12!]
"And in the end, the love you take, is equal
to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney
Rock Band: Poison - Legendary Frontman - Age: 61
Friday Night Fun with Bret! - High Energy! - 2/23/24
"Celebrity Apprentice 3 Winner" w/ host Donald Trump
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Michaels
"Every Rose Has A Thorn" - (this cruise!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqTLjQeb51g
--------------------------Vertical Portrait Series---------------------------
-----Atlantic Ocean - off the Turks and Caicos Islands-----
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - Day 2 - Deck Stage - 7:47 PM]
OK, so I've done the Sail-Away, the 'Port' in the Dominican Republic, and some sunrises/sunsets along this five-day cruise. NOW, it's time for: The Artists at Sea - Twenty Amazing Bands! Will be posting in no particular order: the wide stage-shots & then the verticals. This was our 7th consecutive Rock Legends Cruise. Epic Music Cruise. Enjoy.
Rock Legends Cruise XI - February 22nd-26th, 2024
------- Annual Rock Music Festival at Sea Benefit ---------
Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas
---- Miami - Dominican Republic - Miami - (five days) ----
20 Bands! - Five Day Party! - three stages! - 60 Shows!
Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM
2024 Bands: Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Billy F Gibbons
Bret Michaels - Rick Springfield - Collective Soul - Geoff Tate
Jefferson Starship - Last In Line - The Immediate Family
The Kentucky Headhunters - Canned Heat - Mononeon
Vanessa Collier - Gary Hoey - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
Robert Jon & The Wreck - Anthony Gomes - Two Wolf
Mathew Curry - Jax Hallow - Gary Hoey's All Star Jam
*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...
*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
2024 Rock Legends Cruise XI slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBhjDw
*[this was our 7th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise
(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XII 2025
w/Robin Trower - Burton Cummings! Next year will be: 8 of 12!]
"And in the end, the love you take, is equal
to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney
Alice Cooper
On the Main Stage at Hellfest Open Air 2022 Part 2 - Day 2
15th Anniversary Edition
Clisson, France | 24/06/2022
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
Bora Djordjević - legendary and often controversial singer and frontman of the ex-Yugoslvian (now Serbian) group Riblja čorba (Fish Stew) at their unplugged performance in Maribor, Slovenia.
All those years of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll (he's aged 63 in this photo) weren't exactly nice to him, but he's still holding up very well and foremost lively. All in all, it was quite a memorable event.
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Not a new photo, but I found it as I was going through the archives to find shots for a new exhibition (my 5th this year - and not the last, I hope - yeah, I know, it's a very extraordinary year in this respect, but I'm not complaining). :)
Memorial services for iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister was held at the Rainbow Bar And Grill in West Hollywood, California 1-9-2016.
Lemmy, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Christmas Eve (December 24-2016), learned two days later, on December 26, that he was afflicted with an aggressive form of cancer. He died two days later, on December 28 at his home in Los Angeles.
MOTÖRHEADwas revered by both metal and punk fans, and Lemmy was considered an icon for his musical talent and his embodiment of the rock n’ roll lifestyle.
The Rainbow Bar And Grill on L.A.'s Sunset Strip was known as Lemmy's hangout, made it an obvious place for friends and family to say goodbye to the legend.
Read more at: www.blabbermouth.net/news/overhelming-response-to-lemmys-...
Roadkill Records all dayer. The Sly Persuaders / Dedwardians single launch. ©2016 Kaoru Sato. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce, modify or transmit without permisssion. www.thedeadzoo.com
The Antlers, an indie rock band from New York, playing at the Crossing Border Festival 2009. Crossing Border is one of the foremost international, interdisciplinary literature and music festivals in Europe, held every autumn in The Hague, the Netherlands (and this year for the first time also in Antwerp).
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Frontman Peter Silberman van The Antlers op Crossing Border, het meest spraakmakende hedendaagse literatuur- en muziekfestival in Europa, dat elk najaar in Den Haag wordt georganiseerd (en dit jaar voor het eerst ook in Antwerpen plaatsvond).
Playing host to the rescheduled Foo Fighters concert at Wembley (that was cancelled after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg falling off stage at a show in Gothenburg, Sweden), the National Bowl in Milton Keynes came alive on Sunday, September 6, 2015 with the sound of 65,000 screaming fans. Following sets from rock duo Royal Blood and the eclectic propo-punk icon Iggy Pop, the Foos knew they had to deliver. From the moment the curtain sucked into a black hole vortex to the end of the show, it was obvious it was going to be one hell of a night to remember. Debra, Karl and I had arrived relatively early for the show and, being among the first to enter the MK Bowl, were offered "Inner Pit" passes. Issued on a first-come-first-serve basis, these gave fenced-off access to the stage and were an excellent surprise. We had a great view of the day's action and I was well positioned for photographs. "All My Life" opened the two and a half hour set, with Grohl spending the entire show seated on a most gloriously over-the-top throne, designed by Grohl himself and adorned by guitar necks. It transported the front-man up and down the runway, and was in itself a crowd pleaser! I have wanted to see the Foo Fighters for about two decades - and desperate to do so since "Wasting Light"- and they did not disappoint. A shredding version of "White Limo" alone justified the ticket price, and the rest was a wonderful (and sometimes nostalgic) tour through their back-catalogue. All in all, it was a triumphant, heart-warming singalong set that showed why, for so many, the Foo Fighters have been the soundtrack to the last two decades. Here's the Foo Fighters' set list for the Milton Keynes "Broken Leg" concert.
If I was desperate to see the Foo Fighters, I was absolutely aching to see 69 year old rock legend, Iggy Pop. I narrowly missed one of his gigs in Amsterdam at the end of 1978 and, after this initial disappointment, Iggy stayed on my Bucket List through the late-80's in London, the 90's in Prague and the naughties in the UK. When he was in town, I was always travelling, had other commitments or just had bad luck (i.e. the cancellation of the Foo's concert at Wembley in June where Iggy was on the supporting bill). Well, I finally got to see James Newell Osterberg, Jr. in full, topless, action in Milton Keynes on a fine evening in September 2015! Iggy brought his old school punk snarl to the party, prompting mass singalongs to classic tunes, some of which he penned with his old mate David Bowie in Berlin in the 70's. If I'm still as active as Iggy when I'm almost 70, I'll be more than happy! He made fine use of the runway before him, skipping, kicking, twisting and turning as only Iggy can. He took a breather every now and then, but Iggy still has more energy than any new breed act you care to mention. Fucking hell - he's the man that wrote "Lust for Life"! The snot-noses in the audience didn't know what hit them :-) FYI, here's the Iggy Pop's set list for the night.
A wonderful, sunny day and balmy evening with my family, and a fine way to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of my first date with my future-wife on September 7, 1983.
Moscow Death Brigade - Vlad Boltcutter
On the Warzone Stage at Hellfest Open Air 2022 Part 1 - Day 3
15th Anniversary Edition
Clisson, France | 19/06/2022
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell played his first show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in support of fifth solo album Higher Truth, the tour similar in style to his 2011 Songbook tour, with Cornell playing stripped-back renditions of a selection of songs from his Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo material mixed with covers on a range of acoustic guitars, this time accompanied by Bryan Gibson on cello, keyboards and mandolin ...
Read the rest of this review with more photos over at RockShot Magazine.
Bono, the frontman of U2 and co-founder of the ONE Campaign, visited the European Parliament on 10 October.
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Ghost - Tobias Forge
A Pale Tour named Death
Le Zénith de Paris, Paris, France | 07/02/2019
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
Dark Tranquillity - Mikael Stanne
Moment Tour
L'Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France | 24/04/2022
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with their debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre.
After the release of Pornography (1982), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single "Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band's music. The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004.[1] The Cure have released thirteen studio albums and over thirty singles during the course of their career.
NoGoD has been active in the Japanese music scene (and the European/international as well) for nearly 10 years.
Formed by frontman Dancho in 2005, and have performed with the same members since 2006. They have been active internationally in Asia since 2010, and are now ready to conquer Europe in the same way: through their music.
Their core message that “if a person believes in one core element, said element can become their own personal God. The band is striving to become just that.” NoGoD wants to be your God (in the sense of a core element).
A few other things the band is famous for are guitarist Kyrie’s special 7 string guitar technique, something a lot of guitarists strive to aspire to themselves.
And vocalist Dancho’s comical interaction with the audience when on stage, adding to the fun of the performance as well as displaying their love for lives and music.
Theological and philosophical principles behind the band aside they are of course most famous for their shironuri make-up, visual kei, looks and of course their music itself!
Whilst the band is known for it’s heavy (metal) style sounds, that remain quite catchy to the listener’s ear.
To achieve their own particular style they weaved in influences from J-rock, J-pop and of course the genre they are best known for: metal.
What is certain is that this band offers musical attractions to fans of many different genres, not just the visual kei or metal ones. They’re a great band that genuinely wants to build a solid fan base on the European market with their music and excellent instrumental technique.
So if you are visiting Japan Expo on Saturday the 5th or Sunday the 6th of July, make sure to check out NoGoD on their stage!
The times are not out yet, but keep your eye on the program so you don’t miss them!
Want to know more about NoGoD?
Members:
Dancho: vocals
Kyrie: guitar
Shinno: guitar
Karin: bass
K: drums
Make sure to follow them on twitter if you’re on that social medium, because the band is sure to announce more about their gigs in Europe. And who knows, maybe you’ll get the chance to speak to them this way before the event!
Photo with this post is of NoGoD vocalist Dancho, who you can find on twitter right here.
Helloween - Andi Deris
United Forces Tour
L'Olympia, Paris, France | 30/08/2022
Live report soon on MusicWaves
Philippe Bareille
Rewire Festival 2016
Grote Kerk, Den Haag
Einstürzende Neubauten-frontman and former guitar player of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Blixa Bargeld (DE) and Italian composer Teho Teardo present their beautiful work together with a local string quartet. Their collaboration started in 2013 with their stunning record ‘Still Smiling’. This record consists of 12 ‘flexible’ songs, of which the arrangements form both a beautiful contrast as wel as a unity between acoustic string instruments and electronics. ‘The duo’s work comprises two albums; ‘Still Smiling’ in 2013 and ‘Spring’ in 2014.
Roadkill Records all dayer. The Sly Persuaders / Dedwardians single launch. ©2016 Kaoru Sato. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce, modify or transmit without permisssion. www.thedeadzoo.com
Frontman, voce e chitarra dei Dandy Warhols, nonché autore di quasi tutti i loro pezzi.
Sorry, to me is very difficult to visit people that always only leave a fav without commenting...
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The iconic mural featuring Joy Division's enigmatic frontman, Ian Curtis, has been repainted by Akse on Manchester's Star and Garter pub. It was originally painted on another building in the Northern Quarter, but was overpainted. By public demand it has been restored, to raise awareness of issues in mental health and suicide prevention.
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable", said the Mexican poet and academic, Cesar A. Cruz.
The Northern Quarter, and Ancoats has some of Manchester's finest artworks on its walls and free to view. There is a great walk to be had around this area. I would not describe it as salubrious, but on a dry day, it's well worth the effort. There is a massive spectrum of watering holes to boot. At 70 years old, I feel slightly out of my depth there, but I must admit its an education.
Memorial services for iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister was held at the Rainbow Bar And Grill in West Hollywood, California 1-9-2016.
Lemmy, who celebrated his 70th birthday on Christmas Eve (December 24-2016), learned two days later, on December 26, that he was afflicted with an aggressive form of cancer. He died two days later, on December 28 at his home in Los Angeles.
MOTÖRHEADwas revered by both metal and punk fans, and Lemmy was considered an icon for his musical talent and his embodiment of the rock n’ roll lifestyle.
The Rainbow Bar And Grill on L.A.'s Sunset Strip was known as Lemmy's hangout, made it an obvious place for friends and family to say goodbye to the legend.
Read more at: www.blabbermouth.net/news/overhelming-response-to-lemmys-...
of Rick K. and The Allnighters performing at the 111th Annual Versailles Pumpkin Show
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Travish Nesbitt, former frontman for Canadian alternative rock band Social Code making a stop in the Hammer with his new electro-rock trio SIIINES in support of their Fukushimarama Tour.
Bono, U2 frontman and Co-Founder of the ONE Campaign, speaks at the launch of "The Drive for Five: A Call to Action for the Education of Adolescent Girls". The event took place on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias
11 February 2020
United Nations, New York
Photo # 838211
Bono, the frontman of U2 and co-founder of the ONE Campaign, visited the European Parliament on 10 October.
Check our article here:
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20181...
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Chris Cornell
Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell played his first show at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in support of fifth solo album Higher Truth, the tour similar in style to his 2011 Songbook tour, with Cornell playing stripped-back renditions of a selection of songs from his Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo material mixed with covers on a range of acoustic guitars, this time accompanied by Bryan Gibson on cello, keyboards and mandolin ...
Read the rest of this review with more photos over at RockShot Magazine.
Ingrid Ferguson
Errol Brown MBE was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but moved to the UK when he was twelve years old. His break in music came in 1969 when he recorded a version of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" with a band called "Hot Chocolate Band". Unable to change the lyrics without Lennon's permission, he sent a copy to his record label, Apple, and the song was released with Lennon's approval.
The Hot Chocolate albums were produced by Mickie Most and recorded at the Rak Records studio. Brown left the group in 1985 to take a hiatus from music. He soon went on to have a solo career, achieving success in the clubs with the 1987 single "Body Rocking", produced by Richard James Burgess.
Brown was a supporter of the Conservative Party and performed at a party conference in the 1980s. In 1981, he performed at the wedding reception following the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, at Buckingham Palace.
Brown owned National Hunt horses, including Gainsay.
In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II named Brown a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to popular music for the United Kingdom". In 2004 he received an Ivor Novello Award for outstanding contributions to British music.
Brown died from liver cancer at his home in the Bahamas on 6 May 2015. He was survived by his wife Ginette and his two daughters, Colette and Leonie.
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown
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Singer,Songwriter. Born Lester Errol Brown. Best known as the lead singer of the British band Hot Chocolate.They had many hits during the 1970's and 1980's including "You Sexy Thing", "Emma","It Started with a Kiss", "So You Win Again" and "Brother Louie".
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M. B. E.
OUR BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER
IMMORTALIZED THROUGH HIS MUSIC
AND HIS BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT
Klaus Eberhartinger, frontman of the band.
More here: www.szene1.at/user/centurioG/album/1618550
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Collage of 3 takes at ISO 1600
Alessandro Fiori
TITLE: ATTENTO A ME STESSO
CATG N° URTO 1002
FORMAT CD
Jewel / Vinile gatefold
LABEL: URTOVOX
DISTR: AUDIOGLOBE-ITUNES
ORIGIN: ITALIA
Il disco solista è una nuova esperienza nella carriera musicale di Alessandro Fiori. Lo abbiamo conosciuto come fondatore, voce e frontman dei Mariposa, da anni faro nella scena musicale indipendente italiana, o con gli Amore, e con le sue altre collaborazioni eccellenti, come ”Betti Barsantini”, insieme a Marco Parente o ”Assodifiori” con Alessandro ”Asso” Stefana. Tutti questi progetti hanno in comune il suo comporre e scrivere canzoni, con lo stile di un cantautore moderno che riesce a coniugare una scrittura cruda, essenziale e al contempo poetica e visionaria.
Alessandro Fiori racconta storie dei nostri giorni e lo fa attingendo ai suoi tanti interessi e agli artisti (Raymond Carver, Julio Cortazar, il Jannacci di ”Giovanni Telegrafista”, Piero Ciampi, il primo Lucio Dalla, Ivan Graziani, Francis Bacon...) che in un modo o nell’altro ispirano le sue canzoni, i suoi scritti e la sua pittura.
Alessandro Fiori è uno dei giovani artisti più rappresentativi della scena musicale italiana, e difficilmente può essere accostato per stile ad altri. E’ lì col suo tocco dolce a mostrarti il lato impalpabile insieme a quello concreto e ruvido della nostra esistenza.
”Attento a me stesso” è un disco che descrive la consapevolezza che la morte è in essere senza sorpresa (qualcosa che c'è non ha da arrivare) e riflette sull'interrelazione tra abbandono e resistenza attraverso una curiosità ed un’arguzia lirica che ben si coniugano ad uno stile musicale assai originale e inconfondibile fin dai primi ascolti.
-Attento a me stesso (attentare / tentare di danneggiare qualcuno nella persona, nell'onore o negli averi) come abbandono;
-Attento a me stesso (fare attenzione / avere cura, riguardo, premura) come resistenza.
Non c'è vittoria (così come l'amore, che è accompagnamento: Fuori piove, Lungomare).
La sconfitta - contraltare di qualcosa che non esiste - è condizione di perenne disincanto (Abbandono, Labbra fredde) o ricordo che rende uniche le particolari sofferenze (Resistenza, La vasca).
Il disco, strutturato a mo’ di trittico pittorico, si apre con l'infinito spegnimento: Idrocarburi (che fa da prologo al disco) è l'estensione del tema de La luna ha molto tempo da buttare, brano contenuto nell' EP dei Mariposa Suzuki Bazuki del 2004.
Catino blu è paura atavica: le siringhe, il mostro di Firenze, l'esoterismo.
Fiaba contemporanea rappresenta l'ultimo e vano tentativo resistente.
Questi brani compongono il primo pannello.
Il secondo pannello (Lungomare, La vasca, Fuori piove, 2 cowboy per un parcheggio) è la parte del quotidiano, della ricerca di solitudine (Lungomare) e della paura della stessa (Fuori piove), della transitorietà fissata dal ricordo (La vasca - la vasca in questione è sita davanti alla stazione di Arezzo e gli spruzzi d'acqua bagnano la copia della chimera etrusca). 2 cowboy per un parcheggio è l'unico brano che fa due passi all'interno del mondo lavorativo/musicale.
Il terzo pannello si apre con Senza le dita, l'inutile ricerca di qualcosa che non c'è (vida es sueno, surrealismo spagnolo), la sgretolazione dei rapporti, la deriva nella dipendenza da qualcosa (“non ho colpe tesoro se sono sbronzo tutte le sere / questo andare dal quasi al mai più mette voglia di bere”) e da qualcuno.
Labbra fredde è la presa di coscienza della desolazione cittadina (“Lente giornate. Tutto superato.” Gottfried Benn) ed un sentito omaggio a Ivan Graziani (Agnese dolce Agnese è in assoluto il disco più ascoltato dal nostro negli ultimi 3 anni).
Lucyfer wash è una preghiera, una disperata richiesta d'aiuto nel climax della vulnerabilità, la minaccia della pazzia, la fine di tutto.
Con Trenino a cherosene, epilogo naif, si chiude il disco (“La vita è un mucchio di insignificanti e ironiche rovine”, Pier Paolo Pasolini).
É stato avvistato un disco solista, se raggiungerete il lungomare più vicino potrete vederlo anche voi.
Ma fate attenzione: così come gli alieni anche questo disco può rendervi addotti.
Registrato a Nave York da Alessandro "Asso" Stefana
Mixato all' Alpha Dept studio (BO) da Giacomo Fiorenza
Masterizzato a Lamaestà Mastering (MI) da Giovanni Versari
Suonato da
-ALESSANDRO FIORI: VOCE, PIANOFORTE, VIOLINO
-ALESSANDRO "ASSO" STEFANA: CHITARRE, BASSO
-MARCO PARENTE: BATTERIA
-ZENO DE ROSSI: BATTERIA
-DANILO GALLO: CONTRABBASSO
-ENRICO GABRIELLI:FIATI, VIBRAFONO.
BIOGRAFIA
Alessandro Fiori nasce ad Arezzo il 6/6/’76.
Compie studi musicali dall’età di 11 anni. Impara a suonare violino e pianoforte.
A 14 anni inizia a scrivere canzoni accompagnandosi con la chitarra del padre prima e col pianoforte poi.
Si diploma all’accademia d’arte drammatica “Piccolo Teatro Città di Arezzo”.
L’esperienza universitaria a Bologna non porta frutti se non l’intensificarsi dell’attività di scrittura di canzoni.
Nel 1999 fonda la band Mariposa con la quale ha all’attivo 9 dischi e più di 400 concerti.
Nel 2002 inizia a collaborare con il compositore Lorenzo Brusci (“Zarathustra” – Timet, 2002).
Nel 2004 fonda gli Amore, rock band di base a Firenze con la quale ha pubblicato 2 dischi.
Dal 2007 stringe un sodalizio artistico con Alessandro “Asso” Stefana (chitarrista con Vinicio Capossela, Mike Patton) e lavora come insegnante di teatro nelle scuole elementari del Mugello.
Viene ospitato in veste di violinista da alcuni colleghi musicisti come Andrea Chimenti (“Vietato Morire” - Soffici Dischi/Santeria, 2004) e Paolo Benvegnù (“Le labbra” - La pioggia, 2008).
Nel 2009 fonda con Marco Parente il duo Betti Barsantini.
“Attento a me stesso” (Urtovox, 2010), registrato con Alessandro Stefana, è il suo primo disco solista.
Dipinge e si diletta nella scrittura di poesie e racconti.
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