Afterhours (band)
Encyclopedia
Afterhours is an Italian
alternative rock band
. The name is a tribute to the same-titled
Velvet Underground's song.
around Manuel Agnelli, a Velvet Underground fan. Their debut was in 1987 with the single My bit boy, followed a year later by the EP
: All Good Children Go to Hell.
The band has released two album
s and two EPs in english
. Since Germi (1995), the group switched to Italian language
, except the Ballads for Little Hyenas that was produced by Greg Dulli
, who played along the group in 2006's US
tour.
In 2009, the band won the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at Sanremo Music Festival
. In the same year they produced the compilation "Il paese è reale" (i.e. "The country is real") aiming to advance the Italian indie rock
scene.
Italy
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alternative rock band
Rock Band
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. The name is a tribute to the same-titled
After Hours (song)
"After Hours" is a 1969 song written by Lou Reed and originally performed by The Velvet Underground. It is the tenth and final track on their self-titled album. It is one of few songs with lead vocals by drummer Maureen Tucker, as Lou Reed stated the song was "so innocent and pure" that he could...
Velvet Underground's song.
Biography
The Afterhours were formed in 1985 in MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
around Manuel Agnelli, a Velvet Underground fan. Their debut was in 1987 with the single My bit boy, followed a year later by the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
: All Good Children Go to Hell.
The band has released two album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s and two EPs in english
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Since Germi (1995), the group switched to Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, except the Ballads for Little Hyenas that was produced by Greg Dulli
Greg Dulli
-Biography:Greg Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class city of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he is now agnostic. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky,...
, who played along the group in 2006's US
United States
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tour.
In 2009, the band won the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at Sanremo Music Festival
Festival della canzone italiana
The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs...
. In the same year they produced the compilation "Il paese è reale" (i.e. "The country is real") aiming to advance the Italian indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
scene.
EP
- 1988 - All the Good Children Go to Hell ( Toast RecordsToast RecordsToast Records is an independent record label based in Turin, Italy.-Company history:Toast Records is a recording company founded in 1985 by producer Giulio Tedeschi and operated by Italian Rock. It all started in 1979 in a very “underground” style. The city of Turin saw and witnessed the birth of...
) - 1991 - Cocaine Head ( Vox Pop )
- 2008 - Le sessioni ricreative ( Universal )
Albums
- 1990 - During Christine's Sleep ( Vox Pop )
- 1993 - Pop Kills Your Soul( Vox Pop )
- 1995 - Germi (Vox Pop)
- 1997 - Hai paura del buio?Hai paura del buio?Hai Paura del Buio? is the fourth studio album by Italian Alternative Rock band Afterhours. Like its predecessor, Germi, Hai paura del buio? features only Italian language...
( Mescal Records ) - 1999 - Non è per sempre ( Mescal Records )
- 2002 - Quello che non c'è ( Mescal Records )
- 2005 - Ballate per piccole iene ( Mescal Records )
- 2006 - Ballads for Little Hyenas ( Mescal Records ) with Greg DulliGreg Dulli-Biography:Greg Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class city of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he is now agnostic. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky,...
- 2008 - I milanesi ammazzano il sabato ( Universal RecordsUniversal RecordsUniversal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
)
Other
- 2009 - Afterhours presentano: Il paese è reale (19 artisti per un paese migliore?) ( Casasonica )
- 2009 - Domani 21/04.09 ( SugarMusic ) Artisti Uniti Per L'AbruzzoAbruzzoAbruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
Singles
- 1987 - My Bit Boy (Toast Records)
- 1995 - Dentro Marilyn (Vox Pop)
- 1996 - Ossigeno (Vox Pop)
- 1998 - Male di miele (Mescal)
- 1998 - Sui giovani d'oggi ci scatarro su (Mescal)
- 2000 - La verità che ricordavo (Mescal)
- 2000 - Bianca (Mescal)
- 2002 - Quello Che Non C'è (Mescal)
- 2002 - Sulle labbra (Mescal)
- 2003 - La gente sta male (Mescal)
- 2004 - Gioia e rivoluzione (Mescal)
- 2005 - Ballata per la mia piccola iena (Mescal)
- 2008 - È solo febbre (Universal)
- 2008 - Pochi istanti nella lavatrice (Universal Records)
- 2008 - Riprendere Berlino (Universal Records)
- 2008 - Musa di nessuno (Universal Records)
- 2009 - Il paese è reale ( Casasonica )
DVD
- 2007 - Non Usate Precauzioni/Fatevi Infettare (1985-1997) ( VirginVirgin RecordsVirgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
-EMI ) - 2007 - Io Non Tremo (1997-2006) (Virgin Records|Virgin-EMI)
Videoclip
- ShadowplayShadowplay (song)"Shadowplay" is a song by the band Joy Division. It appeared on the 1979 album Unknown Pleasures. The song was covered by the Killers in 2007 and Carpathian in 2010.-Lyrics:...
- Ossigeno
- Germi
- Dentro Marilyn
- Voglio una pelle splendida
- Male di miele
- Sui giovani d'oggi ci scatarro
- Non è per sempre
- Baby fiducia
- Bianca
- La verità che ricordavo
- La sinfonia dei topi
- Quello che non c'è
- Non sono immaginario
- Gioia e rivoluzione
- La vedova bianca
- White widow
- È solo febbre
- Pochi istanti nella lavatrice
- Riprendere Berlino
- Musa di nessuno
- Il paese è reale
Published songs
- 21st Century Schizoid Man - King CrimsonKing CrimsonKing Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
(Cocaine Head) - Gioia E Rivoluzione - Area (Gioia E Rivoluzione)
- Green River - Creedence Clearwater RevivalCreedence Clearwater RevivalCreedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
(All the Good Children Go to Hell) - Hey Bulldog - The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
(Pop Kills Your Soul) - Jealous Guy - John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
(Sui Giovani D'Oggi Ci Scatarro Su) - La Canzone Di Marinella - Fabrizio De AndréFabrizio De AndréFabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...
(Gioia E Rivoluzione) - La Canzone Popolare - Ivano FossatiIvano FossatiIvano Alberto Fossati is an Italian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist born in Genoa. Fossati has several albums to date and has worked with such musicians as Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi,Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Francesco De Gregori and...
(Gioia E Rivoluzione) - Mio Fratello È Figlio Unico - Rino GaetanoRino GaetanoSalvatore Antonio "Rino" Gaetano , was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone, in the southern Italian region of Calabria...
(GermiGermiGermi is a city in and the capital of Germi County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,348, in 6,382 families....
) - On Time - Bee GeesBee GeesThe Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
(Pop Kills Your Soul) - Shadowplay - Joy DivisionJoy DivisionJoy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
(Something About Joy Division - Tribute To Joy Division) - State Trooper - Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
(Male Di Miele) - The Bed - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
(Ballads for Little Hyenas) - You Know You're Right - NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
(I Milanesi Ammazzano Il Sabato)
Live exhibitions
- A Day In The Life - The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
- Across The Universe - The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
- Adam Raised A Cain - Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
- Atmosphere - Joy DivisionJoy DivisionJoy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
- Baby Face - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
- Baby One More Time - Britney SpearsBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
- Bad America - Gun Club
- Bianco Natale
- Billy Jean - Michael JacksonMichael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
- By This River - Brian EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- Cortez The Killer - Neil YoungNeil YoungNeil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
- Dancing Barefoot - Patti SmithPatti SmithPatricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
- Deep Hit Of Morning Sun - Primal ScreamPrimal ScreamPrimal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
- Down On The Street - The StoogesThe StoogesThe Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
- Drive All Night - Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
- For What It's Worth - Buffalo SpringfieldBuffalo SpringfieldBuffalo Springfield is a North American folk rock band renown both for its music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Among the first wave of North American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined...
- Heart Shaped Box - NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
- Helter Skelter - Beatles
- Hey Joe - Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
- I Wanna Be Your Dog - The StoogesThe StoogesThe Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
- Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Lilac Wine - Jeff BuckleyJeff BuckleyJeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
- Live And Let Die - Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
- Mind Games - John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
- My Generation - The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
- Ooh La La - The Faces
- Quicksand - David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
- Satellite Of Love - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
- Search & Destroy - The StoogesThe StoogesThe Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
- Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
- The Long And Winding Road - The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
- T.V. Eye - The StoogesThe StoogesThe Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...
- Walk On The Wild Side - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
- Wave Of Mutilation - Pixies
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