Alphataurus
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Coming from the Milan area, Alphataurus are an Italian hard rock
/progressive rock
band that only released one album, Alphataurus, in 1973, at the peak of the European progressive rock
wave. The five compositions were well arranged and well played, but were not enough to keep the band on the stage in the following years, so the band split during the recording of the second album.
Some tracks from a second album were finally released in 1992 on the record Dietro l'uragano. The first album had a second life with good sales later, and it is still selling today.
In the year 2010, two from the original line up, Guido Wassermann and Pietro Pellegrini, decided it was the time to return to the scene, and formed a new band with the same name, Alphataurus, to record a new album including both revised tunes from the second album and brand new tunes.
The original drummer Giorgio Santandrea also joined the new band, and in November 2010 they officially had the reunion after over 30 years, playing at the Progvention 2010 in Milan.
A live album from the reunion concert will be released in late 2011, while in the same period Giorgio Santandrea left the band due to personal reasons. The new drummer is now Alessandro Pacho Rossi, and old friend of bassist Fabio Rigamonti.
A new studio album will be released in early 2012.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band that only released one album, Alphataurus, in 1973, at the peak of the European progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
wave. The five compositions were well arranged and well played, but were not enough to keep the band on the stage in the following years, so the band split during the recording of the second album.
Some tracks from a second album were finally released in 1992 on the record Dietro l'uragano. The first album had a second life with good sales later, and it is still selling today.
In the year 2010, two from the original line up, Guido Wassermann and Pietro Pellegrini, decided it was the time to return to the scene, and formed a new band with the same name, Alphataurus, to record a new album including both revised tunes from the second album and brand new tunes.
The original drummer Giorgio Santandrea also joined the new band, and in November 2010 they officially had the reunion after over 30 years, playing at the Progvention 2010 in Milan.
A live album from the reunion concert will be released in late 2011, while in the same period Giorgio Santandrea left the band due to personal reasons. The new drummer is now Alessandro Pacho Rossi, and old friend of bassist Fabio Rigamonti.
A new studio album will be released in early 2012.
1973 Line-up
- Pietro Pellegrini - keys
- Guido Wassermann - guitars/voice
- Alfonso Oliva - electric bass
- Giorgio Santandrea - drums
- Michele Bavaro - voice
2010 Line-up
- Pietro Pellegrini - keys/synth
- Guido Wassermann - guitars/vocals
- Andrea Guizzetti - piano/keys/vocals
- Fabio Rigamonti - electric bass/vocals
- Pacho Rossi - drums/percussions
- Claudio Falcone - lead vocals/hand percussions