Semiramis (band)
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Semiramis is an Italian
teen-ager progressive rock
band who produced one LP in 1973, Dedicato a Frazz. Both the cover and the music have been described as bizarre and surrealist.
until Pulvano left and drummer Paolo Faenza joined other members.
Their unique album, released by Trident Records in 1973 that was unsuccessful. The album featured a cover by Gordon Faggetter.
After the band split up, Michele Zarrillo joined a later incarnation of Il Rovescio della Medaglia
. In the 1980s he began a solo career as a pop music singer.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
teen-ager 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 who produced one LP in 1973, Dedicato a Frazz. Both the cover and the music have been described as bizarre and surrealist.
History
The band was formed in 1970 by Maurizio Zarrillo (keyboards) and the two cousins Marcello Reddavide (bass) and Memmo Pulvano (drums). They were all 15-years old. Two years later they were joined by 16 year old Michele Zarrillo who substituted former singer Maurizio Macioce. They played in some live open-air concerts in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
until Pulvano left and drummer Paolo Faenza joined other members.
Their unique album, released by Trident Records in 1973 that was unsuccessful. The album featured a cover by Gordon Faggetter.
After the band split up, Michele Zarrillo joined a later incarnation of Il Rovescio della Medaglia
Il Rovescio della Medaglia
Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian hard rock and symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock masterpiece Contaminazione, released in 1973. It contained four pieces from Bach's Well-tempered Clavier seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was...
. In the 1980s he began a solo career as a pop music singer.
Lineup
- Michele Zarrillo (guitar, vocals)
- Maurizio Zarrillo (keyboards)
- Marcello Reddavide (bass)
- Paolo Faenza (drums, percussion, vibes)
- Giampiero Artegiani (acoustic guitar, synth)