Il Balletto di Bronzo
Il Balletto di Bronzo | |
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General information | |
origin | Italy |
Genre (s) | Progressive rock |
founding | around 1967 as Battitori Selvaggi, 1999 |
resolution | 1973 |
Founding members | |
Marco Cecioni | |
guitar |
Lino Ajello |
Michele Cupaiuolo | |
Giancarlo Stinga | |
Current occupation | |
Vocals, keyboard
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Gianni Leone |
bass |
Ivano Salvatori |
Drums |
Adolfo Ramundo |
former members | |
bass |
Vito Manzari |
bass |
Romolo Amici |
Drums |
Ugo Vantini |
Il Balletto di Bronzo is an Italian progressive rock band that was formed in Naples in the late 1960s .
Band history
The band initially called itself Battitori Selvaggi and played beat music . After being renamed Il Balletto di Bronzo, their debut album Sirio 2222 was released in 1970 , on which psychedelic hard rock could be heard. After that, the line-up changed, the founding members Cecione and Cupaiuolo were replaced by Gianni Leone and Vito Manzari. Since Leone was now a keyboardist in the band, their style changed. The second album Ys was released in 1972, was assigned to progressive rock and is now considered a classic of the genre. In the early 1970s, however, the band was unsuccessful; it disbanded in 1973.
Band leader Leone was active as a solo artist under the pseudonym Leo Nero for 20 years. In the 1990s a compilation with unreleased pieces and an EP with English-language versions of two pieces by Ys were released . After Leone had worked with the band Divae in 1995, he re-formed Il Balletto di Bronzo with their bassist Romolo Amici and drummer Ugo Vantini. A live album was recorded with this line-up in 1996 and was released in 1999. A live DVD was released in 2008 with bassist Marco Capozi and drummer Adolfo Ramundo.
Discography
- 1970: Sirio 2222
- 1972: Ys
- 1990: Il Rei del Castello (compilation)
- 1992: Ys (English-language EP)
- 1999: Trys (live album)
- 2008: Live in Rome (DVD)
- 2011: On the Road to Ys (… and Beyond) (compilation)
Web links
- Il Balletto di Bronzo on ItalianProg (English)
- Il Balletto di Bronzo in the ProgArchives (English)
- Il Balletto di Bronzo on the baby blue pages