Il Balletto di Bronzo

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Il Balletto di Bronzo
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
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)

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