The Zen Circus

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The Zen Circus
Appearance 2010
Appearance 2010
General information
origin Pisa , Italy
Genre (s) Alternative rock , folk punk
founding 1994
Website thezencircus.it
Current occupation
Andrea Appino (since 1994)
Ufo (Massimiliano Schiavelli) (since 2000)
Karim Qqru (since 2003)
guitar
 Francesco Pellegrini (since 2016)
former members
Drums
 Teschio (Marcello Bruzzi) (1994-2003)

The Zen Circus is an Italian rock band from Pisa .

history

The group goes back to the duo The Zen , consisting of Andrea Appino and Teschio (Marcello Bruzzi), which formed in Pisa in 1994 and released the album About Thieves, Farmers, Tramps and Policemen in 1998. After bassist Ufo had joined them and had their first live experiences together, Zen Circus released their first official album in 2001: Visited by the Ghost of Blind Willie Lemon Juice Namington IV . A number of appearances followed, until drummer Teschio left in 2003 and was replaced by Karim Qqru. With a new line-up, the band recorded the album Doctor Seduction in 2004 , which received a lot of approval from both critics and audiences and made them better known beyond their niche .

The band's next album, Life and Opinions of Nello Scarpellini, Gentleman , was released in 2005, and in addition to songs in English, it also contained some in Italian and French. On the following tour, the group deepened their friendship with Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie, after which Zen Circus accompanied the American band's Italian concerts in 2007. Ritchie then worked with the band both as a musician and as a producer on their fourth album Villa Inferno , which also included other guest musicians, such as Kim and Kelley Deal ( Pixies , Breeders ), Jerry Harrison ( Talking Heads ) and Giorgio Canali ( CSI ).

The fifth album Andate tutti affanculo was released in 2009. With the successor Nati per subire , the band achieved a chart success for the first time, which (after an EP in 2012, Metal Arcade ) was also achieved in 2014, 2016 and 2018 with the release of the albums Canzoni contro la natura , La terza guerra mondiale or Il fuoco in una stanza . In 2016, Francesco Pellegrini joined the band as the second guitarist. At the end of 2018, the participation of Zen Circus in the Sanremo Festival 2019 was announced.

Discography

Albums

  • About Thieves, Farmers, Tramps and Policemen (as The Zen , 1998)
  • Visited by the Ghost of Blind Willie Lemon Juice Namington IV (Ice For Everyone, 2001)
  • Doctor Seduction (2004)
  • Life and Opinions of Nello Scarpellini, Gentleman (I dischi de l'amico immaginario, 2005)
  • Villa Inferno (with Brian Ritchie; Unhip Records, 2008)
  • Andate tutti affanculo (Unhip Records / La Tempesta Dischi, 2009)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2011 Nati per subire IT31 (2 weeks)
IT
La Tempesta Dischi
2014 Canzoni contro la natura IT9 (3 weeks)
IT
La Tempesta Dischi
2016 La terza guerra mondiale IT6 (4 weeks)
IT
La Tempesta Dischi
2018 Il fuoco in una stanza IT7 (9 weeks)
IT
Woodworm, La Tempesta Dischi
2019 Vivi si muore 1999-2019 IT15 (... weeks)
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Woodworm compilation

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2019 L'amore è una dittatura IT47 (1 week)
IT
  • L'anima non conta (2016) -goldgold Gold (25,000+)

Web links

Commons : Zen Circus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Albums by Zen Circus. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Singles from Zen Circus. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed March 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Awards archive . FIMI , accessed March 18, 2019 (Italian).