Bio
The Pretty Face è una tra le più famose sixties garage bands Italiane. Formatisi nella primavera del 1997 alla periferia di Milano,debuttano nel Maggio dello stesso anno,al MODS MAYDAY raduno MOD di Torino. Da allora si dedicano anima e corpo all’attività live in giro per l’Italia, aprono i concerti di alcuni leggendari gruppi della scena Garage/Beat quali TheTroggs, The Fleshtones, The Morlocks, Fuad & The Feztones ed accompagnano Riki Maiocchi, primo cantante de i Camaleonti e leggenda del Beat italiano. Dividono il palco anche con Doctor Explosion, Statuto e Mando Diao e partecipano all’edizioni del 1998 e del 2006 del “FESTIVAL BEAT”,il più famoso festival italiano di musica anni ’60 ed al BEATFEVER nel 2002. Il loro è un garage psichedelico che incrocia gli stili di Yardbirds, Rolling Stones, Chesterfield Kings, Who, Kinks e Count Five, senza tralasciare il sound dei Sonics e la psichedelica dei 13th Floor Elevator. La caratteristica della band è sicuramente la carica che sprigioniamo nel live. Facendo abbondante uso del Fuzz , dell’armonica e del glorioso organo Farfisa ,elaborano un suono ruvido e potente che,combinato alla presenza scenica dei cinque, è capace di riempire i club e di trasformare un concerto in un vero e proprio party. Lo stile degli Small Faces e la rabbia dei Pretty Things,questi sono i Pretty Face, ed ecco anche svelato l’arcano del loro nome. Non c’entrano nulla le loro “belle” facce… Come esperienza discografica, hanno inciso nel 1999 l‘Ep “Ribelle” prodotto da Oskar Gianmarinaro, voce degli Statuto,e sono apparsi nella compilation “Mondo Beat vol. 2″,entrambi distribuiti dalla Face Records/Sony. Il loro nuovo album “The Pretty Face”(Ottobre 2009) è stato da loro prodotto in collaborazione con l’etichetta AREA PIRATA ed è distribuito da Goodfellas; contiene sei pezzi originali (Your Heart Is Made of Stone, Getting Tired, You Make Me Sad, I Feel Fine, Just a Waste of Time e Come Closer) e quattro covers sixties – garage (Out of the Question dei Seeds, Kick out the Jams degli MC5, One Step Closer to You dei Miracle Workers e Take it as it Comes dei Doors).
I Pretty Face sono:
Federico Gamberini, voce/armonica/tamburello e maracas
Stefano Crippa, basso e cori,
Federico Crippa, chitarra e cori,
Filippo Troncone, organo Farfisa/Vox
Carlo Jamiro Quaini, batteria.
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The Pretty Face is one of the most famous sixties garage bands in Italy. Founded in the spring of 1997 in the suburbs of Milan, they played their first gig at the 1997 MODS MAYDAY rally in Turin. During the 90s they spread the sixties wild way of playing r’n’r and the sixties pop culture up and down the country.They have played on stage with garage legends like the Troggs, the Fleshtones, the Morlocks and Italian 60s beat legend Riki Maiocchi. They have also played with Doctor Explosion, Statuto and Mando Diao and appeared in the 1998 and 2006 editions of the “Festival Beat”, the most famous 60s festival in Italy.Their psychedelic garage sound is influenced by the Sonics, the Chesterfield Kings, the Pretty Things, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Rolling Stones, the Fuzztones, the Doors, the Morlocks, the Fleshtones & all the other Nuggets pearls. It’s also inspired by classical sixties brit-invasion and mod bands like the Kinks, the Who, the Animals, the Small Faces, the Yardbirds and the Troggs. The use of the fuzzbox, the blues-harp and the glorious Farfisa and Vox organs, combined with all vintage equipment, gives The Pretty Face a gritty garage sound of the sixties , a sound that fills clubs and turns concerts into amazing parties. That’s The Pretty Face purpose! The style of the Small Faces and the anger of the Pretty Things: this is the essence of the Pretty Face and reveals the mystery of the band’s name. During their 12 year career they played in clubs, rallies and festivals. They recorded an EP in 1999 produced by Oskar Gianmarinaro (the singer of the Italian ska band “Statuto”) and distributed by Face Records/Sony. They have also appeared on some 60s beat compilations like “Mondo Beat vol. 2” by Face Records/Sony.The new Pretty Face album, out on October 2009, is entitled “The Pretty Face” and is produced by “Area Pirata Records” and The Pretty Face. It contains six original tracks and six garage covers from MC5, the Sonics, the Miracle Workers, the Doors and theTurtles.The Pretty Face are Federico Gamberini on voice/blues harp/tambourine & maracas, Stefano Crippa on the bass and backing vocals, Federico Crippa on the fuzz guitar and backing vocals, Filippo Troncone on the Farfisa & Vox organ and Carlo Jamiro Quaini on the wild drums. So, as the Chocolate Watch Band used to say: “Are you gonna be there?” at the love-inn with The Pretty Face.
The Pretty Face are:
Federico Gamberini, voice/harp/tamburine & maracas,
Stefano Crippa, bass,
Federico Crippa, guitar,
Filippo Troncone, Farfisa/Vox organ
Carlo Jamiro Quaini, drums.
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