PAST NEWS
26 FEBRUARY 2009
AS ANNOUNCED BEFORE, THE 2009 WILL BE THE YEAR OF THE COME BACK! AND SO LAST WEEK WE'VE PLAYED THE
FIRST GIG AFTER THE FORCED 6 MONTHS STOP, BECAUSE OF GIO'S BACK, WE PLAYED AT THE BOLOGNA BRUCIA FESTIVAL AND EVERYTHING
WORKED WELL AS BEFORE THE PROBLEMS! THEN AS ANNOUNCED WE'VE RECORDED SOME NEW STUFF AND WE'RE PROUD NOW TO ANNOUNCE THAT IS COMING
OUT RIGHT TOMORROW A SPLIT TAPE WITH THE FRENCH BAND PNEU. THEY'RE GREAT FRIENDS AND A GREAT BAND, IT'S TWO YEARS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THIS ALBUM,
PROBABLY CHATTING TOGHEDER AT AZAY LE RIDEAU, NEAR TOURS OR MAYBE PLAYING TOGHEDER SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE; ALL THE WAY THINKING THAT THIS SPLIT WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT
SPIRITUAL AND FRIENDSHIP CONNECTIONS BETWEEN US, SOMETHING THAT STARTED TWO YEARS AGO DURING OUR FIRST TOUR, THEN REALIZED MATERIALLY WITH THIS TAPE AND THAT WILL
REMAIN AS FRIENDISHIP. AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN TONY OF NO=FI RECORDS OF ROMA ASKED BOTH THE BANDS, WITHOUT KNOWING OUR PROGRAMS TO MAKE THIS SPLIT,
THE ANSWER WAS NATURALLY: YEAH!
THE NEW SONG WE REORDED IS CALLED SHAVER LASER,
WE RECORDED PLAYING TOGHEDER WITH MARCO COSTA AT THE FLUTE AND EXPANDING THIS ALREADY LONG SONG TO THE LENGHT OF 22 MINUTES. ON THE TAPE YOU'LL HEAR AN EXCERPT OF 15
MINUTES OF THE MOST HYPNOTIC AND PSYCHEDELIC TUNE THAT WE'VE EVER PLAYED, WITH A WALL OF PERCUSSIONS, DELAYED GUITAR TAPPING AND FLUTE JAMMING TOGHEDER. WE RECORDED
AT XM24 IN A ONE DAY LONG SESSIONS WITH GIO AND MARCO RECORDING. TOMORROW THERE'LLBE THE RELEASE PARTY IN ROMA AT THE SINISTER NOISE, WE'LL PLAY TOGHEDER WITH PNEU AND
WITH HEY!, SO IF YOU'RE AROUND ROMA COME HERE!!
THEN CHECK OUT THE "GIGS" PAGE
BECAUSE SOME NEW GIGS ARE PLANNED, A SMALL TOUR IN THE BENELUX FOR THE BEGINNING OF APRIL AND SOME NEW COBRA EXPERIENCE(S) AROUND, DON'T MISS THEM!! AND IN THEN WE HAVE
TO SAY GREAT THANKS TO TONY OF NO=FI RECORDS FOR MAKING THE SPLIT POSSIBLE: TANK YOU FAT GUY!
FOR INFO CHECK OUT THE "RELEASES" PAGE AND THE "HEAR" PAGE TO LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT OF SHAVER LASER!
YO
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19 DECEMBER 2008
TOGHEDER WITH CHRISTMAS WE'VE HAD A NOVELTY.... GIOVANNI'S BACK IS COMING BACK!!!
WE'LL BE RECORDING AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY FOR A SPLIT
WITH A GREAT BAND AND WITH GREAT FRIENDS THAT
IS TO BE ANNOUNCED AND SOME GIGS ARE
GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED TOO AND
EVEN SOME STUFF MORE, ALL
AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE NEW YEAR!
SO SEE YOU ON 2009!!
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6 NOVEMBER 2008
UNLUCKYLY WE HAVE NEW BAD NEWS AND AS YOU'VE SEEN ON OUR GIGS
WE HAD TO CANCEL QUITE A LOT OF GIGS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. GIOVANNI'S BACK HAS GOT WORST AND
WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK TO LET HIM FIX IT. THIS ONLY MEANS THAT WE'RE ALREADY BOOKING SHOWS FOR THE NEW YEAR WHEN
WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO PLAY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A NEW ALBUM OUT! SO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WE'LL BE BACK SOON!
MEANTIME WE'RE PLAYING IN A COUPLE OF NEW PROJECTS WITH GIO AT PERCUSSIONS AND MATTIA SOMETHIMES PLAYING BASS
WITH WHICH WE'LL PLAY AROUND IN THE NEXT MONTHS, WE'LL REPORT THE SHOWS ON THE GIG'S PAGE AND SO SEE YOU ALL THERE!
HUGS
MATTIA AND GIO
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13 SEPTEMBER 2008
WE'RE SORRY
TO TELL THAT TODAY WE WON'T PLAY
AT XM24 FOR THE ANTIMTVDAY NUMBER 7
GIOVANNI IS RECOVERING FROM BACK PROBLEM
AND WE HAVE TO WAIT DOCTOR'S TO FIX HIM
SO TODAY WE'LL REST..EH EH!
MEANWHILE FOR NOW WE'RE FINISHING
WHAT WILL BE OUR SECOND ALBUM AND GOING ON
WITH THE COBRA EXPERIENCE, (HAVE A LOOK ON THE
GIG'S PAGE), NEWS WILL COME OUT SOON!!
THANKS THEN TO NICO AND LUCA AND ALL
THE OTHER GUYS WHO HAS MADE AMD7 POSSIBLE AND HAVE
CALLED US TO PLAY. SEE YOU THERE THIS NIGHT!!
MATTIA AND GIOVANNI
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25 AUGUST 2008
IT'S A WEEK THAT WE'VE COME BACK FROM THE SEA,
FROM A WHOLE WEEK WEAKING UP ON THE BEACH AND GOING TO SLEEP WHEN THE SUN WAS RISING.
GREAT THANKS MUST GO TO ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE'VE MET AT THE SHOWS AND
TO THE GUYS AND GIRLS THAT HAS MADE THAT GIGS POSSIBLE: TAMARA IN TERNI,
GIORGIO IN TARANTO, GIOVANNI AND MASSIMO AND THE WHOLE BUT GOD
CREW (SO ALSO THE GIRLFRIENDS) IN BARI, THE WONDERFUL ARCI
SONICA IN LUCERA AND THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE ET NA.
A GIG ON THE MORNING RISING SUN AND THE BEACH OF
CIVITANOVA HOSTED ALSO THE FIRST CONCERT OF A
NEW PROJECT THAT INVOLVED US TOGHEDER WITH
ALE AND RICKY OF G.I.JOE AND MARCO COSTA, A
FUNK AND PSICHEDELICALLY SPIRITUAL MORNING
GAVE BIRTH TO THIS NEW 5 PIECE (DRUMS, PERCUSSIONS,
GUITAR, BASS AND FLUTE) ENSAMBLE. WE'VE PLAYED FRIDAY
15TH MORNING AND THEN ALSO AT THE GREAT
PARTY FOR THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF 8MM REX
IN SCHIAVOI, (THANK YOU LUCA), AND AGAIN WAS A
WONDERFUL FEELING. FOR NOW THERE'S EVEN NO
NAME FOR THAT BUT LET'S CALL IT FOR NOW
COBRA EXPERIENCE, THERE'LL BE NEWS...
THEN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH WE'LL PLAY AT 19:00
AT THE ANTIMTVDAY, THE FESTIVAL AT THE 7TH EDITION
WE'LL BE HOSTED BY XM24 ALSO THAT YEAR, SEE YOU ALL THERE... YO!
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7 AUGUST 2008
OUR SSSSSSSUMMER TOUR IS STARTING NOW,
WE'LL BE AROUND WITH G.I.JOE IN THE SOUTH OF ITALY FOR SOME DAYS OF
BEACH, SEA AND PARTYES,
HERE'S THE GIGS:
08.08_Terni@PALMETTA
09.08_Taranto@SURF CAFE'
11.08_Bari@BEACH PARTY
13.08_Lucera@ARCI SONICA
14.08_Civitanova Marche@ET NA'
SEE YOU!!
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31 MAY 2008
"NERVOUS KID ARE A BOLOGNA BASED DRUM/GUITAR DUO
WITH A RESONANCE THAT RECALLS GROUPS LIKE LIGHTNING BOLT AND THE
RUINS WITHOUT BEING VERY SPECIFIC. THE SOUND IS LOUD, WOUND TIGHT AND INSTRUMENTALLY
PARED DOWN. THERE ARE EVEN PARTS THAT REMINDS ME OF THE ORIGINAL GONE (ALBEIT WITH A NON-GINN GUITARIST).
COOL ONE."
THAT WAS PUBLISHED
ON THE JUNE EDITION OF THE WIRE MAGAZINE,
REVIEWED BY BYRON COLEY, AND ALSO OTHER REALLY GOOD REVIEWS HAVE CAME OUT IN THIS DAYS,
THANKS TO THE WORK OF GAFFER RECORDS, GREAT LADS!, AND WE'LL PUBLISH ALL OF
THEM HERE SOON SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US HOW KIND THE
REVIEWERS HAVE BEEN WITH US IN THESE DAYS,
THANKS TO YOU ALL AND ALSO TO THEM!
A COUPLE OF GIGS ARE ON THE SCHEDULE NOW BUT WE'RE
PLANNING A COUPLE OF SOURPRISES FOR SUMMER
AND FOR THIS EARLY FALL,
SO GET PREPARED!!
YO!
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8 APRIL 2008
WE'RE BACK FROM THE TOUR, WE'RE BACK IN ITALY AFTER ONE MONTH OF GREAT GREAT TIME,
SO MANY SHOWS WERE SIMPLY AMAZING, SO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMPLETELY GREAT,
WE HAVE TO THANK SO MUCH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BEHIND THE GREAT
TIME WE HAD: WE HAVE TO THANK THE NUMAVI CREW FOR THE NEVER
HAPPENED GIG IN GRAZ, WE HAVE TO THANK RICHIE AND AINA
FOR THE HUGE HELP AND GREAT TIME IN LINZ, WE HAVE
TO THANK THE DON VITO GUYS, CLAUDIO BESTIA,
STEF AND GUILLAUME FOR THE GREAT TIME
IN BERLIN, THE MONOCLE IN BRUXELL
ES, BEN AND THE BELGIUM BEERS
, PETULA CLARK IN MONS, ST
EF BEST GUY IN LONDO
N, A SPECIAL ONE
THEN FOR
ANDY,
JAMES,
AND GILES,
THAT FUCKING
TANK: THAT FIVE DAYS
TOGEDER WERE MORE THAN GREAT,
DARREN AND DAN AND THE JUNK FOOD IN LIVER
POOL, KEEBY IN LONDON WOW WHAT A FUCKING GREAT SHOW,
THEN THE CCL IN LILLE, GASPARD IN PARIS, THE FORCE BETON VODKA
TIME IN NANTES, JB JEY AND MARINE OUR BROTHERS IN TOURS, PHILIPPE IN
BORDEAUX, ALL THE GUYS AT THE EMBOBINEUSE, OBVIOUSLY FRANK IN LYON AND THE
SUPER GUYS OF THE 2.1 FESTIVAL IN TORINO AND ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE A LOT, THAT
WE'VE MET ON THAT DAYS AROUND EUROPE, THANK YOU! THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS WE'LL BE POSTED SOOOOON!
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31 JANUARY 2008
TODAY
WE'RE LEAVING
WITH 8AVEn FOR THE NEW
EUROPEAN TOUR!!! WE'LL BE IN THE NEXT
30 DAYS AROUND AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC
BELGIUM, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY ROLLING AROUND
WITH OUR VAN...LOOK AT THE GIGS IN OUR SHOWS PAGE AND SEE YOU ALL
ON THE ROAD!!
YEAH!!
MATTIA AND GIOVANNI
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8 NOVEMBER 2007
"NERVOUS KID" THE ALBUM IS GOING FINALLY TO CAME OUT!
AFTER 8 MONTHS BETWEEN RECORDINGS, MIXINGS, MASTERINGS AND GRAFICS-MAKING WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT
"NERVOUS KID" THAT IS OUR FIRST "FULL LENGHT" ALBUM IS GOING TO BE RELEASED FROM THE END OF NOVEMBER,
IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GREATS GAFFER RECORDS , FRENETIC RECORDS AND KNIFEVILLE
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT ON CD, VINYL 7" AND MP3.
THE RELEASE PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE IN BOLOGNA, OUR HOMETOWN, ON THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER!
WE WILL PLAY AT XM24 WITH THE GREAT BANDS A FLOWER KOLLAPSED AND DR. SMEGMA
AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY WITH US THE F***ING PARTY!!
THEN ALSO THE NEW T-SHIRTS ARE GOING TO BE OUT AT END NOVEMBER:
WITH A WONDERFUL BUNCH OF NEW COLORS
AND WITH NEW PSICHEDELIC GRAPHIC MADE BY LATANADELLETIGRI!!
FOR ORDERS, INFOS AND CURIOSITY GO TO:
WWW.GAFFERRECORDS.COM
WWW.FRENETICRECORDS.COM
WWW.KNIFEVILLE.IT
YEAH!
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9 OCTOBER 2007
WE'RE STARTING NOW THE BOOKING FOR OUR NEXT EUROPEAN TOUR! WE'LL BE BACK ON THE ROAD
WITH THE GREAT NOISESONICPSICHEDELIC ONE MAN BAND 8AVEN THRU AUSTRIA, GERMANY,
CZECH REPUBLIC, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE SO IF YOU WANT TO HELP US
OR YOU'RE JUST CURIOUS JUST CHECK THE TOUR SCHEDULE HERE.
ALSO THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD NEWS SOON ABOUT THE RELEASE OF "NERVOUS KID"
SO JUST HOLD ON!!
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26 SEPTEMBER 2007
THE WEBSITE IS FINALLY ONLINE!! YOU'LL FIND HERE SOME PICS, SONGS, VIDEOS (SOON) AND A WHOLE BUNCH
OF STUFF THAT YOU WON'T FIND ON MYSPACE FOR SURE AND THAT MAYBE WASN'T WORTH TOO BE SHOWN AT ALL,
BUT ALL THE WAY...
YO!