Banda Bassotti
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Banda Bassotti | |
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 Banda Bassotti performing live in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Ska-punk,reggae,punk,ska |
| Years active | 1987–1996, 2001–present |
| Labels | Gridalo Forte |
| Website | Banda Bassotti at Facebook |
Banda Bassottiis an Italianska-punkband formed in 1987 inRome,Italy. Their songs are generally political in nature, focusing onCommunistandanti-fascistissues. Many are about alsopolitics of IrelandandLatin America.The band was inspired byThe ClashandThe Specials.The band was politically active from the beginning, attending protests and sympathizing with anti-fascist movements in Italy. Their name derives from the Italian version of the Disney charactersBeagle Boys.
Releases[edit]
Banda Bassotti released their first albumFigli della stessa rabbiain 1991, which gained them a success amongst the local political and punk circles. In 1995, they released their second albumAvanzo di cantiererecorded in theBasque CountrywithKaki ArkarazoandNegu Gorriak.With this lineup the band toured Spain during the same year.
The band split up in 1996, only to be reunited in 2001 for a benefit concert. The reunited band introduced trombone and trumpet sections to their previously strictly guitar based punk lineup. The concert was released later the same year on the live albumUn altro giorno d’amore.In March 2002, they releasedL’altra faccia dell’Impero,seven years after their last studio-album.
For the promotional tour for this album they played hundred of concerts in Spain, Italy and in Japan where they concluded theFuji Rock Festivalwith theRed Hot Chili Peppers.Shocked and disappointed at the direction politics were taking in the following years all over the world with the rise of such politicians asGeorge W. BushandSilvio Berlusconithey decided to recordAsi es mi vida,an album with popular political songs from all over the world. In 2004 they released the albumAmore e odioand toured Germany for the first time.[1]
In September 2014, the band's tour called 'No Pasaran' took inRome,Moscow,Rostovand theDonbasregion.
The vocalist with the band, Angelo Conti, died at the age of 62 on 11 December 2018.[2]
Discography[edit]
- 1992 –Figli della stessa rabbia( "Children of the Same Rabble" )
- 1993 –Bella ciao( "Hey Good Looking" )
- 1995 –Avanzo de cantiere( "Remains of a Construction Site" )
- 2001 –Un altro giorno d'amore( "Another Day of Love" )
- 2002 –L'altra faccia dell'impero( "The Other Face of the Empire" )
- 2003 –Asì es mi vida( "This Is My Life" )
- 2004 –Amore e odio( "Love and Hate" )
- 2004 –Baldi e fieri( "Bold and Proud" )
- 2006 –Vecchi cani bastardi( "Old Bastard Dogs" )
- 2008 –Viento, lucha y sol( "Wind, Fight and Sun" )
- 2010 –Check Point Kreuzberg – Live at SO36 – Berlin
- 2012 –Siamo guerriglia( "We Are Guerrilla" )
- 2013 –"Rumbo al Socialismo XXI"( "Onward to Socialism XXI" )
- 2014 –Banditi Senza Tempo( "Bandits Out of Time" )
References[edit]
- ^"Banda Bassotti at MySpace".Myspace.Retrieved13 December2018.
- ^"È morto Angelo 'Sigaro' Conti, storica voce della band 'operaia' militante Banda Bassotti".Repubblica.it(in Italian). 12 December 2018.Retrieved13 December2018.
External links[edit]
Media related toBanda Bassottiat Wikimedia Commons
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