TEATRO D'IRA VOI. I
The story may contain scenes of smoking and obscene language (18+) Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio. When the Italians noticed them, the boys were not even eighteen. However, the band's history is just beginning. Missing vocalist and drummer: founding of the band It all started in 2016 with Victoria and Thomas, when students from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyceum formed a duet right on the school bench. The bass and guitar sounded great, but the main thing was missing — the vocals. Then the aspiring musicians invited a friend from a nearby school to join the band. Back then, Damiano wore less shocking images, but he already had excellent command of his voice and a charming smile. Moreover, David was destined to become a star by his date of birth — the artist appeared on the same day as Elvis Presley and David Bowie. It's hardly a coincidence! The trio had to find a drummer. Social media came to the rescue — the guys launched a virtual ad, and Ethan Torchio accidentally stumbled upon it. By the way, he is the most calm and reasonable member of the quartet. Before the first competition (it was a local competition for beginner groups), the artists faced a new problem — they still did not have a memorable name. Then Victoria, who is half Danish, offered to come up with some ideas in her native language A show on the streets of Rome and disgruntled police officers How can aspiring artists achieve fame? Buy a fit with a high-profile performer? Or participate in a TV show? The group chose the most difficult path and went to show their skills in the Roman squares. It's risky, but they're rock stars for a reason. Even if they were beginners at that moment The response from the audience was immediate. Passersby noted not only the talented performance, but also the incredible energy of the artists. Måneskin also gained experience on the streets and began to feel more free and confident. The second place on The X Factor and the first is in the hearts of the audience The first big popularity came to the band after participating in the Italian adaptation of The X Factor show. There, the artists showed several covers of popular tracks (their remade Beggin was remembered by users for a long time) and many original songs. Everyone discussed promising musicians, but as a result, Måneskin took the second place.However, this did not upset the band at all They clearly felt that something more was waiting for them: Eurovision 2021 and a huge success, and ahead of them was the Sanremo Music Festival 2021. The performers were more lucky here — the guys won with the song "Zitti e buoni" and a few weeks later they went to conquer the world in Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest Rotterdam/22.05.21/03:47 PM The final score is being calculated between Italy and Switzerland, for 1st place At that moment, the tension in the air seemed to be felt - The whole of Italy was in mute expectation with the question, like everyone else, "Will rock and roll win?" The band, their staffers, friends and some Italian people in the audience, lost hope, because, according to the jury, Initially, they took the 4th place from 164. And in fact, they would hardly have entered at least the 3rd place.But they were voted for online, nevertheless raising them to the 3rd place with 318 point, in the final voting with Switzerland and France Switzerland dropped out, and only they and Barbara Pravey remained, who was far ahead of them in terms of votes But Damiano tried his best not to show his excitement.His friends, who became a family and a home for him, went through ups and downs, sweat and tears - And the victory of pop songs that producers compose for these artists, and soulless performances under plywood - would be so ironic and predictable at the same time that even their mere presence here seemed meaningless But they're here.With clear confidence, win this stupid festival and deliver an ultimatum to the whole of Europe, the whole world, once and for all - Rock'n'Roll will never die And even if they don't win, they don't give a fuck.It's just a festival that doesn't mean anything to them.Their music and many years of efforts will not determine the value.They've already done it, because they're together.And that's the most important thing Suddenly, the counter changes - people gave Italy more votes by a record 206 points The first fucking place... Italy literally exploded That's when the emotions kicked in Victoria wrapped a sobbing Thomas in her arms.Ethan, as if seeing God, sat down on the floor Tears of happiness After the performance and the victory, where three of them filled everything with tears.At the time when Damiano celebrated it with a Bottle of champagne Later, they gave 2 interviews - 1, in which Damiano's leather pants finally tore from the suit, which became a meme hashtag: #Tore his pants, the whole of Europe, and gender norms And 2, where Damiano, already with a bottle of champagne, answered dumb questions, like: "Do you use?" He wanted to say, "Are you good at this?" For the first time in a long time, not just a talented artist appeared at Eurovision, but a band that led rock anew. The whole of Italy was celebrating, and Damiano and Thomas, who were already clearly in a daze, singing some songs in Italian, even more so Vic, with her eyes slightly smeared with tears, shadows and glowing with happiness, laughed when they "slightly" misjudged the range and fell to the floor backstage, while Ethan tried to pretend that he was not with them They performed 2 times, taking the stage with the Eurovision microphone Some others condemned them for their "vulgarity" and the fact that Damiano kissed the guitarist and the drummer (Which is customary in Italy as a hug) Upon returning to their homeland, and after filming the 2nd MV for the Future, the 2nd studio album "Teatro D'ira" (Theater of Anger), they are preparing for its release, the sketches for the sound and lyrics of which originated at the end of 2019 The album will include "Vent'anni" and their winning song "Zitti e buoni" - it turned out to be such a strong, fearless, deeply semantic message and at the same time an emotional aspect in the flesh of rock, where all human feelings and etc. After the last song "IN NOME DEL PADRE" which is much heavier even compared to "ZITTI E BUONI", "LA PAURA DEL BUIO" "LA PAURA DEL BUIO" or "LIVIDE SUI GOMITI" The studio was so stuffy that it even seemed to sweat from the instruments.But even so, this young foursome continues to blow the air with musical instruments Ethan's drum kit was already barely able to withstand the 20-hour rehearsal.Thomas was running out of guitar pads, and the calluses on Vic's fingers threatened to turn into bloody scars.And Damiano... Well, he literally breaks his voice into a wheeze that even cigarettes can't do that.But his voice and reading, somehow, are still holding up.Even after the yells, high notes, and lyrics 8,MOTHERFUCKING,TRACKS Their Eurovision victory is not a hype.Even though they are skeptical about such shows.They just come and win.And all thanks to the fans, each other and the shared love of music, which makes them happy even without rest and a shower