Jolly Roger Records is proud to announce Fil di Ferro first two albums, “Hurricanes” (1986) and “Fil di Ferro” (1988) will be available for the very first time on Cd (and digital), completely remastered, on14th October 2016.
First album featured bikers-hymn “Hurricanes”, also included in a different version (produced by Pete Hint, producer on Saxon “Strong Arm of the Law” ) on following full-lenght produced by Guy Bidmead well known for having worked with Motorhead, Coroner, Cozy Powell, Hawkind, Exciter, Yes,…
“Hurricanes” video is now available as a introduction to the story of the band in that time.
Fil di Ferro, from Turin, were born in 1979, from the meeting of the drummer Michele De Rosa and the bass player Bruno Gallo Balma, also founders of bikers movement “Hurricanes MC”. Leonardo Fiore (vocals) and Danilo Ghiglieri (guitar) complete the line-up. Fil di Ferro quickly stand out from the italian underground hm scene and win in 1983 a local music festival and then appear in Rai (the biggest italian tv channel at the time), recording videoclips for “King of the Night” and “Shadow”, both tracks available in the first 1984 demo tape. In 1986, after vocalist Sergio Zara and guitarist Claudio De Vecchi joined the band, they record first album “Hurricanes”, produced by Beppe Crovella (Arte e Mestieri). The cover artwork shows a lycanthrope, symbol of the band, that was air-brushed on Michele’s Harley tank and “Hurricanes” track is about bikers and dedicated to them. At the time released only on vinyl (nowadays pretty hard to find), is now available for the first time in Cd format, completely remastered.
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