Drunkards - We Dont Care

Formed in January 1985, the band kept the formation unchanged until the winter of 1990, with Giancarlo “Jun” Carminati (vocals and guitar); Marco Vetturi (guitar); Germano Minuti - (bass guitar) and Andrea Vetturi (drums).

In 1985, after a series of local concerts, the band published the debut demo-tape “DRUNKARDS”. The tracklist included: March to fight (intro), Bloody bones, Don’t you play with the powers of hell, Final revenge, Lost and lonely, 5 Minutes of life, And the dews of night arise (instrumental – piano solo).

The group participated in the selections of the contest “SIM – viva i giovani”, held in Milan, from September 5 to 9, 1985, organized at the Music and High Fidelity International Fair; landing at the final (among the 20 finalist groups we also find “THE LIPSTICK”) on the November 11^th 1985 in Milan at the Manzoni Theater, filmed and broadcast by the Italian Rai 3 and reviewed by the national newspaper “Il Corriere della sera” (November 14, 1985).

The year 1986 saw the group engaged in intense live activity, among the most important concerts was the participation on March 1^st, 1986 at the “Dangerous meeting” festival in Pantigliate (MI), together with EXTREMA, MOON OF STEEL, EVIL FORCE, HELL KNIGHT and WITNESS, and on September the 22^nd 1986 at the “Heavy Metal Night” in Sorisole (BG), together with ROYAL AIR FORCE, SKANNERS and TOUCH OF DEVIL. In December 1986 the band returned to the studio to record the new demo “LETHAL TO WEAK ONES”, which consists of the following tracks: Captive of my vice, Don’t you play with the powers of hell, Pirana (instrumental), Lost and lonely, Trooper of death, Bloody bones, Metal fury broke free, Brainless, Final revenge. The tape received good acclaim (despite a not yet the professional production) and arrived in the hands of the discographer Luigi Mazzesi, owner of the historic label LM RECORDS (for which have recorded, among others, STRANA OFFICINA, MORGANA, SABOTAGE, CRYING STEEL, REX INFERI, CREEPIN’ DEATH, FLIGHT CHARM, MASTERSTROKE, etc).

In December 1987, the band signed a contract with LM RECORDS for the participation in the successful compilation “Heavy Rendez-Vous”, along with NAPALM, ADRAMELCH, MOON OF STEEL, CREEPIN’ DEATH, MASTERSTROKE, M.A.C.E. and BLACKBURN. The chosen track for Drunkards was “Trooper of death”, which for the occasion was professionally re-recorded in Florence at the “Much More Music Studio” of Bernardo Baldassarri (with the collaboration of Andrea Corsellini, nowadays Vasco Rossi’s sound engineer).

Later on, the band returned to the Much More Music Studio in Florence to record 5 more tracks (Looking for Troubles, Obsession, Human Vivisection, Nuclear Solution and Captive of my vice), and meant to release a mini-LP. Meanwhile, the band signed a contract with the Klaus Byron’s Musical Box Promotion, to promote the advance-tape on a national scale, obtaining comforting feedback from radio stations and specialized magazines.  LM Records proposed the release of an entire Long Playing. The deal was sealed, and the band returned to the recording studio for the realization of two more tracks: Lost and lonely and the new Don’t search for the answer.

1988 saw the release by the LM Records label of the compilation “Heavy rendez-vous” and the eponymous debut album, printed in a run of 2000 copies distributed in Italy and Europe. Both records got positive feedback from the specialized press (the heavy metal magazines H.M., Metal Shock and other fanzines) and industry insiders. “DRUNKSRDS”, the album, consisted of the following tracks: Looking for troubles, Obsession, Don’t search for the answer, Human Vivisection, Nuclear solution, Captive of my vice, Lost and lonely (in acoustic version) and Trooper of death (in the same version appeared on Heavy Rendez-Vous). The live activity continued with a series of tour dates throughout Italy (at the historic venue “Sorpasso” in Milan, as special guests in the date of the SKANNERS tour in Imola, in Turin, at the "Topsy" in Livorno, “The Pussycat” in Viserbella etc.).

Meanwhile, the group worked on the composition of the tracks for the second album and in the summer of 1989 entered the recording studio again (Koala Studio in Senigallia – Ancona) bringing with them the sound engineer Bernardo Baldassarri (former guitarist of MASTERSTROKE), by now considered the fifth element of the band. The recordings were completed in autumn of the same year and the work consisted of the following tracks: 44151, Say goodbye, Gonna do it my way, Ummo weh dinnah (voices only), Disarray, A woman like you, Obsession (Part II), The absurd tale of God, Tonite. This album represented a great step forward from the previous album, both in terms of production and sound impact, having been able to take advantage of a well-equipped recording studio. Just as the first album, the compositions ranged widely and were mainly affected by METALLICA, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, EXODUS, MEGADETH, MERCYFUL FATE and BLACK SABBATH. 

Unfortunately, due to a series of circumstances unrelated to the band, the release of the album (which should have been titled “No trace of sanity”) was severely delayed and the disappointment over the failed publication led to the final dissolution of the band in January 1990. In 1991, the LM Records label released the compilation “Italy 1991 - portrait of new unsigned talents from Italy”, where the opening track was “A woman like you”, taken from “No trace of sanity”.

The album was later remastered and released in cd version in the summer of 2009 by NEW LM RECORDS, with the addition of 5 new bonus tracks, taken from the demo sessions of “LETHAL TO WEAK ONES”, which was then followed by the cd format release of the remastered edition of the eponymous debut album originally released in L.P. and m.c. versions only), with the addition of some bonus tracks taken from the band’s debut demo.

In January 2019 the band was refounded by guitarist Marco Vetturi, and as of December 2019 it started again the live activity, performing with the new formation, in the main metal music venues in Lombardy, despite all the difficulties of the 2020-2021 period, related to the pandemic.

In January 2022, the band began the work of writing new songs that will go to compose the band’s future third album: Scared to death, We don’t care, Nothing is forever, Intoxication, Obsession (part.III) and In my heart, which will be joined by new versions of: Final Revenge, Bloody Bones and Powers of Hell.

After a long series of vicissitudes and formation changes, in March 2023 the line-up saw Marco “Bruco” Ferri on vocals, Marco Vetturi and Alessandro Deponti (formerly REST IN PAIN) on guitars, the return of Germano Minuti on bass guitar and the already present Marco Bottazzi on drums.

29th march 2024 will see the release of the first single “We don’t care” on the label NEW LM RECORDS of Luigi Mazzesi. The lyrics of the song were written by Chiara De Capitani, and it features the participation of Antonio “Tone” Solivari (historic live sound engineer of the band), as special guest on lead guitar.

Quelle: Matteo de Capitani