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 11th
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 1st,
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 22nd
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
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