Francesco Bogarelli was born in 1977. He was lead singer and guitarist for the Italian rock-blues group Balmar, with whom he played over 200 concerts and participated in various musical events around Italy. They opened for One-Dimensional Man, had five tours in the German cantons of Switzerland, the last of which opening for Bat and Mice and Amanda Rogers. They did a brief tour in Germany and later a benefit concert in Serbia, playing the closing concert for the ‘Zajecarda Guitarjada’ in Zajecar, which was shown on national Serbian television. Bogarelli recorded four records and a mini CD called ‘Stentoreo’ with the Balmar, 20,000 of which were sold together with an issue of ‘Blow-Up’ magazine. This was an unprecedented event for a little-known Italian group. They appeared on the Italian satellite TV station ‘Rock TV’ in the ‘Sala Prove’ and ‘Database’ programs. They took part in a mini tour organized by the same TV station called ‘Rock TV Tour’. Bogarelli has been part of the AG Project since 2005.
