Member Since: 1/9/2007
Band Website: http://www.sandroliva.com
Band Members: SANDRO OLIVA: Guitar, Vocals, Musical Director.
Sometimes He Eats Bananas On Stage
MAURO ANDREONI: Keyboards, Wise Man, Fish
MAURO CENTRELLA: Vocals, Alto Sax, Percussion, Antiquities
GIANLUCA FERRANTE: Left Handed Bass, Backing Vocals, Backward Vocals
GIULIO Geko CANEPONI: Drums, Percussion, African King
sometimes with us:
MISS VIVIAN: Stage Dumbness & Studio Stiffness
IL CORO DEL PIEDE (The Foot Choir): Abnormal Choir & Elbows
ORCHESTRA DI VICOLO DEL PIEDE: Winds, Orchestral Percussion, High Fees, etc.
FOREVER in our heart:
JIMMY CARL BLACK: Inner Voices, Invisible Tambourine, Eternal Beer (we miss you, Bro)
LIVE in ROMA (teatro Ambra Jovinelli), MAY 7 2007
(celebration of "40 Years In The Show Biz, UNFORTUNALLY!")
"The BIG CHAOS /
TEEN-A PEEK-A" (S.Oliva)
Guitar Solo from "MARUDNA" (S.Oliva)
Influences: Massimo Oliva (my dad),
The Beatles,
the Mothers Of Invention,
the Rolling Stones,
Igor Strawinskj,
James Inkanish,
Dario Fo,
Theodore Sturgeon,
Don Vliet,
Olivier Messiaen,
Don Lurio,
Don Preston,
Doonsbury,
The Fugs,
Rita Pavone,
Luciano Berio,
Arthur Brown,
the Rokes,
Isaac Asimov,
Edgar Varese,
Chuck Berry,
Charles Mingus,
10cc,
Renato Carosone,
the Beach Boys,
Equipe84,
Eric Dolphy,
Federico Fellini,
Sun Ra,
Sandro Pertini,
Giorgio Gaber,
Philip Dick,
Totò,
Gong,
Pierre Boulez,
Myself,
Jethro Tull,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Eric Satie,
Mafalda,
Quartetto Cetra,
Woody Allen,
King Crimson,
Donald Duck,
Nando Piserchia & i suoi Flamencos,
Conlon Nancarrow,
Fred Buscaglione & gli Asternovas,
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band,
I Gufi,
Iannis Xenakis,
Van Der Graaf Generator,
Steve Jobs,
Gruppo Sportivo,
Enzo Jannacci,
John Zorn,
Renzo Arbore,
Bela Bartok,
Eduardo, Peppino & Titina,
Henry Cow,
Lucio Dalla & gli Idoli,
The Furry Freak Brothers,
Adriano Celentano,
John Coltrane,
Il Sor Orlando,
Toru Takemitsu,
Giancarlo Cesaroni,
Carl Perkins,
Davide Massimo Igor Jim Oliva (my son)
Sounds Like: Sandro Oliva
The Mothers Of Invention
Bonzo Dog Do-Dah Band
I Balordi
Some nights we sound more like Art Ensamble Of Chicago, John Zorn or Sun Ra, some other nights we might sound like Harpo Marx on LSD (though we don't use any chemical or vegetal mind-altering substance other than chocolate)!
Record Label: Obvious Music
Type of Label: Indie