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Emil

No Pain...No Gain!!!

About Me

Emil Bandera, works worldwide as Sound Engineer and Rock Guitarist since 1991.
He has a considerable technical, knowledge, reliable, and also cultural skills.
His leadership style is pliable and optimized for work on recording studio powered by digital high tech hardware and software. High professionalism and entrepreneurship.
Big initiative combined with availability to travel and move abroad.

Technical skills as Recording Engineer:
- Emil has an European diploma in sound technician specialized in:
- Physical theory of the sound
- Live and Studio Recording
- Knowledge in audio software for digital recording (Protools, Cubase, Logic Audio, Reason)
From 1991 to nowadays he has collaborated with many musicians and recording studios as guitarist, tech,session man keyboard and Synth Programmer. Today he is an expert Protools operator

In details:
- from 1991 to 1993: Italy, "Sahara", Italian hard rock band, first guitar and Sound Engineer (for recording sessions). Important band for metal-melodic rock as Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith

- from 1993 to 1994: Hollywood - California (USA), new glam hard rock band, founder and first guitar. Technical Sound Engineer (for recording sessions). Here he recorded a Demo tape and played live in famous Hollywood rock club like "Roxy", Whisky a Go Go, Troubador etc…

- from 1995 to 2003: Europe, "Smelly Boggs", european famous hard rock band, founder and first guitar. Sound Engineer (for recording sessions).

- from 1996 to 2006: Europe, "Death SS" (in Death of Steve Sylvester), worldwide famous gothic/metal band, first guitar, author, arranger.
With Death SS Emil played in the most famous European festival (playing with band of world-wide reputation like Black Sabbath, Pantera, Slayer, Iron Maiden) like Wacken open air Germany, Dynamo festival and Ragnarock in Holland, Rock fest in Austria, Gods of Metal in Italy and so on…

Emil Bandera discography:
with " Death SS ":
- Horror Music 1996, Greatest Hits of the band;
- Do What Thou Wilt 1997, Recorded at Accademy Studios, England with the producer Keit Appleton (also known for Paradise lost, My Dyng Bride, Cradle of Filth…);
- Night of the living Death SS VHS 1998;
- Panic 2000, Recorded at Rodgers Studios Mantova (Italy) and Village production Studios Tornillo (TX) with the famous american producer Neil Kernon (also known for Elton John, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Queensryche, Rush, Judas Priest, Dokken...) Mixed at Village Production Studio in Tornillo, Texas;
- Let The Panic Begin 2002 DVD;
- Humanomalies 2002, Recorded between November and December 2001 in Los Angeles with various producers also Known for his collaboration with ICE.T & George Clinton, Steve Vai, Nina Hagen…and co-production with David Shiffman (Rage against the machine, System of a down, Nine inch nails, Red hot chilly peppers, Etc);
- The Seventh Seal 2005, Recorded and mixed in Los Angeles.
with " Smelly Boggs ":
- The Pink and the Black, 1997 american Perris Record Compilation with Glam and Dark band from all over the world;
- Smelly Boggs 1999, Recorded and Mixed in November 1998 at Westlink studios Cascina (PI) by Emil Bandera and Ovi Sportelli.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/1/2007
Band Website: emilbandera.com
Sounds Like: Death SS
"Do What Thou Wilt"
1997 Self CD/LP


Death SS - "Baron Samedi"
1997 Self CD Single


Death SS
"Guardian Angel"
1997 Self 7" Single


Death SS
"Scarlet Woman"
1998 Self Picture Disc


Smelly Boggs
"The Pink & the Black"
1998 Delinquent Records Compilation


Death SS
Night of the Living DeathSS
1998 Self VHS


Death SS - "Panic"
2000 Self CD/LP


Death SS - "Hi-Tech Jesus"
2000 Self CD Single


Smelly Boggs
"Smelly Boggs"
2000 Self CD


Death SS
"Lady of Babylon"
2001 Self CD Single


Death SS - "Transilvania"
2001 Self CD Single


Death SS
"Let the Sabbath Begin"
2001 Self CD Single + Live


Death SS
"Let the Panic Begin"
2001 Self DVD


Death SS - "Humanomalies"
2002 Self CD


Death SS - "The 7th Seal"
2006 Self CD


Record Label: Various Label
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Smelly Boggs Biography

SMELLY BOGGS were born early in 1995 from the union of four tuscan musicians coming from different musical backgrounds. The 1995's line up was MARK (Voice) EMIL BANDERA (Guitar) PREC...
Posted by Emil on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:23:00 PST

Death SS Biography

DEATH SS (= in DEATH of Steve Sylvester) is the first group that has been able to combine Rock with Horror and ,first began recording material in 1988, leaded by Steve Sylvester, main composer of this...
Posted by Emil on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:12:00 PST