NEWS & BIOGRAPHY
Updated by Manuel Jensa Manager & producer 05/06/2008
Courtesy of Chris Marksbury & the Handful we have new images copyrighted of Mark Duda added in our page directly from Chris Portfolio.We are proud to have a large tm of people always available,professional & serious.Be sure to check out the Handful page.
Courtesty of Mark V. Krajnak we have now front cover for the Vinyl edition of "Black celebration" release.Mark V. Krajnak is based on Robbinsville,New Jersey (
[email protected]) & he's now part of Madcity headquarters for the strictly limited edition artwork of Madcityrockers.
The Tm received few days ago some proposal from a distro..label & i am evaluating the best for the madcityrockers project.In the end of the month we'll have Material from Palm Springs & Feldman studio about John Garcia Appears on this great rock heavy product.Sincerely before to do any agreement i wanna be sure the product will be spread worldwide.We don't need a low budget indie label so thats why theres some delay.We are veterans!We don't need profit but we need someone serious near us.
Madcityrockers is a new rock..heavy product with few musicians worldwide with the very focused target to continuing to work with their respective bands. It was during some sessions that i decided to ask to the guitarist to re-arrange his music & over produce something cool.
All compositions was originally conceived raw with drum machine so it was necessary to play them for one year.Was during one of these rehearsal that i had the idea to make a long process for reintroducing voice on our music originally been written by our guitar player.
I tried successfully to combines two of the most rock styles of music with some heavy rock classic recruting an american singer from New Jersey: Mark Duda.Part of this album was mixed & mastered by top engineers including,Kostadin Kamcev,Max ruscitto,Fa. Michael Haider & Eric Conn (Skid Row,Hammerfall...).
Thousands of Public Domain & non-copyrighted broadcasts no longer exist in kinescope or video or in any other visual broadcast format.Thousands of "lost" original television broadcasts survive as audio only.Performance of these samples into music may be necessary sometimes because music has been written to describe important feelings of the original needs of the composer.Basically rights status to some material is unknown. I found few addictional samples on some archive originally recorded in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. I tell you this cause "Follow the sun" Has been originally written by Mark Duda. This rock product is totally influenced by Top News Headlines,World Report,Great Moments in Campaign History,Scandals, gaffes, dirty politics & stories of memorable events that have made a difference in shaping history....
In a world were people killing people all around is a favorite "Source" so i took the decision to add some " tv news" samples at the time were On March 18, 1968, Robert Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic...
He was the first attorney general of the united states to make a serious attack to the mafia and organized crime.Robert Kennedy was unique in American politics with a vison of a world with equal opportunities to secure a better life.
Probably i'm doing wrong if these samples are copyrighted..or maybe not.But is my decision so lets go straight to hell with this!
The recordings
We wanted to record in Florence but my friend Carlos Barbero (a V. R. Back liner) was so busy that we forced to pass this In Rome.Only 3 weeks later of january 2007 we ended a good pre-production.We created most of the songs as a power trio with some music parts in different recordings studios.Voices been done in separate cities at separate times.Madcity exists within geographical obstacles ever day.Few weeks ago i decided to delete 3 songs from the track list so i moved fastly to the Skylab recording studios with 3 new tracks produced by Valter Sacripanti on Board & on drums. The songs are powerful as Valter is experienced in music productions.We was totally been influenced by him & with his awesome way to work togheter with Giorgio (Skylab owner) we found the true power of american sound.Live,true,sincere with no overdubs.
Since the first time i met John Garcia In rome years ago at sky valley tour i reminded that Mr Garcia is always ready to hit the sack & the rock target. Mastered at Nashville with Eric Conn & in Austria by Michael Haider This is pure hard rock,intense with Danzig,Cult,ACDC,Molly hachet,Hendrix vibes. This is a traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out other unnecessary stuff.We only plays few days a year. On these days, we only work for a few hours a traditional Heavy Rock with an attitude more Southern probably.
I wish myself you'll love this product. Let this album take you to the days when rock was true and sincere.We combine all of our influences to create an exciting sound that is completely original but yet very familiar.
My target is continue to rock on until it proves right. We are not very influenced by music around...We are not a stoner band and we never wanted to be.For other it helps to sell..for us just damage what we really are.I feel much confortable if u listen us as a rock band.Nothing new probably...but nothing more what we really want..
MADCITYROCKERS TM
Maurizio "Angus" Bidoli - Lead Guitars
Some people compare his sound to Hendrix , others hear Motorhead, still others Santana or Neil Young.
No matter which comparisons Angus evokes the theme is clear: he's a storyteller.Born and raised in italy now hes 50 years old.2008 is the 30 anniversary since he plays his fender.
As a manager and producer Angus for me he's an oral storytelling ,with old rock traditions along with its roots music
& penchant for literature,he's inspired 70's music.
Angus 's lyrics are his primary instrument though i took the decision to arrange songs in english with Mark Duda.He plays with Fingernails & Garcon Fatal.
Mark Duda - Lead Vocals
Storytelling is such a large part of a quality rock'n'roll band.
Sometimes, if the musicians & vocalists are good enough, that's perfect to create a good product.
Fortunately, The Handful has more than enough.Each tune sucks you in like a good movie
or a good book and leaves you in any mood the band wishes to put you in.
The Handful remind me of some great story telling bands....
-Christopher J. Kelter, Rough Edge
We are lucky to have Mark with us
Manuel Jensa - Bass
Artistic producer, arranger and co-author his musical ideas from one to the next give them a natural accessibility to the listener that overcomes the complexities involved in the composition of guitar technique on easy rock compositions.
His records really captures their uplifting musical vibe taking the listener on a journey of emotions and feelings.
The chemistry between the band members is very special ...he work only if theres something like that.
Lu Bonanni - Guest Musician (Vocals)
Garcon Fatal lead singer & front man.One of the first in the 80's when the first movement of punk scene was born.
We will never forget early live shows with Litfiba & great performance on stage with Captain Sensible of the DamNed.
John Garcia - Guest Musician (Vocals)
Being in this many projects and bands, it may be a good idea to list his discography,
including Kyuss, Slo Burn, Unida, Hermano, and the other projects he's taken part in.
But is too large.So i'll pass this.
Valter Sacripanti -Drums & producer
He had many different experiences as arranger, producer and musician,sound technician
in various recording studios, as session man with the most famous Italian and foreign singers.
also had several live tour experiences with various artists (in Italy and abroad)
He's the man and with him we found the correct direction on 3 songs near to be deleted.
Eric Conn (mastering)
Eric Conn has mastered pretty everybody (except Van Halen) at his Nashville Mastering Studio,
Independent Mastering. When I say everybody, I mean Garth Brooks, Dixie Chicks,George Straight, Sebastian Bach, Ted Nugent, and about a billion other BIG records. Eric is not only a hell of a mastering dude, he also puts on a clinic for running a service based business.
I had the chance to utilize Eric's mastering services back in January and couldn't be happier with the sound, service, price, and overall experience.
Michael Haider (mastering)
MY EAR IS MY GEAR!ONE OF THE BEST STUDIO MASTERING FACILITIES BASED AT AUDIOMASTERING.ATNOT SO EASY TO FIND A PLACE LIKE THAT.
Kostadin kamcev (mixing)
Located in Clifton NJ with he has over 18 years of experience in recording
industry and studio facility,starting with traditional analog equipment & adat tecnology i
found very interesting his remote mixing system with "slowtools". with his Digidesign Pro Tools HD
