Museo Rosenbach formed in Liguria (and, strangely, not in Genova but
Bordighera) in 1972, and began its career as backing band for Ricchi E Poveri
and Delirium. In the beginning of 1973, they came out onto the market
with their only album, Zarathustra, which was a project inspired by
Nietzsche's Superman theory. The album is very immediate in sound, and the style
is close to that of other Italian groups of that period, e.g. Banco Del Mutuo
Soccorso. The record features typical Mediterranean sounds even though the
playing is very 'jagged' in places. There are classical music influences in
evidence, with the keyboards brought to the fore. After the release of this
album, the quintet performed again at the third annual Festival Of Avant-Garde
Music and New Trends in 1973, and then disbanded. It's also worth mentioning
that drummer Giancarlo Golzi joined Matia Bazar in 1975, the group he has
stayed with since.
~Taken from The Return of Italian Pop by Paolo
Barotto (Vinyl Magic VM201)
