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GIO ARDIZZOLA CHAT ROOM !
ONE CAN SAY THAT GIO ARDIZZOLA TRULY IS A VETERAN WHEN IT COMES TO GUITAR PLAYING, AND SONG WRITING, HAVING BEGAN HIS MUSIC CAREER AT THE EARLY AGE OF 15 WORKED WITH BEST FRIEND BASSIST WALLY VOSS. IN A BAND CALLED (KROME ROSE) PRE-PEARL.
WALLY PLAYED WITH ( YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) (TONY MACALPINE)
I THANK GOD FOR FOR ALL THE WOOD SHEDING WALLY & I DID, AND FOR HAVING HIM AS A BEST FRIEND.
WALLY IS TRULLY MISSED AND ONE OF THE GREATEST BASS PLAYERS I'V EVER WORKED WITH. (FRIPPPPPPPP) INSIDE JOKE! WALLY'S LAUGHING !!!
BEFORE GOING TO LOS ANGELES GIO FORMED A BAND CALLED THE KIDS WITH 3 OTHER
ORIGINAL MEMBERS IN FT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA. GIO DECIDED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND MOVED TO LOS ANGELES.
AFTER MANY YEARS IN LOS ANGELES AND GRADUATING M.I.T SCHOOL OF MUSIC GIO HAS GONE ON TO CREATE AND WORK WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTIST OF THIS DAY.
GIO ARDIZZOLA THE GUITARIST/SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS CREATED A BODY OF WORK RICH AND VARIED.
DURING THE '80S, HE EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR TALENTS . GUITARIST, CAPABLE OF SEAMLESSLY TYING TOGETHER ROCK, FUSION , FUNK, FOLK, AND EASTERN ROOTS.HE RELEASED A SERIES OF GROUNDBREAKING CD'S,AND TOURED FREQUENTLY, PRODUCED CD'S AND WROTE SONGS FOR MANY OTHER ARTISTS, AND RECORDED HUNDREDS OF SONGS THAT STILL LIE UNRELEASED IN HIS VAULTS.WITH EACH CD HE HAS RELEASED, GIO HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE STYLISTIC GROWTH AND MUSICAL DIVERSITY, CONSTANTLY EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS, TEXTURES, AND GENRES.OCCASIONALLY, HIS MUSIC CAN BE MADDENINGLY INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THIS ECLECTICISM, BUT HIS EXPERIMENTS FREQUENTLY SUCCEED;
GIO'S CONTEMPORARY WRITING AND PIERCING SOLO'S FLOURISH DIVERSE STYLES INTO A COHESIVE WHOLE.GIO FIRST TWO CD'S WERE SOLID, IF UNREMARKABLE, PERCING ROCK FUSION GROOVES.HE RECORDED HIS FIRST MASTERPIECE (FORCE OF IMPACT) WITH SEVERAL MASTER VIRTUSO PLAYERS VINNIE COLAIUTA / MARK CRANEY DRUMS, AND BASSIST JOHN PATITUCCI / TIM BOGART.
THE CD CATAPOLTED INTO THE HANDS OF LISTENERS & RECORD EXECUTIVES.GIO STUDIED WITH LEGENDARY GUITARISTS, JOE PASS, PAT MARTINO, ROBIN FORD, & JOE DIORIO AT M.I.T. IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA WHERE GIO GOT HIS MUSIC DEGREE.AFTER DOING SOME JINGLE RADIO AND TELEVISION WORK IN1985 GIO TOURED WITH A LA BASED BAND (DR STARR) WITH BANDS MOTLEY CRUE, POISON, WARRANT, BULLET BOYS, AND MANY MORE.PLAYING IN FRONT OF 70 THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THE FARM AID CONCERT. IN 1985 OPENED FOR WILLIE NELSON, JOHN COUGAR, AND KRIS KRISTOFFERSON.ALSO IN 1985 THE MOVIE BEACH BALLS, ROGER CORMAN SOLD OVER 10 MILLION COPIES FEATURING MUSIC COMPOSITIONS FROM GIO ARDIZZOLA ALSO HIS BAND DR STAR WAS CASTED IN THE MOVIE.IN 1987 GIO PLAYED WITH LATIN ARTIST MARIA CONCHITA, AND WAS FEATURED IN SOME OF MARIAS MUSIC VIDEOS AND STARTED DOING ALOT OF SESSION WORK.IN 1990 GIO JOINED ANOTHER LA BASED BAND CALLED SLEEPING BEAUTY PRODUCED BY ROD STEWART.IN 1999 GIO WAS NOMINATED ONE OF LA'S BEST ROCK GUITARISTS, MARK VARNEY SECTION MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE AND WAS INDORCED WITH GIBSON GUITARS.GIO CONTINUED TO PLAY THE LA CIRCUIT WITH HIS ORIGINAL BAND FLAVORBONE FOR MANY YEARS SHARING THE STAGE WITH LEGENDARY PERFORMERS.GIO KEEPS SUPORTING THE MD FOUNDATION AND CONTRIBUTING HIS EFFORTS TO MANY WORLD WIDE CAUSES.GIO IS STILL PRODUCING GROUND-BREAKING MUSIC TILL THIS DAY.ALWAYS ON THE CUTING EDGE. GUITAR PLAYING IS ON FIRE !!!CHECK HIM OUT WHEN HE'S IN YOUR TOWN !GIO IS A GREAT GUITARIST/SINGER & DEFINITELY WORTH LISTENING TO !!!Ron Dangelo GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE
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R.I.P !!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOME GREAT FRIENDS OF MINE THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US!
THE GREAT MARK CRANEY DRUMS EXTRODERNARE ( GINO VINELLIE ) ( JETHROTULL )
JOHN STAPLES .... BEST FRIEND AND INSPERATION ( SONG WRITING BUDDY )
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LIVED TO LONG IN THE SOUTH ..... LOVE THIS SONGAMOS MOSES ..... AN OL JERRY REED SONG !
THE BIG HAIR DAYZ !!!!!
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