The roots of Stone River goes back to 1999: After having different experiences with other bands, Rocco (vocals), Alessandro (rythm guitar) and Luca (drums) met in 1999 and started playing together. In 2002, two other musicians joined Stone River: Raffaele (lead guitar) and Christian (bass). Their interest in Rock, Alternative and Grunge Music influenced them for composing their own songs. Thanks to their creativity the songs have a special touch and are unique.
Soon afterwards, Stone River was ready to go on stage and since then the band played live in different important contests and concerts in Switzerland and Italy. During this time the started to record their songs in Studio.
The debut album of Stone River “Rise†came out in October 2004. The first single “Behind your name†was number 1 in the swiss radio charts of Rete Tre for several weeks and “Aloneâ€, the second single of the CD, has been played several times a day in radio.
Stone River won “Palco ai Giovani 2004â€, an important contest for newcomer bands, in canton of Ticino. Other milestones were participations at M4Music and Prix Walo, a TV appearence in Swiss Television, an unplugged concert and being on the last FNAC-Compilation.
In autumn 2006, Christian left Stone River and the experienced bass player Gio took over the part.
Stone River live, Paso Music
Stone River live & accoustic @ SSR SRG idéee suisse Rete Tre, 75 years of Swiss Italian Radio, September 2007