Biografia Maurilio Rossi

GOAD were first formed in the Florence area by the Rossi brothers, Gianni and Maurilio, in the late Seventies.They were playing every night at Space Electronic Firenze where FREDDY MERCURY contacted them in 1981! But he members of the band were not agree to subscribe the contract...At the end of 1983 they released the album "Creatures" for Northcott Production, a New York label that had already released in the USA their album of covers, "Who Can It Be". The album was issued by Emmegi (distributed by Polygram) in 1985, produced by RAF OTTAVIO and GIORGIO LECARDI, drummer with Lucio Dalla , DODIAS in art.. Another disco MIX was produced by New Soundtrack records , with Romano TREVISANI art director , "To Mars with you" ,1985 -In spite of lack of support from the label, another album was completed. "Perfume" is a collection of pieces written and recorded from 1985 to 1988, which was never released.
In the following years Maurilio started working on a project dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe. The recording took place in the summer of 1994. The band, besides Rossi (vocals, keyboards and bass), consisted of drummer Giancarlo "Bronco" Gaglioti and various guests, among whom were guitarist Marcello Becattini and the late Marcello Masi, formerly of Strana Officina. "Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe" was released in 1995 and distributed in the same year by Multipromo. This time, the tone was very different from the other two albums: it was a more atmospheric and evocative brand of progressive rock.
The relationship with Multipromo ended after the publication of the fourth album, "Glimpse", released in 1998 after numerous cuts and a mix not approved by Rossi. Their fifth album, called "Streghe?", was the soundtrack to the play of the same name. The album was never released, but is still part of Multipromo's catalogue. The next year, Rossi's band recorded the official soundtrack to the film "La Scacchiera" (The Chessboard) by director Massimiliano Mauceri. The CD contains 6 tracks, but only "La Scacchiera" featured on the short film of the same name.
In 1999 GOAD released "Il Minosse", one of their most complex and individual works, a play written by Franco Petrone and Luca Leonello Rimbotti. Their sound got darker and more progressive, with symphonic overtones and hard rock stylings, combining the solemnity of early King Crimson with Zeppelin's harsh energy. In 2002 Rossi returned to work on a very ambitious project, a musical version of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology", a cornerstone of American literature. It was released in the summer of 2004 by Mellow records as a single album (though the original was a double) with the title of "Raomen - Spoon River Anthology Songs" - a sophisticated, progressive rock offering, influenced by both symphonic prog (early King Crimson, Genesis) and complex hard rock.
In 2004 GOAD participated in the much-awaited "Tribute to King Crimson", issued by Mellow with the collaboration of other Italian labels. They chose "Epitaph", one of the most beautiful songs from Robert Fripp's band, one of the main influences for Rossi and the band. They also recorded a cover of "Have You Heard - The Voyage" by The Moody Blues, which would appear soon after on a Moody Blues tribute CD released by Mellow Records with other covers tracks in CD tribute to P-Gabriel,Marillion,Yes,Santana!
The years 2005-2006 brought a flurry of activity in the band's ranks. First, they recorded the album "The Wood - Dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft", with the help of several notable guest musicians; it was released by Mellow Records in 2006. Toward the end of 2005, the group had got in touch with Black Widow Records, possibly the most "alchemical" label in Italy, if not on the whole planet. The result of this cooperation was the live recording "In the House of Dark Shining Dreams", which included some tracks from their self-produced, 2001 album "Dark Virgin", as well as covers of prog masterpieces like "Killer" by VDGG and "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson. The album was also released in 2006, 2LP/CD. and marked the beginning of a new era for GOAD.
.: Though they have been active for a long time, GOAD haven't yet received the recognition they deserve for their very individual brand of dark, Crimson-influenced prog. .
In 2011 the band released “Masquerade”, 2LP/CD, a complex prog concept album mostly inspired by E.A. Poe and H.P. Lovecraft poems with lot of musical 70s influences as Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Black Widow, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Atomic Rooster…
The Brand of Goad music goes on with this new album; long songs Mellotron dominated with a suffered and emotional atmospheres
2015 Goad published "The silent Moonchild" CD/LP
2018 Double CD " Landor" with bonus cd LIVE 1995 about E.A.Poe remastered-
2019 cd single LIVE tribute to E.A.Poe 1995

https://www.youtube.com/user/goadprogband

https://blackwidow.it/?keywords=Goad

https://soundcloud.com/user-635349494

https://www.discogs.com/it/artist/774775-Goad
https://goadband.bandcamp.com/
https://mellowlabelproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-wood-dedicated-to-h-p-lovecraft-lyrics
https://open.spotify.com/album/1jDXyIeR380XsAW4IAwMq4
https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/musica/cd-album/goad/landor/8034077052770
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Landor-Goad/dp/B07DL8NHSF/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&keywords=Goad&qid=1591257394&s=music&sr=1-22
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6U61JnCGUTKcveHzl4VLMB
https://open.spotify.com/album/7FoBCoXiJJKacyw87S93AR
https://open.spotify.com/album/1fOEbj7GLzRPUa2tr9eK15
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ERLfNh1WavdYg9d9SeFZg
https://myspace.com/goad.art.rock/bio
https://www.amazon.com/Landor-Goad/dp/B07DL8NHSF
https://www.btf.it/landor.html
https://mellowlabelproductions.bandcamp.com/album/raomen-spoon-river-anthology-songs

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