Trancefusion

Trancefusion was Italian Punk band founded by the brothers Chris and Fabiano Bianco in Milan in 1977 and relocated in Rome in 1978. For those familiar with the vicissitudes of early national Punk, Trancefusion are a Roman band. True, but in part, since their first nucleus was formed in Milan in 1977, with the rhythm section consisting of the Bianco brothers - Fabiano aka 'Master', drums and vocals; Chris, bass - and guitarist and singer Steve Osella, all three students at the American School of Milan. Noticed by Maurizio Arcieri of Chrisma, not yet Krisma, they were invited to perform at the Out-Off club on 28 July, shortly before the band expanded with the arrival of a lead singer whose surname no one remembers, a certain Bruno, and the addition of Klaus del Medico to replace Osella. After just a couple of concerts, at Idroscalo and in a squatted theatre, in February 1978 the events of life led to the Bianco family moving to the capital. Having made contact with the local underground scene, the brothers set up a new line-up with Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano on vocals and Lucio Cillis on guitar; the live debut in Rome took place at a hippy gathering and the first major release - for which, who knows why, the boys decided to introduce themselves as Brats - was on 26 April at the Piper, in an evening that included two other bands from the city (Yogurt and Elektroshock) and the English band Hunter. From then on, Trancefusion made their way into the alternative circuit, first playing often in iconic venues such as the Johann Sebastian Bar and the Titan and then, once they had found two efficient managers in Massimo Costa and Roberta Di Nicola, in various other places in Rome and Italy; there was even a recording session at the legendary RCA studios in Via Tiburtina with Marcello Todaro of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso at the mixer, but unfortunately the tapes were lost, (almost) for sure forever. Later, but it was already 1980, the story took a different turn, with a name change to Raff and a gradual shift, thanks to some line-up changes, towards Hard Rock.

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