tour in 1985, Helder is temporarily replaced on drums by Fabiano Bianco of Raff / Bloody Riot, with this line up the band record a 7 “Wop Hour, which comes out the same year again for Toxic Shock, which also brings out the third record, After Your Brain (1986), produced this time in Italy and promoted in the States, all with several lineup changes, involving old members returning and others leaving.Ī new era starts for the band: Alessandro Paolucci becomes the new bass player, Fabiano is confirmed on drums after some internal disputes related to the recording of Mine To Kill (Rat Cage 1989), the fourth album by Raw Power. Other dates in Europe follow and a new U.S.
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In 1984, a small American label, BCT Tapes, reprint in the US their first demo, with the addition of the historic concert in Pisa, the Last White Christmas, recorded in 1983. Through the same label and a series of contacts Raw Power arrive in the States in 1984 for their first tour, it is the first Italian hardcore punk band to tour there. A few months before departure Silvio, the bass player, was replaced by Davide Devoti, who Maurizio had met during his military service,and had also played in his band, the Chelsea Hotel. On this occasion Maurizio moves to bass and David becomes lead guitarist.ĭuring the first tour of the United States, Raw Power play in Los Angeles with among others the Dead Kennedys in front of more than 4000 people. At that timeToxic Shock Records comes forward as the label for the release of the second album Screams From The Gutter. Is recorded in Indianapolis at the end of the tour, in the studio of Paul Mahern of the Zero Boys, in only a day and a half. The record was released in 1985 and sold more than 40,000 copies through independent channels, at the same time Live in the USA is published by BCT, a cassette with all the best songs recorded during the tour. And with Maurizio begins a new project, starting again from scratch, finding Helder Stefanini, little more than a boy, as a drummer, and his older brother Silvio as a bass player. The group kept the name Off Limit for a while, then, thanks to a record by the Stooges, changes and becomes Raw Power . Mauro, who had already sung in the band, is also involved this time, but, as he lives in London, he will be replaced by his brother on several occasions at this time.Īfter a few concerts, the band record their first demo tape in 1983, the two tracks are included on the compilation of punk Italian Raptus, produced by Italy’s Meccano Records, the same label that released the debut album You Are The Victim a few months later . Raw Power begin receiving acclaim abroad, and thanks to Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys appear in the compilation of Maximum Rocknroll Welcome to 1984 with two more songs on the second volume of Raptus of Meccano, entitled Raptus: negazione e superamento ( 1984). Poviglio, Reggio Emilia, not from a big city, but from a small country town come Raw Power. Giuseppe Codeluppi, one of the two founders, began playing the guitar in 1979 along with some boys of his town and formed a small rock cover band, Off Limit, sporadically involving his brother Mauro on vocals. During this time, without a real musical identity, Giuseppe first comes into contact with punk thanks to the first concerts in Italy and in Piacenza, in a club that gives space to such groups that are starting up, meets Maurizio Dodi.
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