Various
Urla Dal Gran Ducato Vol.3
Limited to 500 copies.
SOVIET SEX - The band operated between Pisa and Pontedera and featured Gianni 'Gipi' Pacinotti, the famous cartoonist
and illustrator, on vocals. Luca Mazzuoli, the first guitarist, is no longer with us either,
the second guitarist was Dome La Muerte, who later became the guitarist for CCM and Not Moving, and the drummer was
Alessandro Fantinato, who also later joined CCM.
Soviet Sex have no more than three concerts to their credit. The first of these, that of 6 January 1982 in Pontedera
(close to Pisa), is the one proposed in this volume.
LANCIAFIAMME - They were born at the turn of 1982-1983, in the wake created by the birth of CCM a few years earlier,
when Tetano agreed with twins Luca and Mauro to start playing punk music.
The twins were already playing with the band of an extraordinary musician and composer, Giancarlo Bianco (Upper Jaw
Mask), but Giancarlo's creativity and refinement were ill-suited to the need for roughness and sonic impact that Tim and
Tom were looking for.
By now punk was running through their veins, and Tetano was the touch of madness they needed to get going. So the
Lanciafiamme started rehearsing on the Victor Charlie stage until they met Rodolfo.
After four or five rehearsals they went straight into recording the only pieces they had written, which were released as
a seven-inch on Belfagor Records, the GDHC's label, and are re-released here.
DEMENTS - with the Dia-Triba had three elements in common. Already present in the collection 'Last White Christmas'
because they took part in that concert that marked a milestone in the evolution of GDHC, the Dements, played something
outside the hardcore mould, also because of the presence of a saxophone.
TESTEMARCE - A band formed in 1982 between Piombino and Pisa, it was a line-up decidedly inspired by the anarcho-punk of
Crass and co., both from a rhythmic-musical point of view and for its politically committed lyrics, something not very
common in GDHC, and Testemarce was a band sui generis for other reasons too. It is no coincidence that Ale Paolucci (Raw
Power) and Antonio Cecchi (CCM) shared a musical background of Crimson, Area, Zappa and others, which contributed to
their musical eclecticism.
This also led them to a mini-tour in Holland organised by Cecchi after the Nog Watts had played at Victor Charlie, and
even played at the legendary Emma in Amsterdam even before CCM.
Here we find most of the only remaining traces of that experience.
DIA-TRIBA - Stefano Santini's band (vocals), who unfortunately passed away about ten years ago,
Dia-triba, from Lucca, are not an HC band, rather post-punk / new wave, but are nevertheless linked to the Grand Duchy
for what I would call logistical reasons.
All the Lucchese bands of the time (the Brontosauri, the War Dogs, the Sweet Baby Oi, etc.) passed through their cellar,
and that's where A'ufschlag and No Fun rehearsed.
They all had keys to the cellar, which could only remain open because they had signed a document in which they declared
that they would not host members of the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades).
SWEET BABY OI - From the same cellar came Sweet Baby Oi, a meteor in the GDHC scene in the sense that they lasted very
little, playing even less live, but left their mark. Former members of recently disbanded historical bands were part of
SBO! Vetra and Petri had been the drummer and guitarist of the Wardogs respectively, while Aglio and Roberto 'Pinguino'
had been the bassist and singer of the Brontosauri.
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Release
31-03-2023
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Tracks
Title
Artist
1
ITALIAN DECLINE
SOVIET SEX
2
MONKEY JOKE
SOVIET SEX
3
ENEMY
SOVIET SEX
4
REAGAN DANCE
SOVIET SEX
5
WE ARE SICK
SOVIET SEX
6
YOU MUST CRY
SOVIET SEX
7
AMA LA LORO MORTE
LANCIAFIAMME
8
CAVALCATA
LANCIAFIAMME
9
NEI TUOI OCCHI
LANCIAFIAMME
10
NO GUERRA NO POLITICA
LANCIAFIAMME
11
VICTOR CHARLIE
LANCIAFIAMME
12
I AM NOT
DEMENTS
13
BRAILE
TESTEMARCE
14
VOLTAFACCIA
TESTEMARCE
15
ASKER DU
TESTEMARCE
16
MAZZADAS 9SENZA TREGUA)
TESTEMARCE
17
ULTIMO GIORNO DI GLORIA
TESTEMARCE
18
SWEET BABY OI
SWEET BABY OI
19
ECHOES IN M Y MIND
DIA-TRIBA