Week of March 2, 2008
Personnel:
Valerio Cherubini - Guitar, Vocals, Flute
Gianantonio Merisio - Keyboards, Vocals
Stefano Bazzaghi - Guitar
Roberto Colleoni - Bass
Walter Locatelli - Drums
Album:
La Scimmia Sulla Schiena Del Re 1980 IAF LPA 90001
CD: Mellow Records (MMP 162), 1993
This curiously named group made one of the few really worthwhile albums during
the darkest period of Italian progressive rock, around 1979-80. They played
disciplined symphonic rock almost like a direct cross between Gentle Giant
and PFM. The
atmosphere is relaxing with typical late 70s lush string synthesizers, acoustic
and electric guitars and occasional flute. Even so, their instrumental
arrangements were quite complex.
Taken from Scented Gardens of the Mind - A guide to the Golden Era of Progressive Rock (1968-1980) in more than 20 European Countries, by Dag Erik Asbjørnsen, Borderline Productions, ISBN 1-899855-12-2