When you combine all of that material together and mix it with his time in the West End in Jim Steinman’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical’, his star turn in Rip It Up – 70s where his performance was so strong he was added to the main headline casting, you start to appreciate that the world is ready for Giovanni Spano. Now sit back and let him entertain you!
But everything that we’re kind of focusing now because we are trying to get on a better schedule release in an album every two years versus take, four or six. Obviously, shit happens, you cannot predict when people are just going to blindly get off and leave or they decided they do not want to do this anymore and change their lifestyle. It happens, so you cannot be ready for everything
Reinstate the Rock has crashed into the official iTunes Top 40 and is sitting pretty at Number 2 in the Official Rock Chart as well. It’s thanks to a very loyal fan base that Gio has built up through his time on stage in musicals like ‘ Bat..’ , on stage with his band deVience and of course it’s been helped in no small part by his stint on X-Factor.
We are living in strange and uncertain times and I hope to see Daxx & Roxane back on tour very soon, doing what they do best and showcasing their new ‘wares’ live on stage to fans old and new– in the interim, I will continue to familiarise myself with their latest release, it was definitely worth the wait!
The influence of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet and bands such as one of my all-time favourites, Raging Slab, are easy to hear.
Simply a powerhouse of Purple perfection!
In 2016 the promoters of the Rockingham Festival in Nottingham asked LIONHEART to come together for one performance. Original members, Dennis Stratton, Steve Mann, Rocky Newton and Clive Edwards jumped at the chance and brought in ex-Shy front man Lee Small on lead vocals.
DOGMA is a dark but uplifting call to battle. A pounding heartbeat of a drum, a heavy drop A riff and the proud waving of a bloodied flag.
The band is a global music project designed by London-based Muca, with his Brazilian rockers ‘The Beatflux’. Grounded on heavy 90’s grunge and 70’s rock style the music ticks many boxes for fans of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Stone temple Pilots