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!
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.
Imagine yourself walking into the Houses of Parliament”, excuse me if I say this, “with a bomb strapped onto your chest! As if you’re Guy Fawkes and that’s how far you would go….
Never have I watched a drummer so intently as I did with Olli. His style of playing and the fills that he seems to conjure out of thin air feel reminiscent of the late great Keith Moon.
“I felt like the role was mine to lose because I went in there and I started to sing my ass off.”