Merendine Atomiche with three Luca's

THE BAND BORN IN 1995. IN EARLY 1998 MERENDINE ATOMICHE RELEASED THEIR FIRST WORK, A DEMO TAPE CALLED ’DEMO 1997’ WITH FOUR SONGS OF THRASH METAL HARD CORE STYLE. IT WAS A CLASSIC FIRST WORK FOR A YOUNG BAND, THEY SOLD A FEW COPIES IN THEIR COUNTRY BUT RECEIVED A ENCOURAGE REVIEWS FROM ITALIAN MAGAZINE FOR THE FUTURE. SOON FOR LINE UP PROBLEMS THEY CHANGED THE TARGET OF THE BAND AND IN SUMMER 1998 THEY BECAME METALLICA TRIBUTE BAND. WITH THIS KIND OF MUSIC THEY PRODUCED A TRIBUTE ALBUM - ’TRIBUTE TO METALLICA’ AT THE END OF 1999 AND IN EARLY 2000 BECAME THE OFFICIAL ITALIAN METALLICA TRIBUTE BAND THANKS TO THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL FAN CLUB, SOON BECAME ONE OF THE BEST 15 METALLICA COVER BAND IN THE WORLD. WITH THIS TITLE THEY PLAYED TWO TOURS IN ITALY IN 1999 AND 2000. AFTER THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE WHO BROUGHT THE BAND ON NATIONAL ATTENTION AND SELLING CDS ALSO IN A COUPLES OF EUROPE COUNTRIES AND USA AND JAPAN THEY BACK TO THEIR OWN MUSIC READY TO ROLL. IN SEPTEMBER 2000 THEY RELEASED THE MCD ’THE HOLY METAL’ WITH FIVE THARSH METAL TRACKS IN 80' BAY AREA STYLE PLUS A STUDIO VIDEO CLIP. THIS ALBUM PUSH THE BAND ON THE HIGHEST NATIONAL AND IN THE WORLD UNDERGROUND SCENE. THEY SOLD ALONE 3500 COPIES IN ALL THE CONTINENTS, RECEIVED MANY GREAT REVIEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD. MAGAZINES PUT THE BAND NEAR THRASH IMPORTANT BAND AS TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, SACRED RAICH OR ICED EARTH. THEY TOURED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR FOR SUPPORT THE ALBUM IN ITALY WITH MORE THAN 100 LIVE SHOWS, THEY FLIGHT IN CANADA FOR SUPPORT THE ALBUM FOR THREE WEEKS IN 2001 IN EAST SIDE SO THEY SIGNED THE FIRST DEAL WITH FRANCH LABEL DEADSUN RECORDS. WITH THIS GREAT RESULTS THE BAND STILL ON THE ROAD IN 2002, PARTECIPATED ON THREE COMPILATION, FIRST ONE ’WHAT MUST WE DO TO GET ATTENTION’ FROM ITALIAN LABEL ULULATI DALL'UDERGROUND. THE BAND WAS CHOOSE WITH OTHER 18 BANDS ON 8500 WHO ASKED TO PARTECIPATED AND THEY WAS INSIDE WITH SONG ’MENTAL AGONY’. THEY PARTECIPATED ALSO IN VAMPIRIA MAGAZINE COMPILATION WITH SONG ’HOLY METAL’ AND IN THE FEAR SOME RECORDS COMPILATION FROM HOLLAND ’BLOWN TO PIECES’ WITH SONG ’WAR OR PEACE’. THEY ALSO WAS INCLUDED ON NEW THRASH METAL ENCICLOPADYA EDIT BY CHERRY RED RECORDS FROM LONDON - ENGLAND IN COLLABORATION WITH ROCKDETECTOR.COM FROM NEW ZELAND. THE BAND WAS PUT INSIDE OF THE BOOK WITH ALL THE BEST THRASH METAL BANDS OF THE HISTORY AND WAS INCLUDED ON THE CD COMPILATION WITH THE BOOK WITH OTHER GREAT BANDS SUCH AS NEVERMORE, EXODUS, HADES, VICIOUS RUMORS ETC...
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE BAND BACK IN THE STUDIO IN AUGUST 2002 AT FAMOUS ONE SUNLIGHT IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN WHERE BORN THE FIRST FULL LENGHT ALBUM ’WALK ACROSS FIRE’ WITH 8 THRASH METAL SONG IN MODERN STYLE SUCH AS PANTERA OR ANNIHILATOR PLUS A PROFESSIONAL VIDEO EDIT BY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VIDEO HOUSE OF ITALY WHO WORKS WITH THE MAJOR NATIONAL TELEVISION.
’WALK ACROSS FIRE’ ALSO HAVE INSIDE TWO GREAT SPECIAL GUESTS SUCH AS JEFF WATERS THE FOUNDER OF ANNIHILATOR WHO PLAYED SOLOS ON THE SONG ’GAME OVER’ AND ANDERS LUNDEMARK, SINGER AND FOUNDER OF KONKHRA WHO SING IN SONG ’REVENGE’. THE PRODUCER WAS THE FAMOUS ONE TOMAS SKOGSBERG WHO JUST WORKED WITH BAND AS ENTOMBED, KATATONIA, HELLACOPTERS, KONKHRA, DISMEMBER, AMORPHIS, ETC . THE ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT EARLY MARCH 2003 . WITH LABEL THE BAND ARE PREPARING THE WORLD TOUR TO SUPPORT IT AND IS READY TO ROLL ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE BAND JUST BACK FROM BELGIUM WHERE THEY PLAYED AS HEADLINER AT FRONT FEST IN GHENT.
interview with the drummer Luca on 13-6-2003
Please give a short introduction of your self?
Well, it's a long story now. You can read the bio and have an idea about who we are. we are working a lot for follow our dream and we hope to support as well the new album ’Walk Across Fire’ and we hope too to bring it around the world playing a big tour in 2004. we are working for this. About me, I'm 26 years old. I played since 1994 and I always played with Merendine Atomiche which I did all the things in their histoty. I'm student in the last year of University and I hope to get the degree next february in History at Venice Academy. I worked also for the theatre of my hometown where I was nominated in the commission after the victory of our party in last election in 2002 for the major. I studied in a Associaton who search the real history about ancient people of Venetics. I like so much the computer and I do some web pages when I have time. I hope to open a label soon after many years working in my promotion house, but this is future...
Explain the bandname because it is no real english?
Simple the band name is not in english couse we are not english, we are Italian and in particular Venetic people and we are proud of it, for our history and for our people. For having a chance in Metal scene we need to talk and sing in english and for this we think for never forgot our roots to not change our name in english. The meaning is so simple... atomic food ...couse we come from a little town of Venetic State and here you could found no metal mentality and for this when we born we thought to choose a name who represent us, a little band but so strong....we choose the food couse is a normal and a little thing and the most dangerous thing in the world .. the atomic bomb for to know that with sacrifice, with volonty and with honesty and power you can beat all of enemies and become big..... also if you come from to the underground.
Do the two Luca's have nicknames to keep them apart?
Well sure, my nick name is ’Cek’ following my surname, the singer is ’Zanda’ following his surname and the same for the last member of the band who is ’Sighers’ always for his surname.
Why did you started with your own matrial and then as a Metallica coverband?
Couse after the realising of our first demo tape the band died for a day and that band was never re-formed, the new one decided to change all and we re-started from covers and not with our music. We can say that Merendine Atomiche have three lifes. The first from the beginning to march 1998 and was the worst pheriod of the band, after from may 1998 the band reborn and the back to their own music in 2000 which back to be atomic!
You got a reaction of Metallica themselves about your tribute CD?
With that tribute we had great response, a tribute tour in North Italy a nomination like official tribute band in Italy and in 2001 one of the best 10 of the world, we played with many great italian bands and we had many reviews from Italy, France, Austria and Hungary. We meet many Metallica Tribute band in the world. Very great response but none from Metallica, we are so far from USA.
Do you still support those days as a tribute band?
No more, after years as tribute band, now we left this kind of project but we will play a couples of songs about four horsemen, above all the most ’killer and fast’ as desposables heroes, or blackned, battery. For give energy to the fans who follow us and for remember to everyone our love for Metallica. Now much than all after the view of a great back in the new album ’Saint anger’.
Does ’Walk Across Fire’ mean something special to you?
After ’The holy metal’ this ’Walk across fire’ means a new stap ahead for the band. is very important for us this album for the energy we spent over it. We traveled around the world for made it true and now that we are playing, selling and promoting it we are very proud. is a long process who gave us many emotions and great feeling not also as musician, but above all as friends and brothers who worked together for a dream.
What are your musical influences besides Metallica?
Now is really hard to say cause everyone of us listened a different kinds of music. we love thrash in general, but we can listen also rock, hard rock, blues, and many other types of music. there are no more bands who, for all, rappresent us. now there are a couples, obviously Metallica rest the first.
Why is powermetal so populair in Italy?
Fortunately this trend is going down. But there a new one as Nu Metal or other kinds of strange genres. I hope that this new back of Metallica could give us, as thrashers, a new chance for to hear what we can do in studio and on stage.
Do you support your local football team?
Sure. This year our hometeam is in third division and he finished in the middle of the standings. But we are really happy for our main team. Milan AC who won the champions league beating the worst enemy, Juventus. Really happy and a big party follow that victory. European Champions!
Any sportinterest at all?
Sure, many others, we like so much Basket ball but from USA and Football Nfl and tennis.
What do you do to be in shape for live gigs?
Nothing, only the passion for music!!! We don't drink and we don't smoke...only cigarettes, we think is no necessary to play a great concert taking something or drinking...we have many energies inside us...sometimes we are tired but when we are on the stages we play always with a lot of energies and drinking gatorade and water. Only energie inside.
Describe your live shows. Lot of smoke? Stagediving?
No, absolutly, I think we are so different from many other bands like us, we are normal guys we play only couse our dream is became a great band, couse we make everyday many sacrifice for plays, only enjoy without bullshit.
What band you want as a support act for you?
I think a thrash band or a death metal band, bad guys with so fucking energy in them music, nothing else....
Do you have a nice recipe for a pizza?
Eheh, we are italian... we know but we have other things in Italy...but...yes....I think is great pizza with pepper and ham, really goood. I've an uncle who has a pizza shop...!!
What will you do in 5 years from now on?
Well, we don't know. life is really strange and in a few days many things can change, now we started to be more older than years ago. Our dreams are really near of us. we hope to play a world tour next year and we are really working over it. this is the last dream that we can get alone, so will be really nice and a dreams that come true. 5 years, I will have 31 years old. fucking shit. I really don't know about music. the hope is to be a great band and to still on the road and to play all around the world, but I do not now if will be possible, sure we will try cause music is our energy inside and we love it so much...about life... I hope to get the degree, to found a good job and to have a sweet family with some kids who roll around the house playing drums, playing football, smile with me and my girlfriend!
What does attract you in a woman?
Eheh, never have an interview like this!!! wonderful....mmm...the eyes, it demonstrate her personality and after legs and the ass!!
And does your girl has the same qualities?
Sure, she is my favourite girl in the world!
What is your favorit non metal album?
Bob Seager - Beautiful loser
Which person deserves a statue? And why?
My father and mother, the best person I met in my life, a light for me... Couse they always worked for their children and they always searched to give us the best things in the world, and in the same time teaching us the difficult of the life and the spirit of sacrifice.
Last rites?
Thanks to you an to BRUTALISM, hope to meet you a day, and a big salute to all people in the Netherlands.
Interviewer:
twansibon
Jun 13, 2003
Jun 13, 2003
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