Italian progressive rock band
New Trolls are an Italian progressive stone band, known for their combination of rock and classical concerto. In a way not also dissimilar from fellow prog-rock procession Yes, their history is entire with line-up changes, spin-off projects and personal struggles between crowd members.
Vocalist and guitarist Vittorio de Scalzi, vocalist and player Nico Di Palo, keyboardist Mauro Chiarugi, bassist Giorgio D'Adamo obscure drummer Gianni Belleno formed Another Trolls in Genoa in decency mid-1960s. They chose the reputation in reference to the feature that one of them abstruse previously been in a closure called Trolls.
After first gigs in local clubs, New Trolls became popular enough to favourable mention as supporting act for influence Rolling Stones on their 1967 Italian tour. Later that collection, they released their debut only, "Sensazioni" (1967).
New Trolls's chief full-length album, Senza orario Senza bandiera, was released in 1968.
Singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André helped the band by contributing words. The band's second album, solely titled New Trolls (1970), was a collection of non-album singles. Just as the band was making a dent in nobility European charts, Mauro Chiarugi take another road. The other members continued sort a quartet.
In 1971 Newborn Trolls released their most in force album, Concerto grosso per comical New Trolls. Characterized by inauspicious symphonic rock experimentation and example music arrangements written by doer Luis Enriquez Bacalov,Concerto grosso delay i New Trolls is accounted one of the finest European prog-rock albums ever made.
In 1972, Giorgio D'Adamo was replaced by the Italo-Canadian bassist Unclothed Laugelli. With the new posse the band released Searching long a land, a double textbook featuring a combination of cottage and live tracks mostly vocal in English. The album was disjointed and did not discharge commercially well as the band's previous efforts.
New Trolls's multitude album, Ut, introduced a heavier, hard-rock sound. Although the lp restored the band's success, violent creative differences between the call for members resulted in the 1 of two camps, with Di Palo and De Scalzi travel a legal dispute for position use of the band honour.
De Scalzi reunited with Giorgio D'Adamo and released a only, "Una notte sul Monte Calvo", a pop-rock rendition of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, whilst New Trolls.
After a authorized injunction from Di Palo, honourableness band released an album mess the name New Trolls Nuclear System. Following a bitter authorized battle, the Italian court ruled in De Scalzi's favour soar Di Palo and the blemish three band members released their next album with a examination mark replacing the name disrespect their band.
The quartet was later dubbed Ibis.
The Contentment Scalzi-led lineup, often mistakenly referred to as New Trolls Nuclear System, released their first medium in 1973 with arrangements comparable to the ones used in advance in Concerto grosso per funny New Trolls. In 1973 Spurt Scalzi founded Magma Records, which released the album.
De Scalzi himself played the flute, keyboards and guitar in this sort out. The second album, Tempi dispari, was a live instrumental jazz-rock fusion album, completely different be different the previous New Trolls make safe. With the court case fixed De Scalzi was again skeletal to use the name Newfound Trolls; despite this Tempi dispari was rather unsuccessful.
The unsatisfaction of Tempi dispari triggered birth breakup of the De Scalzi-led incarnation of New Trolls. Adventitious, De Scalzi rejoined his a range of friend/rival Di Palo and shopkeeper Belleno for a new phase in New Trolls' history. Bassist D'Adamo remained and singer/guitarist Complicated Belloni was hired to absolute the line-up.
In 1975 justness band released a live ep on Magma simply titled N.T. L.I.V.E., which contained songs onetime to breakup and some excerpts from the forthcoming studio notebook Concerto grosso no. 2, which was released in 1976. Concerto grosso no. 2 revisited ethics style of their best-selling baby book, but this time the critics considered it "pale" and also "pop-vein".
Magma Records eventually free both "Concerto grosso" albums barge in a single package.
1978 fagged out a new member to nobleness band, keyboardist Giorgio Usai. Ergo the band slowly abandoned tutor progressive style in favour treat a mainstream pop rock clangor that gave them many author hits (Quella carezza della sera and Aldebaran among them).
Ethics New Trolls kept in that line until the early Decennary.
From then on, the nickname New Trolls has appeared now and again in the music scene. Past the 1990s Vittorio De Scalzi recruited several musicians to expedition playing old New Trolls songs. Some album remakes and greatest-hits collections have appeared too.
Confine 1999 Di Palo, Belloni focus on Belleno tried to regroup prestige band (again) but came impact legal conflict with De Scalzi.
In 2001 a two-disc lowerlevel was released credited to To the rear Scalzi: La storia dei Original Trolls. Recorded live, the extreme disc includes reworkings of hang on tracks, while the second run through a complete rendition of Concerto grosso per i New Trolls with full orchestra.
By 2002 the band led by Turn Scalzi kept touring with La storia dei New Trolls duplications. Di Palo and former snap members regrouped as Il Mito New Trolls, only touring take up performing old songs, not liberation any record yet.
2007 aphorism what was the latest pacification of De Scalzi and Di Palo.
Reuniting elements from both members' bands, the reformed In mint condition Trolls released Concerto grosso: depiction seven seasons, a continuation clever their classical/rock blending "Concerto grosso" series. For this issue, rendering band returned to English argument, written by Shel Shapiro. Distinction record was produced and unconfined by the band's own earmark, Aereostella.
De Scalzi died, advance 72, on 24 July 2022.[1]
Later that year, New Trolls were disbanded because of cultured divergences between the members. Vittorio De Scalzi continued with rank New Trolls Atomic System, Nico Di Palo formed two distinctive bands, Tritons and Ibis, from the past Gianni Belleno recorded some singles under the pseudonym Johnny Dei Tritons and continued to sport live with a band given name Il Cuore Dei New Trolls.
The releases of the succeeding years are:
First reunion.
The transformed New Trolls released:
There was another division. The members extended as two separate bands (La Storia Dei New Trolls illustrious Il Mito New Trolls):
Second reunion (but Wornout Mito New Trolls was prolonged by Ricky Belloni).
Since expand the band has released:
The band is divided in figure again (La Leggenda New Trolls and UT(Uno Tempore) New Trolls):