Banco del Mutuo Soccorso were one of the most prominent bands in the golden… Read Full Bio ↴Banco del Mutuo Soccorso were one of the most prominent bands in the golden age of Italian progressive rock. Their recordings of the 1970s, particularly Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972), Darwin! (1972), and Io sono nato libero (1973) are highly regarded among fans of the genre. In later years, the band pursued a more pop-oriented style, often shortening the name to Banco, and sometimes singing in English rather than Italian.
The band was formed in 1969 by brothers Gianni Nocenzi and Vittorio Nocenzi, both of whom play keyboards. After a variety of other players, the band settled down to including Renato D'Angelo (bass), Pierluigi Calderoni (drums), Francesco Di Giacomo (vocals), and Marcello Todaro (guitar). Todaro left in 1973 to be replaced by Rodolfo Maltese. Over the years, lineups have changed further and included members of Premiata forneria marconi and periferia del mondo. Since 1997, the band has reformed for concerts featuring their older material.
The Banco del Mutuo Soccorso , or simply Banco , is a group rock of Rome was founded in 1969 and still in operation. Together with the PFM , the Area and Le Orme is the most attractive and well-known, even abroad, the Italian progressive rock .
HISTORY
The beginnings
The history of "Banco" began in late 1968 , when the seventeen year old keyboardist Vittorio Nocenzi managed to get a hearing at the major label RCA , strong signal Gabriella Ferri , for which he had already set to music some songs. The record companies, in those years, they were reluctant to promote solo instrumentalists, and legend has it that he had boasted Nocenzi the existence of an unspecified group he headed. He found himself, therefore, in the position of having to set up in haste to audition for a musical. To this end, he recruited friends and family can "hold an instrument" and invented the name of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, perhaps inspired by any credit institution or insurance of the area .
The group came together in their own rehearsal room, at Marino , in the Castelli Romani , which later became famous under the name of "stable", this being in reality, a real barn renovated and perfectly equipped (says the same in Vittorio Nocenzi an interview) "with the feeders full of amplifiers, distortion and musical instruments instead of hay for the cows."
The first line was composed, in addition to Nocenzi Vittorio and his brother John on piano, by Gianfranco Coletta (component Chetro & Co. and, later, the Alumni of the Sun ) on guitar, Fabrizio Falco on bass and Mario Achilli on drums, these components Crash a group psychedelic rock founded by brothers Falco, with whom he collaborated as Vittorio few months. The hearing was awarded the placet of the examiners and the newborn "Banco del Mutuo Soccorso" released three songs that were included in a compilation of new formations called "'70 Sound" and published only on cassette . The pieces in this collection ( see the phone , My freedom ) will be recorded, a few weeks after the audition, by training already retouched, with Claudio Franco Pontecorvi Falco on guitar and drums.
THE SEVENTIES
In 1971 , Banco del Mutuo Soccorso participated, with little luck, the 2nd Caracalla Pop Festival in Rome . Among the groups that intervened in the festival there were Experiences and Fiori di Campo who had already released a single ( Out of town / Two children in the yard with the label Apollo ZA-50014). The time to socialize and, at the end of the event, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso had assumed its final formation, incorporating Francesco Di Giacomo , Lino Stopponi , Renato D'Angelo and Pierluigi Calderoni , respectively vocals, keyboards, bass and drums of the group's experiences, as well as Marcello Todaro , guitarist dei Fiori di Campo. It was a real qualitative change: the group passed the beat of the songs the first period, to compositions more progressive , heavily influenced by classical music education of the brothers Nocenzi refined and enhanced by texts written by Francesco Di Giacomo .
The group took part, with the addition of another guitarist ( Claudio Accarino , part of the group from 1970 until the end of 1972), the second edition of the " Festival of avant-garde and new trends " , held in Rome Villa Pamphili from ' 1 to 4 June 1972, and finishing in first place tied with the Circus 2000 .
This line-up released in 1972 their debut album Banco del Mutuo Soccorso that, with songs such as RIP (Peace) , the long suite The Garden of the magician and Metamorphosis , instrumental with a brief but wonderful insert final vowel, catalyzed immediately 'public attention to the nascent stage of the Italian progressive rock . Peculiar also ' artwork on the cover of the vinyl , shaped like a piggy bank in terracotta.
In the same year the second album was released, Darwin! , the first concept album made by the group: the songs are in fact all related to the central theme of the species theory of Charles Darwin .
These two albums can be considered the most creative and original of the group, focusing on the dizzying twists and virtuoso keyboards brothers Nocenzi and on the inimitable tenor registers Di Giacomo, the service of a peculiar cross between the English prog-rock, the Mediterranean sounds and the tradition of melodrama italics, that shines in the most unexpected moments.
The first alternation in the formation of the group came in 1973 , when Todaro was replaced on guitar by Rodolfo Maltese , from the group Homo Sapiens . In I was born free ( 1973 ) Maltese formally appeared as a guest, but in fact it was already a member of the Bank.
In 1974 , at the suggestion of Greg Lake , Banco abandoned Remember to switch to label Manticore , owned by the British band Emerson, Lake & Palmer , which had already merged also the PFM . In 1975 was released the album Banco (also known as Banco IV ), which re-proposed in English, for the foreign market, the best songs of the first three albums (similar to operation in Photos of Ghosts PFM). The album was a critical success both in Italy and abroad.
Francesco Di Giacomo in conjunction with Banco in 1979
In 1976 it was published in As a last supper , promoted with a European tour that saw the Banco sound like supporters of a "giant" of the progressive rock English, the Gentle Giant , of which, however, the Roman group was a more than credible version " Mediterranean "with the same tendency, at least in the early years of his career, to elaborate and refined arrangements and the internal structure of the pieces completely disconnected from the song format. Of this album was also made an English version ( As in a Last Supper ), with the translation of Angelo Branduardi .
In the same year the group also recorded Red Carnation , the soundtrack of the film of the same name (taken from a novel by Elio Vittorini , directed by Luigi Faccini ). This is the first instrumental album of the Bank, which opened a new era in the evolution of the style of the group. More instrumental, and sounds even more complex, was the next ... of land , which were explored solutions that trespassed from rock to jazz and classical music . This complex construction, the Bank took advantage of the contribution of ' Symphony Orchestra Musicians Union of Rome directed by Antonio Scarlato professor of composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome, in addition to the collaboration of keyboardist Alessandro Essene .
In 1978 participated, along with Branduardi and many other artists, in a tour called The Caravan of the Mediterranean in which all participants took turns on stage. Branduardi , from the concert series, will release a box set with 3 LP called "Concerto." In many songs the musicians are members of the Bank.
From ... of land , the name of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso was formally replaced by the abbreviation Tour , now widely used by journalists and fans .
The seventies Banco closed with another highly acclaimed album, Song of Spring , with its suggestions ethnic and pastoral atmosphere. In this album John Colaiacomo of Kaleidon took over on bass, replacing D'Angelo.
THE EIGHTIES
The first work of the Bank in the eighties was a live album (the first) entitled terminus , where the group goes over the salient features of its history. Conceptually sealing his "first era", this album paved the Tour to a change of course in particular the abandonment of certain typical patterns of progressive rock of the seventies, in particular in relation to the structural complexity (and length in minutes ) songs, songs in favor of relatively more simple and direct. This trend is perfectly represented by the first two albums of the decade, Urgentissimo ( 1980 ) and Good News ( 1981 ). In this period the training was enriched by Karl Potter and percussion musician who had previously collaborated with Pino Daniele and which helped boost the effectiveness of the rhythm section of the Bank.
In 1983 comes out Tour where there is the song Moby Dick , which will become one of the most popular songs of the band, despite moving away from the canons of the progressive rock that characterized them in the past. The album is another turning point as it was the last to see the presence of Gianni Nocenzi , who left the group shortly after the summer promotion to pursue a solo career and work with the firm Japanese Akai as a test of keyboards and samplers .
In 1985 , John left the band Colaiacomo (reappear a few years later in Ezra Winston ), was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Amato , a former member of the band of Aretha Franklin . The result was the album ... and so on ( 1985 ) and a participation in the Festival of Sanremo , but displeased many fans, who struggled to recognize the spirit of the Tour of the past. It opened as a result a period of crisis which led to several years of silence, interrupted only by the release of Do not put your fingers in the nose , the first solo album by Francesco Di Giacomo , who participated as musicians but all the members of the last training the Bank.
In 1989 it was finally published Plautilla Woman , a collection of unreleased songs of the seventies.
THE NINETIES
Francesco di Giacomo del Banco along with Blanche Dubois and Vito Life, bassist Powerillusi . Loreto , August, 1999, before an evening performance in Recanati , dedicated to Giacomo Leopardi
At the beginning of the nineties , following what was in fact the example of many progressive rock band "classic", the Bank took action for revival of their first period, returning to the name Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and bringing on tour songs of the seventies.
It was later published in a box (shaped like a piggy bank, prompting the cover of the first album), containing the first two albums, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Darwin! re-recorded in the studio with new arrangements.
Halfway between stylistic revival and new sounds was the solo album On the 13th of 1994 . Three members of the group historians Nocenzi Vittorio, Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese, together with the young Roman guitarist Philip Marcheggiani also embarked in the project Acoustic , in which several classic songs were reinterpreted unplugged . During this period, the Bank also undertook several world tours, touching Japan , Mexico , United States , Brazil and Panama . From one of the most successful concerts (in Japan , on 25 and 26 May 1997 ) was adapted into the live album Naked (which also included a new song in the studio of the same name.)
In 1999 the workforce is enriched by the presence of Alessandro Papotto , fiatista graduated from the conservatory, a former member of the band to new progressive Suburbs World .
A Naked followed no stage ( 2003 ), a live album in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the band, seeing as guests the likes of Morgan, Mauro Pagani, Federico Zampaglione (Tiromancino), Gianni Nocenzi, Eugene Kelly, Philip Cats, Angelo Branduardi, for a series of concerts of great success.
DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS
1972 - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6094)
1972 - Darwin! ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6107)
1973 - Io Sono Nato Libero ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6123)
1975 - Tour - ( Manticore , MAL, 2013)
1976 - Garofano Rosso
1976 - Come in un Ultima Cena ( Manticore , MAL 2015);
1976 - As in a Last Supper (English version of " Come in Ultima Cena ")
1978 - ... Di Terra
( Discs Remember , SMRL 6226)
1979 - Canto Di Primavera ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6247)
1980 - Urgentissimo
1981 - Buone Notizie
1983 - Tour
1985 - ... E Via
1989 - Donna Plautilla ( Rare! Records , NL 74215; recordings of 1969 )
1989 - Non Mettere le Dita Nel Naso(published under the name Banco presents Francesco Di Giacomo )
1991 - From here you sir overlooking the valley (new recording of the first two albums)
1994 - The 13
1997 - Nude
iNDIVIDUAL
1973 - I do not break / The city thin ( discs Remember , SRL 10713)
1979 - Song of Spring / Circobanda ( Discs Remember , SRL 10896)
1979 - Nothing / I am the beast ( Discs Remember , SRL 10908)
1980 - The spider / Terminal ( Discs Remember , SRL 10915)
1980 - Paul Pa / But that idea
1980 - Where will / But that idea
1980 - The spider / Rip
1981 - Kiss Me Alfredo / Good news
1981 - Tommy / Mississippi (published as The band Tom )
1983 - Moby Dick / Speed
1983 - Far from
1985 - Big Joe / Allons enfant
1989 - Father Francis / I see the phone / My freedom ( Contempo , PT 42926 EP )
1985 - Big Joe
1994 - Thrill
1997 - Nude
1997 - Spider
LIVE
1979 - End of the line ( remember discs , SMRL 6260)
2003 - No stage
2005 - Following in the footsteps ... ( Ma.Ra.Cash Records )
2011 - Various Artists - PROG EXHIBITION - Edel / Aereostella (7 CD box set and 4 DVD)
ANTHOLOGIES
1975 - Tour - ("Banco IV" - Compilation in English with an unprecedented "Breadfruit" in Italian) ( Manticore , MAL, 2013)
1993 - The Story
1993 - The great successes
1996 - The Origins ( 1996 )
1996 - Anthology
1998 - The 70's
2004 - Made in Italy
2005 - Music Myths
2006 - Italian Collection - Compilation ( EMI , 0946 3647952-1)
VIDEO
1992 - What you see is ( VHS )
2004 - What you see is ( DVD )
2007 - Live Tour 1980 ( DVD )
CURRENT LINEUP
Francesco Di Giacomo - voice , percussion (since 1971)
Vittorio Nocenzi - keyboards , voice
Rodolfo Maltese - guitar , trumpet (from 1973)
Titian Ricci - bass (since 1989)
Maurizio Masi - drums (since 1992)
Philip Marcheggiani - guitar (since 1994)
Alessandro Papotto - wind (since 1999)
FORMER MEMBERS
Gianni Nocenzi - keyboards (1968-1984)
Gianfranco Coletta - guitar (1968-1969)
Claudio Falco - guitar (1969-1971)
Claudio Accarino - guitar (1970-1972)
Marcello Todaro - guitar (1971-1973)
Fabrizio Falco - bass (1968-1971)
Renato D'Angelo - bass (1971-1978)
Gianni Colajacomo - bass (1978-1984)
Luigi Cinque - saxophone (1979-1980)
Karl Potter - drums (1979-1980)
Gabriel Amato - bass , keyboards (1985)
Paolo Carta - Guitar (1986-1987) [3]
Mario Achilli - drums (1968-1969)
Pontecorvi Franco - drums (1969-1971)
Pierluigi Calderoni - drums (1971-1991)
Max Emeralds - guitar (1993-1994)
The band was formed in 1969 by brothers Gianni Nocenzi and Vittorio Nocenzi, both of whom play keyboards. After a variety of other players, the band settled down to including Renato D'Angelo (bass), Pierluigi Calderoni (drums), Francesco Di Giacomo (vocals), and Marcello Todaro (guitar). Todaro left in 1973 to be replaced by Rodolfo Maltese. Over the years, lineups have changed further and included members of Premiata forneria marconi and periferia del mondo. Since 1997, the band has reformed for concerts featuring their older material.
The Banco del Mutuo Soccorso , or simply Banco , is a group rock of Rome was founded in 1969 and still in operation. Together with the PFM , the Area and Le Orme is the most attractive and well-known, even abroad, the Italian progressive rock .
HISTORY
The beginnings
The history of "Banco" began in late 1968 , when the seventeen year old keyboardist Vittorio Nocenzi managed to get a hearing at the major label RCA , strong signal Gabriella Ferri , for which he had already set to music some songs. The record companies, in those years, they were reluctant to promote solo instrumentalists, and legend has it that he had boasted Nocenzi the existence of an unspecified group he headed. He found himself, therefore, in the position of having to set up in haste to audition for a musical. To this end, he recruited friends and family can "hold an instrument" and invented the name of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, perhaps inspired by any credit institution or insurance of the area .
The group came together in their own rehearsal room, at Marino , in the Castelli Romani , which later became famous under the name of "stable", this being in reality, a real barn renovated and perfectly equipped (says the same in Vittorio Nocenzi an interview) "with the feeders full of amplifiers, distortion and musical instruments instead of hay for the cows."
The first line was composed, in addition to Nocenzi Vittorio and his brother John on piano, by Gianfranco Coletta (component Chetro & Co. and, later, the Alumni of the Sun ) on guitar, Fabrizio Falco on bass and Mario Achilli on drums, these components Crash a group psychedelic rock founded by brothers Falco, with whom he collaborated as Vittorio few months. The hearing was awarded the placet of the examiners and the newborn "Banco del Mutuo Soccorso" released three songs that were included in a compilation of new formations called "'70 Sound" and published only on cassette . The pieces in this collection ( see the phone , My freedom ) will be recorded, a few weeks after the audition, by training already retouched, with Claudio Franco Pontecorvi Falco on guitar and drums.
THE SEVENTIES
In 1971 , Banco del Mutuo Soccorso participated, with little luck, the 2nd Caracalla Pop Festival in Rome . Among the groups that intervened in the festival there were Experiences and Fiori di Campo who had already released a single ( Out of town / Two children in the yard with the label Apollo ZA-50014). The time to socialize and, at the end of the event, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso had assumed its final formation, incorporating Francesco Di Giacomo , Lino Stopponi , Renato D'Angelo and Pierluigi Calderoni , respectively vocals, keyboards, bass and drums of the group's experiences, as well as Marcello Todaro , guitarist dei Fiori di Campo. It was a real qualitative change: the group passed the beat of the songs the first period, to compositions more progressive , heavily influenced by classical music education of the brothers Nocenzi refined and enhanced by texts written by Francesco Di Giacomo .
The group took part, with the addition of another guitarist ( Claudio Accarino , part of the group from 1970 until the end of 1972), the second edition of the " Festival of avant-garde and new trends " , held in Rome Villa Pamphili from ' 1 to 4 June 1972, and finishing in first place tied with the Circus 2000 .
This line-up released in 1972 their debut album Banco del Mutuo Soccorso that, with songs such as RIP (Peace) , the long suite The Garden of the magician and Metamorphosis , instrumental with a brief but wonderful insert final vowel, catalyzed immediately 'public attention to the nascent stage of the Italian progressive rock . Peculiar also ' artwork on the cover of the vinyl , shaped like a piggy bank in terracotta.
In the same year the second album was released, Darwin! , the first concept album made by the group: the songs are in fact all related to the central theme of the species theory of Charles Darwin .
These two albums can be considered the most creative and original of the group, focusing on the dizzying twists and virtuoso keyboards brothers Nocenzi and on the inimitable tenor registers Di Giacomo, the service of a peculiar cross between the English prog-rock, the Mediterranean sounds and the tradition of melodrama italics, that shines in the most unexpected moments.
The first alternation in the formation of the group came in 1973 , when Todaro was replaced on guitar by Rodolfo Maltese , from the group Homo Sapiens . In I was born free ( 1973 ) Maltese formally appeared as a guest, but in fact it was already a member of the Bank.
In 1974 , at the suggestion of Greg Lake , Banco abandoned Remember to switch to label Manticore , owned by the British band Emerson, Lake & Palmer , which had already merged also the PFM . In 1975 was released the album Banco (also known as Banco IV ), which re-proposed in English, for the foreign market, the best songs of the first three albums (similar to operation in Photos of Ghosts PFM). The album was a critical success both in Italy and abroad.
Francesco Di Giacomo in conjunction with Banco in 1979
In 1976 it was published in As a last supper , promoted with a European tour that saw the Banco sound like supporters of a "giant" of the progressive rock English, the Gentle Giant , of which, however, the Roman group was a more than credible version " Mediterranean "with the same tendency, at least in the early years of his career, to elaborate and refined arrangements and the internal structure of the pieces completely disconnected from the song format. Of this album was also made an English version ( As in a Last Supper ), with the translation of Angelo Branduardi .
In the same year the group also recorded Red Carnation , the soundtrack of the film of the same name (taken from a novel by Elio Vittorini , directed by Luigi Faccini ). This is the first instrumental album of the Bank, which opened a new era in the evolution of the style of the group. More instrumental, and sounds even more complex, was the next ... of land , which were explored solutions that trespassed from rock to jazz and classical music . This complex construction, the Bank took advantage of the contribution of ' Symphony Orchestra Musicians Union of Rome directed by Antonio Scarlato professor of composition at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia of Rome, in addition to the collaboration of keyboardist Alessandro Essene .
In 1978 participated, along with Branduardi and many other artists, in a tour called The Caravan of the Mediterranean in which all participants took turns on stage. Branduardi , from the concert series, will release a box set with 3 LP called "Concerto." In many songs the musicians are members of the Bank.
From ... of land , the name of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso was formally replaced by the abbreviation Tour , now widely used by journalists and fans .
The seventies Banco closed with another highly acclaimed album, Song of Spring , with its suggestions ethnic and pastoral atmosphere. In this album John Colaiacomo of Kaleidon took over on bass, replacing D'Angelo.
THE EIGHTIES
The first work of the Bank in the eighties was a live album (the first) entitled terminus , where the group goes over the salient features of its history. Conceptually sealing his "first era", this album paved the Tour to a change of course in particular the abandonment of certain typical patterns of progressive rock of the seventies, in particular in relation to the structural complexity (and length in minutes ) songs, songs in favor of relatively more simple and direct. This trend is perfectly represented by the first two albums of the decade, Urgentissimo ( 1980 ) and Good News ( 1981 ). In this period the training was enriched by Karl Potter and percussion musician who had previously collaborated with Pino Daniele and which helped boost the effectiveness of the rhythm section of the Bank.
In 1983 comes out Tour where there is the song Moby Dick , which will become one of the most popular songs of the band, despite moving away from the canons of the progressive rock that characterized them in the past. The album is another turning point as it was the last to see the presence of Gianni Nocenzi , who left the group shortly after the summer promotion to pursue a solo career and work with the firm Japanese Akai as a test of keyboards and samplers .
In 1985 , John left the band Colaiacomo (reappear a few years later in Ezra Winston ), was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Amato , a former member of the band of Aretha Franklin . The result was the album ... and so on ( 1985 ) and a participation in the Festival of Sanremo , but displeased many fans, who struggled to recognize the spirit of the Tour of the past. It opened as a result a period of crisis which led to several years of silence, interrupted only by the release of Do not put your fingers in the nose , the first solo album by Francesco Di Giacomo , who participated as musicians but all the members of the last training the Bank.
In 1989 it was finally published Plautilla Woman , a collection of unreleased songs of the seventies.
THE NINETIES
Francesco di Giacomo del Banco along with Blanche Dubois and Vito Life, bassist Powerillusi . Loreto , August, 1999, before an evening performance in Recanati , dedicated to Giacomo Leopardi
At the beginning of the nineties , following what was in fact the example of many progressive rock band "classic", the Bank took action for revival of their first period, returning to the name Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and bringing on tour songs of the seventies.
It was later published in a box (shaped like a piggy bank, prompting the cover of the first album), containing the first two albums, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Darwin! re-recorded in the studio with new arrangements.
Halfway between stylistic revival and new sounds was the solo album On the 13th of 1994 . Three members of the group historians Nocenzi Vittorio, Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese, together with the young Roman guitarist Philip Marcheggiani also embarked in the project Acoustic , in which several classic songs were reinterpreted unplugged . During this period, the Bank also undertook several world tours, touching Japan , Mexico , United States , Brazil and Panama . From one of the most successful concerts (in Japan , on 25 and 26 May 1997 ) was adapted into the live album Naked (which also included a new song in the studio of the same name.)
In 1999 the workforce is enriched by the presence of Alessandro Papotto , fiatista graduated from the conservatory, a former member of the band to new progressive Suburbs World .
A Naked followed no stage ( 2003 ), a live album in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the band, seeing as guests the likes of Morgan, Mauro Pagani, Federico Zampaglione (Tiromancino), Gianni Nocenzi, Eugene Kelly, Philip Cats, Angelo Branduardi, for a series of concerts of great success.
DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS
1972 - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6094)
1972 - Darwin! ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6107)
1973 - Io Sono Nato Libero ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6123)
1975 - Tour - ( Manticore , MAL, 2013)
1976 - Garofano Rosso
1976 - Come in un Ultima Cena ( Manticore , MAL 2015);
1976 - As in a Last Supper (English version of " Come in Ultima Cena ")
1978 - ... Di Terra
( Discs Remember , SMRL 6226)
1979 - Canto Di Primavera ( Discs Remember , SMRL 6247)
1980 - Urgentissimo
1981 - Buone Notizie
1983 - Tour
1985 - ... E Via
1989 - Donna Plautilla ( Rare! Records , NL 74215; recordings of 1969 )
1989 - Non Mettere le Dita Nel Naso(published under the name Banco presents Francesco Di Giacomo )
1991 - From here you sir overlooking the valley (new recording of the first two albums)
1994 - The 13
1997 - Nude
iNDIVIDUAL
1973 - I do not break / The city thin ( discs Remember , SRL 10713)
1979 - Song of Spring / Circobanda ( Discs Remember , SRL 10896)
1979 - Nothing / I am the beast ( Discs Remember , SRL 10908)
1980 - The spider / Terminal ( Discs Remember , SRL 10915)
1980 - Paul Pa / But that idea
1980 - Where will / But that idea
1980 - The spider / Rip
1981 - Kiss Me Alfredo / Good news
1981 - Tommy / Mississippi (published as The band Tom )
1983 - Moby Dick / Speed
1983 - Far from
1985 - Big Joe / Allons enfant
1989 - Father Francis / I see the phone / My freedom ( Contempo , PT 42926 EP )
1985 - Big Joe
1994 - Thrill
1997 - Nude
1997 - Spider
LIVE
1979 - End of the line ( remember discs , SMRL 6260)
2003 - No stage
2005 - Following in the footsteps ... ( Ma.Ra.Cash Records )
2011 - Various Artists - PROG EXHIBITION - Edel / Aereostella (7 CD box set and 4 DVD)
ANTHOLOGIES
1975 - Tour - ("Banco IV" - Compilation in English with an unprecedented "Breadfruit" in Italian) ( Manticore , MAL, 2013)
1993 - The Story
1993 - The great successes
1996 - The Origins ( 1996 )
1996 - Anthology
1998 - The 70's
2004 - Made in Italy
2005 - Music Myths
2006 - Italian Collection - Compilation ( EMI , 0946 3647952-1)
VIDEO
1992 - What you see is ( VHS )
2004 - What you see is ( DVD )
2007 - Live Tour 1980 ( DVD )
CURRENT LINEUP
Francesco Di Giacomo - voice , percussion (since 1971)
Vittorio Nocenzi - keyboards , voice
Rodolfo Maltese - guitar , trumpet (from 1973)
Titian Ricci - bass (since 1989)
Maurizio Masi - drums (since 1992)
Philip Marcheggiani - guitar (since 1994)
Alessandro Papotto - wind (since 1999)
FORMER MEMBERS
Gianni Nocenzi - keyboards (1968-1984)
Gianfranco Coletta - guitar (1968-1969)
Claudio Falco - guitar (1969-1971)
Claudio Accarino - guitar (1970-1972)
Marcello Todaro - guitar (1971-1973)
Fabrizio Falco - bass (1968-1971)
Renato D'Angelo - bass (1971-1978)
Gianni Colajacomo - bass (1978-1984)
Luigi Cinque - saxophone (1979-1980)
Karl Potter - drums (1979-1980)
Gabriel Amato - bass , keyboards (1985)
Paolo Carta - Guitar (1986-1987) [3]
Mario Achilli - drums (1968-1969)
Pontecorvi Franco - drums (1969-1971)
Pierluigi Calderoni - drums (1971-1991)
Max Emeralds - guitar (1993-1994)
Non mi rompete
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Lyrics
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Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
sia tranquillo da bambino
sia che puzzi del russare da ubriaco.
Perché volete disturbarmi
se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato
sopra un carro senza ruote
trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale,
nel maestrale... in volo.
Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
c'è ancora tempo per il giorno
quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,
i miei occhi... di pianto.
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
sia tranquillo da bambino
sia che puzzi del russare da ubriaco.
Perché volete disturbarmi
se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato
sopra un carro senza ruote
trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale,
Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
c'è ancora tempo per il giorno
quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,
i miei occhi... di pianto.
The song "Non mi rompete" by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is about the desire for uninterrupted sleep and the frustration of being disturbed while dreaming. The lyrics express a plea to be left alone to sleep, whether it is a peaceful sleep reminiscent of childhood or a deep slumber that is accompanied by loud snoring. The singer questions why anyone would want to disrupt their dream, which could be a fantastic adventure on a chariot without wheels pulled by the horses of the maestrale wind. The imagery suggests that the dream is a refuge, a place of freedom, and a way to escape from the real world.
The second verse continues with the plea to avoid waking the singer and to let them sleep. The lyrics suggest that there is still time for the day ahead, which may bring tears, but for now, the singer just wants to sleep undisturbed. The line "i miei occhi... di pianto" implies that the singer is emotional, and their tears will flow later, but for now, they do not want to be bothered.
Overall, the song conveys a sense of vulnerability, the need for rest, and the desire to escape from reality. The lyrics express a need for a refuge, a safe place where one can sleep and dream without disturbance. It is a beautiful and introspective composition that speaks to the universal longing for the comfort of sleep and a peaceful oasis.
Line by Line Meaning
Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
Please do not wake me up
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
But let me sleep this sleep
sia tranquillo da bambino
May it be as peaceful as a child's sleep
sia che puzzi del russare da ubriaco.
Even if it stinks of drunken snoring
Perché volete disturbarmi
Why do you want to disturb me?
se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato
If perhaps I'm dreaming of a flight
sopra un carro senza ruote
Above a cart without wheels
trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale,
Dragged by the horses of the Mistral,
nel maestrale... in volo.
In the Mistral... in flight.
Non mi svegliate ve ne prego
Please do not wake me up
ma lasciate che io dorma questo sonno,
But let me sleep this sleep
c'è ancora tempo per il giorno
There is still time for the day
quando gli occhi si imbevono di pianto,
When the eyes are filled with tears,
i miei occhi... di pianto.
My eyes...with tears.
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@ciolamorta
"Perché volete disturbarmi, se io forse sto sognando un viaggio alato? Sopra un carro senza ruote, trascinato dai cavalli del maestrale, del maestrale, in volo.
Questa lirica è poesia distillata. Niente volgarità, niente forzature. Solo poesia che scorre come un brivido lungo la schiena, come le lacrime che accompagnano il giorno. Meglio dormire e sognare, estraniarsi da una realtà aberrante e violenta. Questo vi leggo io.
@flaviorota6170
Ho oltre i 50 e, essendo del Nord, ancora oggi ricordo con commozione i raduni al Parco Lambro... per gli amici del Sud immagino sia qualcosa di simile per Villa Pamphili a Roma. Cmq siamo d'accordo che a livello musicale sia la miglior musica italiana del dopo guerra, non per niente é riconosciuta in tutto il mondo. It-Prog forever!
@tonydj5985
anche il parco sempione....io vivevo in provincia di Milano❤
@ZPPeppe
Il senso di libertà che trasmette questo brano non è descrivibile. Quella libertà di cui i '70 sono pregni.....grazie al Banco per averci dato la possibilità di rivivere quei momenti!!!
@francescavaleriacostanzo630
Ringrazio mio fratello di avermi dato l'opportunità di ascoltare wueste parole, wueste note. Devo a lui se, pur essendo piccina ascoltavo la sua musica che è diventa anche mia. Grazie Vito.
@Lorenzo84no
Sono un batterista,ho 27 anni...spero tanto che a noi succeda quello che è successo a loro,come ai balletto di bronzo o biglietto per l'inferno ecc..cioè di essere comunque messi da parte ma di aver influenzato piu di una generazione di musicisti e non.Vorrei ringraziare tutti gli artisti Prog italiani...Grazie,siete stati l'unico movimento musicale italiano che TUTTO il mondo ci ha invidiato....e in culo little tony,"i migliori anni" e tutti quanti.Grazie di cuore
@giovanniclemente5900
Con il Progressive e con il Power Metal, l'Italia è riuscita a sfornare ottime band, che sono diventate culto🤘
@pdorprimo
In assoluto un CAPOLAVORO, voce poesia e musica si sposano alla perfezione e il tempo si ferma, questa è per me una vera felicità......
@lucianocatarin9176
Una delle più belle canzoni di sempre del panorama italiano e non solo italiano
@giusepperescigno7568
Ho 14 anni e ascolto con piacere tutto il Progressive italiano. Capita che i miei amici ascoltino artisti emergenti rap italiani che non sono un granchè, e io in un angolo con i Banco a tutto volume. Meglio emarginato, che musicalmente mal accompagnato!