If you mix a cocktail of surf, rockabilly, punk and ska, add two thirds of … Read Full Bio ↴If you mix a cocktail of surf, rockabilly, punk and ska, add two thirds of Romagnolo blood and one third of pure Scottish malt, this is what you get: pure essence of Hormonauts! The band represents the heritage of the ten years experience of Sasso, one of the most acclaimed double bass player of the European rock’n’roll scene, Pinna, a great drummer from the punk/hardcore scene, and Andy, a member of the Mutoid Waste Co., a pure Scotsman and a rock’n’roll lover. He is the guitarist and singer of this band that certainly represents a real revolution in the varied and contradictory Italian rock scene. The bare essential line up allows the three Hormonauts to "abuse" and throw their instruments on the stage like madmen. Their live shows have a unique and unmistakable sound and one of the Hormonauts’ concerts is certainly an event. You just have to listen to them!
The Hormonauts were formed in 1999 and thanks to the support of an independent swiss label - Voodoo Rhythm rec. released their first record “Hormone Hop” by throughout Europe.
It features twelve tracks, among them “Get off the wagon”, “Sweet young thing”, “Turkey Jive” and a great version of “Black Slacks”. The three artists promoted this record with many concerts in Europe: Germany, France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland are just a few of the countries that the fearless rockers stir up with their live act. So in three years they get a record deal with Ammonia Records – one of the most important italian independent labels and publish “Mini skirt”. Here the sound is even more blended, and the trio’s original tracks are truly epic. “Mini skirt”, “I see two”, “Mojito Joe” are three authentic jewels, with their excellent mix of rockabilly flavour with surf, ska and punk. The amazing versions of “Tainted love” and “Lonesome train” make this album appealing to a more varied audience. Their third album, “Hormone airlines”, is licensed by V2 records. Among its 14 tracks quite a few stand out: “Just why your blue” (with a rock/garage sound), “Cassius” and then “Solid gone”, “Little red Vanette” (going at a full speed with a captivating swing) up to the amazing ‘electro-western’ version of “Staying alive”, a pure essence of madness which will become a new video and a radio single. The “Hormonauts” believe their third album holds their real musical essence, their style and their artistic inspiration which the group has named “Hormonebilly”.
Now, introduced by the hit cover “My Sharona” The Hormonauts released “Hormonized”, their fourth album. It’s time now for the band to shift into a pure rock and roll sound: “Lucky Toy”, and “My Sharona”, but also the soft “Top of the world” or the “western” atmosphere of “Greasy Black hands. “Hormonized” and “Hormonette” are already true hymns, but the real blow are “Just Drive” and “Shit faced”!

The Hormonauts have taken part in the more important national rock festivals alongside groups such as Rancid, The Cramps, Nofx, Manu Chao, Millencollin, Ska-P, The Mars Volta and The Hives. Right now the Hormonauts are touring all over Italy and part of Europe with a new member, the Fourth Hormonaut, Reverend Cosmic, Andy's prodigal cousin from Somewhere, Texas! He's a Lap-Steel and Baritone guitar-slinger who'll be bringing a deep country twang and fuzz to the musical hurricane we already know and love! They'll be playing at Festivals, Clubs and wherever the fun is, riding their Big Blue Burnin’ Bus, two-litre diesel pleasure mobile!

Discography:
“Hormone Hop” (Voodoo Rhytm, 2002),
“Mini-Skirt” (Ammonia/V2, 2003),
“Hormone Airlines” (V2, 2004),
“Homonized” (V2, 2006).

Malafemmena
The Hormonauts Lyrics

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Si avisse fatto a n'ato
Chello ch'e fatto a mme
St'ommo t'avesse acciso,
Tu vuò sapé pecché?
Pecché 'ncopp'a sta terra
Femmene comme a te
Non ce hanna sta pé n'ommo
Onesto comme a me!...

Femmena
Tu si na malafemmena
Chist'uocchie 'e fatto chiagnere..
Lacreme e 'nfamità.

Femmena,
Si tu peggio 'e na vipera,
M'e 'ntussecata l'anema,
Nun pozzo cchiù campà.

Femmena
Si ddoce comme 'o zucchero
Però sta faccia d'angelo
Te serve pe 'ngannà...

Femmena,
Tu si 'a cchiù bella femmena,
Te voglio bene e t'odio
Nun te pozzo scurdà...

Te voglio ancora bene
Ma tu nun saie pecchè
Pecchè l'unico ammore
Si stata tu pe me...

E tu pe nu capriccio
Tutto 'e distrutto,ojnè,

Ma Dio nun t'o perdone
Chello ch'e fatto a mme!...

Overall Meaning

The Hormonauts's song Malafemmena is about a man expressing his anger and disappointment towards a woman he used to love, who betrayed and hurt him. The first verse explains that if someone had done to the woman what she did to him, i.e. cheated on him or hurt him, then he would have killed that person, and he asks if she knows why. The reason, he says, is that there are not many honest women like her in the world, who could match an honest man like him. He suggests that she will never find another man like him, who would love her the way he did.

The chorus refers to the woman as a "malafemmena," which translates to "bad woman" in English. The man compares her to a snake, and says that she has made him cry and suffer. He feels that his soul has been poisoned by her, and he cannot live any longer. He admits that she is as sweet as sugar, but her angelic face is just a façade to deceive men.

In the end, the man tries to make peace with the woman by telling her that he still loves her, but she will never understand why. The song ends with a warning to the woman, that what she did to him will never be forgiven by God.

Line by Line Meaning

Si avisse fatto a n'ato
If it had happened to someone else

Chello ch'e fatto a mme
What happened to me

St'ommo t'avesse acciso,
If this man had killed you

Tu vuò sapé pecché?
Do you want to know why?

Pecché 'ncopp'a sta terra
Because on this earth

Femmene comme a te
Women like you

Non ce hanna sta pé n'ommo
There is no place for an honest man like me!

Femmena
Woman

Tu si na malafemmena
You are a bad woman

Chist'uocchie 'e fatto chiagnere..
These eyes have cried

Lacreme e 'nfamità.
Tears and shame