Verdena are an alternative rock band from Albino, Bergamo, Italy. The band… Read Full Bio ↴Verdena are an alternative rock band from Albino, Bergamo, Italy. The band members are Alberto Ferrari (voice, guitar), Roberta Sammarelli (bass) and Luca Ferrari (drums). The three have been playing together since 1992.

Verdena rehearse every day (when they're not on tour) in their garage, where they have built a recording studio called the Henhouse. The hen-house is their sound laboratory--full many different instruments, like guitars, amplifiers, rhodes, mellotrons, and Korg synths. No digital stuff is allowed to get in!

They view the song like a painter would a picture: to work on by carefully adding more and more layers, yet keeping the big picture in mind. The result is much more than a simple song.

Verdena’s songs, which are stellar in and of themselves, have a new added value since the lyrics are written uniquely. They are not penned in a narrative, logical way. Rather, they follow a stream-of-unconscious style that is closer to the Anglo-American rock language than to the syncope traditions of the Italian language, which are so far from the aesthetics of pure rock. Alberto’s lyrics have always been one of the main characteristics of Verdena that stand out from the usual and reiterated formula of the Italian rock music.

Debut album:
Verdena
The debut album came out on September, 30th, 1999.
The first single went in heavy rotation on MTV.
The album sold 40.000 copies

EPs:
Two EPs were published after the album release: Valvonauta and Viba ep.

In the first one there were two new tracks. In the second one two new tracks and a cover of Sunshine of your love by Cream.

On tour:
The band played in the most important festivals (Imola Heineken Music Festival with Hole and Marylin Manson, Independent Day Festival with Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Arezzo Wave Love Festival with Henry Rollins). Between September 1999 and the summer of 2000 Verdena played more than 100 gigs.
July 2001; Verdena play in Turin before U2 exclusive show in Italy.

Second Album:
Solo un Grande Sasso
Released in September of 2001
The first single, Spaceman, went immediately in the top ten. Same as for the album (sixth in the top ten for three weeks and on the top forty for other four weeks). The record sold 35.000 copies.

Other EPs:
After the release of the second album Verdena published two more EPs in which they made cover of Thirteen Floor Elevator’s Reverberation and Melvins Creepy Smell.

Third Album:
Il Suicidio dei Samurai
Came out on January 31, 2004, two weeks before they played in Groningen, at Eurosonic. At the same time Verdena released the EP Luna. Suddenly it got number two for two weeks on the top ten. Then the album came out and it got to the seventh in the top ten. Made a club tour (30 gigs) most of the times got sold out. On summer 2004 they’ve made 40 gigs all over Italy. Then, once again, a club tour of 20 gigs. Once again sold out everywhere.

Fourth album:
Requiem
Released in 2007.

Angie
Verdena Lyrics

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Prima o poi
Mi sparerai alle spalle, Angie
Credi in ciò che fai
Senza lacrime
Mi distruggerai
Laverai
Le tue mani rosse, Angie
Scuro più che mai

Senza lacrime
Ti addormenterai

Come mai
Che ne sai, semmai
Rido in lei, semmai
Nei tuoi nei io mai
Dio è gay

Lunedì
È il giorno delle streghe, Angie
Sai come si fa
Senza lacrime
Mi distruggerai

Oramai
Che ne sai, semmai
Rido in lei, semmai

Nei tuoi nei io mai
Dio è gay

Overall Meaning

The song "Angie" by Verdena is a haunting and enigmatic piece that explores themes of betrayal, violence, and nihilism. The lyrics suggest a person named Angie, who will eventually shoot the singer in the back, without shedding any tears or expressing any remorse. The opening line "Prima o poi/Mi sparerai alle spalle, Angie" ("Sooner or later/Angie, you'll shoot me in the back") sets the ominous tone for the rest of the song. The singer seems resigned to their fate, accepting that Angie will destroy them and wash their hands clean of the crime. The line "Dio è gay" ("God is gay") is repeated several times throughout the song, adding another layer of mystique and complexity to the lyrics.

The song's chorus contains the line "Senza lacrime" ("Without tears"), indicating that Angie is a cold and unfeeling person who is capable of committing acts of violence without any emotional connection. The second verse implies that the singer is aware of Angie's plans and is perhaps even complicit in their own demise. The line "Lunedì/È il giorno delle streghe, Angie" ("Monday/Is the day of the witches, Angie") could refer to the day of the week that the shooting will take place or be a metaphor for the inevitability of fate. The repetition of the phrase "Che ne sai, semmai" ("What do you know, if ever") underscores the singer's nihilism and detachment from the world around them. The overall tone of the song is one of fatalistic resignation, with the singer seemingly accepting their fate as being at the mercy of fate or a higher power.

Line by Line Meaning

Prima o poi
Sooner or later

Mi sparerai alle spalle, Angie
You will shoot me in the back, Angie

Credi in ciò che fai
Believe in what you do

Senza lacrime
Without tears

Mi distruggerai
You will destroy me

Laverai
Washed

Le tue mani rosse, Angie
Your red hands, Angie

Scuro più che mai
Darker than ever

Ti addormenterai
You will fall asleep

Come mai
How come

Che ne sai, semmai
What do you know, if anything