[nonseinormale65]

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Band: General Store
Country: Italy (Grottaglie/Taranto)
Genre: Avantgarde/Prog Metal
Release: Demo Tape
Title: General Store
Year: 1993
Bitrate: mp3 - 320 kbps

Info:

Obscure band from the south of Italy, they released three demos from 1993 to 1995,
this is the first one when the musicians had an average age of 16 years old...

Two of them went on to have remarkably successful careers in the music biz,Marc Urselli relocated
in London(UK) and then in the U.S.A. where he became a successful audio engineer/producer
(he had seven nomination grammy awards winning three times for his works until now...and General Store's demos
were his first attempts in his recording career), in his portfolio there are names as John Zorn,U2,
Foo Fighters,Lou Reed,Sting,Mike Patton,Keith Richards and many more...

Vincenzo "Vince" Pastano later pursued a succesful solo career and also working as a session man
with a lot of italian rock/pop musicians,from 2014 til now he plays guitar live for the italian
superstar Vasco Rossi.

Giuseppe La Cava is now a semiprofessional drummer well known in the italian jazz circuit.


Tracklist:

1 - Devil Take Me
2 - Save a Life
3 - Paranoic 7'5/4

4 - D.O.C. (Degradation of Civility)
5 - After
6 - Save a Life (speed/HC version)
7 - Existenitial Crisis

Line up:

Giuseppe La Cava - drums http://www.jazzitalia.net/SarannoFamosi ... _qEbHbMJPY
Marc Urselli - synth,piano https://www.marcurselli.com/
Vincenzo Pastano - lead guitar https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Pastano
Francesco De Leonardis - rhythm guitar
Donatello Spagnulo - vocals
Ilio Rese - bass


►Hidden Link

[Strappado]

Thanks Marco

Their 'Final Breath...' demo can be found here: https://1000flights.blogspot.com/search ... al%20store

Band Discogs profile: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4308424-General-Store-2

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[nonseinormale65]

Later demos had a lot of musical changes since Pantano left the band after the first one, the following are more experimental,electronic/industrial with brutal and raw vocals.