Pierpaolo Monti
| Pierpaolo Monti | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Pierpaolo Monti |
| Also known as | Pierpaolo "Zorro11" Monti |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Rock, Hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Associated acts | Shining Line, Charming Grace, I.F.O.R., Raintimes |
Pierpaolo Monti is an Italian drummer, songwriter and producer born in Italy. He is the founding member, main songwriter and mastermind behind the AOR all star projects Shining Line and Charming Grace.
Monti founded his first band (called Sovversivo) in 1999, leaving it in 2004 to pursue a personal career in Melodic Rock and AOR music. In 2008 he founded, with his longtime friend Amos Monti, an AOR all-star project called Shining Line, that was officially released in 2010 by German label Avenue Of Allies Music, receiving acclaim from fans and critics.
In 2011 he founded, with Italian singer/songwriter Stefano Lionetti and producer Alessandro Del Vecchio, a new AOR project called Lionville, released the same year by Avenue Of Allies Music. He took part in the recording sessions playing drums and providing lyrics for all the tracks of the album, except for the cover songs "Thunder In Your Heart" (originally recorded and performed by John Farnham) and "World Without Your Love" (originally written by Richard Marx and Bruce Gaitsch). In the same year he started to work together with his bandmate in Shining Line Amos Monti on a new AOR project called Charming Grace, involving in it their label mate Davide Barbieri (of Wheels Of Fire fame) as third official main member.
In 2012 he appeared as guest musician playing drums on two melodic rock releases: AOR "L.A. Temptation" (released by AOR Heaven) and Chasing Violets "Outside Heaven" (released by Perris Records). In the same year he also provided his songwriting contribution composing lyrics for two more official releases: Wheels Of Fire "Up For Anything" (Avenue Of Allies Music) and Lionville "II" (Avenue Of Allies Music), and wrote and performed (together with producer Alessandro Del Vecchio) a new song called "Melody Rocks", which became the official anthem for the world-renowned site Melodicrock.com (the song is available into the official compilation of the website, MRCD9 "15 Years Later" released the same year).
In 2013, Charming Grace was finally released by Avenue Of Allies Music. Monti appears in it once again as drummer and main songwriter, and for the first time in the role of co-producer, supporting the work of Davide Barbieri. The album received critical acclaim across the world, including highly positive reviews just like "Hot Album" (by Ant Heeks) and "Spot On Album" (Melodic Round-Up column by Dave Ling) in the UK issues of the renowned printed magazines Fireworks and Classic Rock. In November 2013, due to the very good feedbacks received from the melodic rock community, Charming Grace was signed by Japanese-based label Rubicon Music for a release in Japan (official release date: 18 December 2013). The Japanese version contains an exclusive bonus track called "Start All Over Again", which is not included in the standard cd format of the album.
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