Stormy Six
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Progressive rock, Folk rock, Rock in Opposition, Avant-garde progressive rock, Beat |
| Years active | 1966–1983 1993–2010 |
| Labels | First, L'Orchestra |
| Associated acts | Rock in Opposition, Cassix |
| Website | www.francofabbri.net |
| Past members | Giovanni Fabbri Maurizio Masla Franco Fabbri Luca Piscicelli Fausto Martinetti Alberto Santagostino Antonio Zanuso Claudio Rocchi Massimo Villa Umberto Fiori Carlo De Martini Tommaso Leddi Salvatore Garau Renato Rivolta Pino Martini Leonardo Schiavone Stefano Barbaglia |
Stormy Six were an Italian progressive and folk rock band founded in Milan in 1966. They performed and recorded until 1983, mostly as a sextet but occasionally as a quartet, a quintet and a septet. Although their line-up changed considerably over the years, founding member Franco Fabbri remained with the group for its entire duration. In May 1993 they performed at a re-union concert in Milan, which was recorded and released on a CD, Un Concerto (1995).
Stormy Six were best known as one of the five original Rock in Opposition (RIO) bands that performed at the first RIO festival in March 1978 in London. They later participated actively in the shaping of RIO as an organisation and performed across Europe with other RIO and related bands.
Stormy Six began in 1966 as a pop/psychedelic rock band, opening for The Rolling Stones on their first Italian tour in 1967. After some line-up changes Stormy Six switched to left-wing/protest folk rock and their first three albums, recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, reflect this style. In the mid 1970s their music became more complex and they started to experiment, moving into progressive rock.
At the end of 1974 Stormy Six and other musicians in Milan formed a music cooperative called L'Orchestra which was aimed at "promoting all sorts of non-commercial music, and included avantgarde, jazz, political, protest and popular music". It also became an independent record label which the musicians managed themselves and on which Stormy Six released many of their own singles and albums. Stormy Six played a leading role in the affairs of L'Orchestra.
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