KRISTIN STARKEY
INSTRUMENT: Vocals (But also classical guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, saw...)
DATE OF BIRTH: August 5th
PLACE OF BIRTH: NEW YAWWWK, USA BABYYY
EQUIPMENT: Shure Beta 58 / QLX-D Wireless System, Shure PSM300 in-ear monitor
FAVOURITE BANDS/ARTISTS/COMPOSERS: Avenged Sevenfold, Twilight Force, Wilderun, Rhapsody, Kamelot, Septicflesh, Myrath, Scar Symmetry, John Williams, Giuseppe Verdi, Camille Saint-Saëns
FAVOURITE ALBUMS:
Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic
Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Turisas - Stand Up and Fight
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Septicflesh - Codex Omega
Seventh Wonder - Tiara
Opera Magna - Del Amor y Otros Demonios
Rhapsody - Symphony of the Enchanted Lands Pt. II
FAVORITE SONG EVER TO PLAY LIVE: Start Another Round
BEST COUNTRY TO TOUR IN: USA, Netherlands, Sweden
OTHER PROJECTS / BAND: Opera singer freelance, and singing backing vocals live with Twilight Force
WARM-UP RITUAL BEFORE YOU GO ON STAGE:
Step 1: Laugh at Gabri's warm up ritual
Step 2: Check my range with some vocal sirens
HOBBIES AND PASSIONS: I'm lucky to call singing my work and biggest passion. I also love playing and collecting Magic the Gathering, doing makeup, and playing video games
FAVOURITE DRINK/FOOD: Pumpkin flavored anything, cannoli, matcha, Chinese food
FAVOURITE MOVIES: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Independence Day, Jurassic Park, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cabin in the Woods, Lost (series), The Leftovers (series)
FAVOURITE BOOKS: Lord of the Rings, The Magicians, Angels and Demons, The Giver, 1984, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The War of the Worlds
--------------------------------------
MICHELE GUAITOLI
INSTRUMENT: Vocals & Piano
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/12/1985
PLACE OF BIRTH: Gorizia, Italy
EQUIPMENT: Shure Beta 58 / QLX-D Wireless System, Shure PSM300 in-ear monitor
FAVOURITE BANDS/ARTISTS/COMPOSERS: Edguy, Ayreon, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian
FAVOURITE ALBUMS:
The Scarecrow - Avantasia
The Source - Ayreon
Hellfire Club - Edguy
Nightfall in the middle-earth - Blind Guardian
Toxicity - System of a Down
Liebe ist für alle da - Rammstein
No world order - Gamma Ray
Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Horror Show - Iced Earth
Americana - The Offspring
FAVORITE SONG EVER TO PLAY LIVE: The last hope in a world of hopes; Me, Myself and I; Revolution
BEST COUNTRY TO TOUR IN: Germany
OTHER PROJECTS / BAND: Kaledon, Overtures
WARM-UP RITUAL BEFORE YOU GO ON STAGE: Water and several minutes of vocal warm-up
HOBBIES AND PASSIONS: Skiing, Tv-Series, Soccer
FAVOURITE DRINK/FOOD: Water, Pasta
FAVOURITE MOVIES: The Departed, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, The Matrix
FAVOURITE BOOKS: 1984, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
--------------------------------------
MARCO PASTORINO
INSTRUMENT: Guitar and vocals
DATE OF BIRTH: 09/17/1988
PLACE OF BIRTH: Acqui Terme, Italy
EQUIPMENT: Schecter 7 Hellraiser , Line 6 Helix, Shure PSM300 In-Ear Monitor, Shure Microphones, Shure GLX-D 16 Wireless Transmitter
FAVOURITE BANDS/ARTISTS/COMPOSERS: Edguy, Dream Theater, Savatage
FAVOURITE ALBUMS:
Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater
The Sound Of The Perseverance - Death
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Operation:Mindcrime - Queensryche
Streets - Savatage
Burn The Sun - Ark
Perpetual Burn - Jason Becker
Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt.1 - Helloween
Mandrake - Edguy
FAVORITE SONG EVER TO PLAY LIVE: Deja Vu
BEST COUNTRY TO TOUR IN: Spain
OTHER PROJECTS / BAND: Light & Shade, Virtual Symmetry
WARM-UP RITUAL BEFORE YOU GO ON STAGE: Relax, drink a lot of water
HOBBIES AND PASSIONS: Soccer, Walking, Cook
FAVOURITE DRINK/FOOD: Water, Pizza
FAVOURITE MOVIES: Interstellar, Apocalypto, Kill Bill
FAVOURITE BOOKS: 1984, L'ordine Del Tempo, Time Deal
--------------------------------------
LUCA NEGRO
INSTRUMENT: Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/08/1990
PLACE OF BIRTH: Alba, Italy
EQUIPMENT: Cort SCMS 5 Strings, Cort A6, Cort B4, Darkglass Alpha Omega, Darkglass Element, Dogal Strings, KLOTZ cables, Plick The Pick, TECH21 Sans Amp, Shure GLX-D 16 Wireless Transmitter, Shure PSM300 in-ear monitor
FAVOURITE BANDS/ARTISTS/COMPOSERS: Dream Theater, O.S.I., David Maxim Micic, Plini, Tesseract, The Doors, Yes, Genesis, Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Marcus Miller, Charlie Haden, Esperanza Spalding, Victor Wooten, George Gershwin, Stefano Bollani, Pink Floyd, Anathema, Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, Sigur Ròs, Max Richter, Philip Glass, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Pat Metheny, Led Zeppelin, Winery Dogs, Pantera, Erik Satie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Shubert
FAVOURITE ALBUMS:
Images And Words - Dream Theater
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Waiting For The Sun - The Doors
Free - O.S.I.
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Bilo 3.0 - David Maxim Micic
Tutu - Miles Davis
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories) - Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
Tesseract - Altered State
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
FAVORITE SONG EVER TO PLAY LIVE: Pure Life Unfolds
BEST COUNTRY TO TOUR IN: Spain
WARM-UP RITUAL BEFORE YOU GO ON STAGE: I recite a sort of prayer and I think about the people that I love and that I always play for
OTHER BANDS/PROJECTS: COEVO, Even Flow, Wonders, Gunash, Revenience, Malazùr, Luca Negro (solo project) and more...
HOBBIES AND PASSIONS: Teaching, Reading, Alchemy, Spiritualism, Occultism, Religion
FAVOURITE DRINK/FOOD: Coffee/Mixed Salad
FAVOURITE MOVIES: Back To The Future, The Ninth Gate, The Motorcycle's Diaries, Interstellar, The Martian, Cloud Atlas, The Doors, When You're Strange, Man On Wire, Lord Of The Rings Saga, The Name Of The Rose
FAVOURITE BOOKS: "Shantaram" and "The Mountain Shadow" by Gregory David Roberts, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, "Peter Camendiz" and "Siddahrta" by Herman Hesse, "The Name Of The Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco, "Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri, "Le Fleur Du Mal" by Baudelaire. "The Lords" and "The New Creatures" by James Douglas Morrison, "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Friedrich W. Nietzsche, "Le dernier jour d'un condanné" Victor Hugo, "On The High Wire" Philippe Petit, "Microcosmi" by Claudio Magris, "Nesnesitelnà Lehkost Bytì" by Milan Kundera
--------------------------------------
Marco Sacchetto
INSTRUMENT: DRUMS
DATE OF BIRTH: 30/01/1995
PLACE OF BIRTH: ASTI
EQUIPMENT: MEINL, MAPEX, VIC FIRTH
FAVOURITE BANDS/ARTISTS/COMPOSERS: PERIPHERY, FOO FIGHTERS, STING, INTERVALS, PLINI, ZUCCHERO
FAVOURITE ALBUMS: SCENES FROM A MEMORY, ALPHA & OMEGA, TEN SUMMONERS TALES, SESION CUBANA
FAVORITE SONG EVER TO PLAY LIVE: PURE LIFE UNFOLDS
BEST COUNTRY TO TOUR IN: NETHERLANDS
OTHER PROJECTS / BAND: COEVO
WARM-UP RITUAL BEFORE YOU GO ON STAGE: STRETCHING AND WARMING-UP HANDS AND FEET
HOBBIES AND PASSIONS: RESTORATION, HANDCRAFTING, CYCLING, HIKING, VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITING
FAVOURITE DRINK/FOOD: TEA/SAUSAGES
FAVOURITE MOVIES: HARRY POTTER SAGA, IN TIME, INCEPTION, NATIONAL TREASURE
FAVOURITE BOOKS: "L'ORA DI FANTASCIENZA", 1984, ANIMAL FARM, BRAVE NEW WORLD