Birdmen of Alkatraz
Bandname
Birdmen of Alkatraz
Country
IT/
Members
Stefano Magni - g
Daniele Caputo - voc, dr, perc (Standarte, London Underground)
Francesco Bocciardi - g
Gianfranco Migliaccio - b
From the Birdcage
Label
Contempo
Released
1989
Tracks
11
Time
40
Format
LP / CD ?
Glidin' off
Label
Electric Eye
Released
1987
Tracks
3
Time
12
Remark
- Young Maiden Ghost
- Dreamin' Demon
- The Best Way To Say Goodbye
Format
Single / No CD

This is certainly the best of the current crop of Italian bands that I´ve heard thus far; there´s twelve minutes of exciting psycho-drama spread thickly over three tracks. For a three piece (Maurizio Curadi: gtr, Gianfranco Migliaccio: bass & Daniele Caputo: drums)they create a very full sound with Curadi´s vibrant guitar buzzing, stinging and generally pervading every inch of precious vinyl. Whilst this record could easily be mistaken for the out-pourings of some time-shrouded acid crazed combo of the late 60´s there is a bizarre Mediterranean tinge to, particularly, "Dreamin' Demon" which brings some sense of originality yet the track itself sounds like a heady mixyture of a Sergio Leone western film score and the Yardbirds´ "Heart Full Of Soul." Fascinating. To sample the current fledgeling Italian scene I can think of no better place to start. -Jon Storey