The “seed” of Ashcorn was
born in 2000 when Miles (guitar) and Ronnie (drums) met
each other and decided to create a band together. But at
the beginning they jam just for fun…being just kids. The
line up during the years has had many changes until 2002
when the band was completed with the entrance of Dave on
bass guitar and Sofia on lead vocals. In the beginning
of 2003 a new member joined the band in order to improve
the sound with programming and synthesizers : so Nails (also
a guitar player) made his entry and Ashcorn was
officially born. With this line up the band in 2004
recorded their first cd ‘X-Spleen-8’, and started to
show their music to the underground audience. Starting
from 2003 Ashcorn did a lot of concert playing in the
main clubs of Rovigo. The most important events the band
played in that period were the two editions of
ROWOODSTOCK , (2003, 2005), the most important festival
for underground band of the city. Ashcorn’s show was one
of the best ones anyone had ever seen and second time
round they were headliners. With the release of X-Spleen-8,
Ashcorn started playing outside Rovigo in important
clubs such as Zoo Animal Sound in Ferrara and Sottosopra
in Este (Padova) thanks to the record having good
reviews and interviews in important national magazines
such as Rock Hard, Metal Hammer and Metal Shock….and
also on international music portals. X-Spleen-8 sold
out…. During the first half of 2006 Ashcorn changed
their singer and Tommy joined the band. The new line up
played their first show at the Adria International
Raceway during an event with the most representative
bands of Rovigo during a Drift Car Race. With Tommy the
band began writing new songs and in the autumn they
entered the New Frontiers Studio of Rovigo (with the
known sound engineer Ugo Bolzoni) to record a new album.
During the recording sessions the band stopped to play
live and open the shows of two new important and
original Italian bands Ensoph and Dope Stars Inc. It was
a good opportunity to test the live impact of the new
song…..and a larger number of fans started following
their every move!! Also outside Italy (also thanks to
the revolutionary portal “MySpace) the interest around
the band and its members keeps growing and spreading :
people ask for new music and concerts… So at the moment
the band is looking for a label….to publish their new
album (working title “Visions for your instinct”)…and is
also continuing to play live concerts….in September they
will play their 3rd ROWOODSTOCK edition, resulting one
of the greatest bands of the festival. They also started
a collaboration with "ALKEMIST FANATIX" management group.
In November 2007 the band will play their first gig
outside Italy, precisely in Germany.
(Source: MySpace profile)
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