| GORY BLISTER WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED AT THE END OF 1990 BY JOE-DRUMS, LUCA-GUITARS AND LUIGI-BASS & VOCALS. THIS LINE-UP RECORDED THE DEBUT DEMO, "SPOILT BY GREED", IN 1991 AND THE "HANGING DOWN THE SOUNDS" DEMO TWO YEARS LATER. BOTH HAD VERY EXCELLENT RESPONSES AND THE NAME OF THE BAND BECAME WELL-KNOWN IN THE ITALIAN UNDERGROUND SCENE. THE FIRST "SPOILT BY GREED" REVIEW, PUBLISHED ON H/M (N.120 - THE MAJOR ITALIAN MAG AT THAT TIME) TALKED ABOUT "MOMENTS OF TRUE DELIRIUM AND IMMENSE LUSTFULNESS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR ROOM". REVIEWING THE SECOND DEMO, MARCO BARBIERI OF METAL BLADE REC. COMMENTED ON HIS FAMOUS "NO GLAM FAGS" MAGAZINE: "THIS TAPE IS VERY INTENSE AND IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD OUT OF ITALY IN QUITE A WHILE!". IN 1994 THE LINE UP INCLUDED ALSO THE LEAD GUITARIST 'RAFF' AND RECORDED THREE NEW SONGS PLUS THE NEW VERSION OF A FIRST DEMO ONE. AT THIS POINT THE 'GORY BLISTER' STYLE BEGAN TO SHOW A PECULAR IDENTITY: SCHIZOID AND BRUTAL, BUT INCREDIBLY TECHNICAL AND ORIGINAL DEATH-METAL. BUT FROM THIS MOMENT THE BAND KNEW A COUPLE OF VERY DARK YEARS. AT THE END OF 1994 LUCA AND LUIGI LEFT THE BAND AND THE DREADFUL SHADOW OF THE SPLIT-UP SEEMED IMMINENT. INDEED THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED THE REAL TURNING POINT OF THE STORY. JOE AND RAFF DECIDED TO RECORD A NEW TRACK JUST TO SHOW IF THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE ORIGINAL AND INTELLIGENT 'GORY BLISTER' STYLE. THE OUTCOME WAS 'COGNITIVE SINERGY' (VOCALS BY NICK CURRY), AN INCREDIBLY GREAT SONG. THUS THE TWO MUSICIANS DECIDED TO GO ON AND MOVE NORTH TO MILAN. THEY PASSED LAST YEAR IN FACING A PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER BUT AT THE SAME TIME OBTAINING IMPORTANT REWARDS. FIRST OF ALL THE NEW 'GORY BLISTER' LINE UP, FEATURING ALSO 'DOME'-VOCALS AND 'MICHELE'-BASS, EX 'THY NATURE' MEMBER. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE RECORD-DEAL WITH NOSFERATU REC. FOR A MINI-CD. WELL, THE 'GORY BLISTER' MINI-CD IS OUT! IT'S ENTITLED 'COGNITIVE SINERGY' AND INCLUDES BESIDES THE TITLE-TRACK ALSO THE THREE UNAVAILABLE SONGS PLUS THE 'VOYAGE-OUT', AVAILABLE ON THE ITALIAN COMP. CD 'SCREAMS FROM ITALY'. NOW THE BAND IS WORKING FOR PLAYING ON STAGE AND TO THE NEW STUFF, LOOKING FOR A NEW DEAL AND TRUSTING IN ALL YOUR SUPPORT. CONTACT THEM AND BE PATIENT: THE BAND ANSWERS EVERY LETTER. ZINES AND RADIOS, PLEASE, TRY TO INCLUDE IRC. REALLY THANX. |