Iggy Pop has paid a compliment to each member of Maneskin.
Iggy Pop has dubbed Maneskin a "really strong band".
The punk icon featured on a new version of the band's hit 'I Wanna Be Your Slave' last year, and he's paid each band member a massive compliment, notably comparing guitarist Thomas Raggi to Aerosmith legend Joe Perry.
Speaking to NME for this week's Big Read feature, he said of the 'SUPERMODEL' rockers: “That’s a really strong band. [Damiano David] is an amazing singer and the bass player, [Victoria de Angelis] really handles that position well and doesn’t overplay, but on stage and in their videos, she really stays with the message, woo, she’s a firecracker. The Guitarist [Thomas Raggi] is smooth and powerful, somewhere north of Joe Perry. The drummer, [Ethan Torchio] is really clever, he plays rock but I get the feeling he understands there’s a wider group of people who’ve heard dance music, techno and synthetic music so he also plays some very simple four, four beats.”
He added: “I read an interview with them that said they started out busking on the street in Rome and had to fight other groups for good positions. You can tell they have that background, that they’ve done something together where they got a little taste of poverty and obscurity, and I think that gives them a really nice edge.”
The 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' hitmaker, 75, was blown away by Damiano, 23, delivering his vocals with just one take.
He said of their time in the recording booth: "I had a hell of a time doing that vocal, and they were very, very kind about, they were listening to each take and, you know, I got a little applause when I did something well it was just impossible. I finally asked [David], I said, ‘Did you sing all in one take?’ ‘Yeah, man, I sang it all at one take’. I was like, ‘That’s amazing’. I just couldn’t breathe that much, you know? He’s, he’s really got it, that guy.”
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
The music scene of Austin, Texas becomes tainted by lust and illict desires as two...
"Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression: Live At The Royal Albert Hall" is a DVD...
As the trailer begins, you hear Jim Jarmusch announce that he's "in an undisclosed location...
Bill's life as a rock n' roll star seems like a distant memory, he's no...
It's fair to say that Vincent Furnier made musical history when he became Alice Cooper;...
Coffee and cigarettes. What is it about this magical combination of caffeine and cancer that's...
John Waters first went mainstream with the 1988 classic Hairspray and then defied midnight-movie fans...