PFM To Headline NEARfest '09
Date: Friday, August 01 @ 07:09:59 UTC
Topic: Festival News


Quintessential: the essence of a thing in its purest form. The perfect word to describe NEARfest's first band announcement for 2009, the mighty PFM. The beauty and power of the music from this classic Italian band, along with contemporaries Banco and Le Orme, started what had become known as the classic Italian prog movement. Premiata Forneria Marconi was officially formed in Milan in 1970 when the members of Quelli met Mauro Pagani from the group Dalton. Pagani helped the group expand their sound to include violin and flute. By this time they were already highly experienced musicians and easily able to play the kind of complex progressive heavy rock played by the leading English and American groups. With such classic Italian albums as Storia Di Un Minuto, Per Un Amico and L'isola Di Niente as well as later works such as Chocolate Kings and Jet Lag, PFM cemented themselves a place in progressive rock history.



With core members Franz Di Cioccio, Franco Mussida, and Patrick Djivas, PFM remain a highly sought after live act. Their last two albums, Dracula and Stati Di Immagini are complete returns to their progressive ethos and are essential recordings. Their energy and intensity are legendary, almost mythical, which makes their agreement to perform for the "new guard's" first NEARfest an absolute honor. NEARfest is extremely proud to welcome PFM as a headliner for NEARfest '09.

[Source: Chad, NEARfest]







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