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DeStijl

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Post-Punk/New Wave band from Torino (Italy).

The name of the band comes from De Stijl: a dutch artistic movement that was born in Holland in 1917. The band is famous to have split a compilation with the important label/fanzine VM produzioni in 1986. The sound of the band shows a pure post-punk style with a goth scent. The influences come from the british dark-wave, in particular: The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees and Bauhaus. The style to sing reminds the italian band Diaframma.

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Members:

Marcello Carlone (Voice, Guitar and Keyboards)

Piervi Gagliardotto (Bass)

Franco Barale (Drums)

Claudio Vernetti (Keyboards)

Discography:

1984, 'Destijl' (self-produced demo tape)

1986, ‘VM Cinque’ (Lp, Produzioni VM/fanzine)

Tracklist: A1) Il vaso di Pandora A2) La sfinge A3) Taiga A4) Assab

Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.