The early years and the CCM Self-taught guitarist, he joined
Upper Jaw Mask at the age of 17, a rock-funky-blues band, with whom he recorded a 45 rpm. From this first experience in 1979 the
Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers were born, one of the first Italian
hardcore punk bands, protagonists of the
GDHC (Gran Ducato Hard Core) scene. With the CCMs he will tour Italy and Europe and will participate in the well-known
Last White Christmas concert on 4 December 1983 organized by the GDHC which will be released in the United States on double cassette.
The meeting with Not Moving At the end of a concert held in
Piacenza, he is approached by
Not Moving who have lost their guitarist and ask him to come in with them. After a bit of hesitation also related to the distance between Pisa and Piacenza, he accepts too because he is looking for new sounds. In 1984 on the eve of CCM's American tour and after a year in which he played with two bands, he left the band from Pisa to devote himself solely to Not Moving. It is in this period that the nickname
Dome La Muerte was born, which he will use in the artistic field from then on. The positive feedback from the lives and albums ''Black 'N' Wild
and Sinnermen'' also allowed him to pass on
RAI together with the band. After the internal split with Not Moving in 1989, he remains in the band where he will release the last two albums
Song of Myself (with many guests including
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti of
CCCP and the
cheyenne poet
Lance Henson) and
Homecomings, both close to the indigenous cause, a theme very dear to him that he will also take up in subsequent projects. One of the
Homecomings concerts was broadcast by
Videomusic. With the new lineup he plays shoulder to
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the dates in Rome and Milan. With Not Moving, together with Lance Henson, opens the concert of
John Trudell, American singer-songwriter and actor of
Dakota origin. In 1996 he definitively disbanded Not Moving.
Later bands and other experiences In 1996 he founded
Hush, a grunge band, precursor of the stoner, In this period he collaborates as a guitarist in
MGZ and Le Signore, an electronic punk theater-cabaret project. In 1997 he plays the guitar for the soundtrack of the film
Nirvana by
Gabriele Salvatores. In 2006, following the release of Live in 80's, he reunites with Not Moving for a tour where they will also be the shoulder to
Iggy Pop. At the end of that year he returns to rock'n'roll and punk with the Dome La Muerte & The Diggers project, which is his longest-running project to date. In the first album, among the guests,
Rudi Protrudi of the
Fuzztones. The second album, Diggersonz, to fully recover the rock'n'roll roots, is recorded entirely in analogue by Jorge "Dr. Explosion "Muñoz-Cobo Gonzalez at Estudios Circo Perrotti in
Gijón in Spain, a studio famous throughout Europe for rock'n'roll productions, hosting bands such as
The Chesterfield Kings and
The Cynics. In 2011 he made his first album in his own name only
Poems for Renegades, where he reaffirms his love for the west and the music of
spaghetti westerns. In the album, almost entirely acoustic, there are two tracks with lyrics by Lance Henson and many guests including Maurizio Curadi of
Steeplejack. In 2012 he starts a live project, still active, paired with the Italian-Greek singer
Marina Mulopulos (former
Almamegretta), in which he brings around a repertoire that includes songs by
David Bowie,
Velvet Underground,
Iggy Pop,
Judy Henske,
Janis Joplin and many others. In 2014 he joins the
Avvoltoi, a historic Italian band with whom he will record a record and a live. In 2015 he also plays steadily with
Lupe Velez, the first solo project by Stefano Ilari, punk rocker from Livorno, then a stable band, with whom he records the first ep Mystic Man. In 2016 he forms the duo
Ashvin with Tony Vallini producing the psy-trance CD
Brothers and Sisters. In 2017 he put on another
Dome La Muerte EXP project. Here the music is a western-psychedelic instrumental, linked to the soundtracks of the so-called B series films. As a DJ, he worked as a resident in the 90s at
Baraonda, a well-known disco-pub in
Massa, a meeting point for rockers from the Tuscan coast. His DJ activity will continue in many clubs in Tuscany and beyond.
Not Moving LTD In 2018 he reunites again with Not Moving which, having replaced bass and keyboards with a second guitar, are renamed
Not Moving LTD. Left to do ten concerts, they will do thirty in eight months and will release a single. He is currently working with them on the release of a new album. In the film
Nico, 1988 by
Susanna Nicchiarelli, which tells the last years of the career of the singer Nico, muse of the Velvet Underground, the character of Domenico Petrosino played by
Thomas Trabacchi appears. The film narrates the real events in which our host hosts the German star at home and accompanies her on the Italian tour.
The Bacchelli Law On November 25, 2020, he gives an interview to
Rolling Stone where he announces that he is in difficulty following the interruption of concerts in Italy due to the covid, and therefore intends to request the benefit of the
Bacchelli Law. To support this cause, a subscription was launched on
Change.org where over 4000 signatures were collected.
The Book On 3 December 2020 his autobiography
Dalla parte del torto. Una storia hippie punk e rave is released. A hippie punk and rave story, co-written with Pablito El Drito, edited by Agenzia X. == Discography ==