BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GROUP: P.F.M. was born in October 1970 from the meeting between the band "Quelli" (including Di Cioccio, Mussida, Piazza, Premoli) and Mauro Pagani (ex-Dalton), one of those musicians always traveling around Italy. Their initial activity is to act as a shoulder to foreign groups such as Procol Harum, Black Widow, Yes, Deep Purple, Genesis. In this period they cover the most interesting and complex songs of the avant-garde groups (King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Blood Sweat and Tears). In 1971, they took part in the Viareggio Avant-Garde Festival.
Their first single, "Impressioni di Settembre”, is released and their first LP, "Storia di un minuto" (1972). The second LP, "Per un Amico”, is followed by the engagement with Manticore who is preparing to record the English version, with words by Pete Sinfield.
PRODUCER: Claudio Fabi and P.F.M.; for England Pete Sinfield and P.F.M.
LABEL: Numero Uno (Italy); Manticore (England).
DISCOGRAPHY: Impressioni di Settembre (45), Storia di un Minuto (LP), Per un Amico. By the first or second week of April the new single should be out.
MEMBERS:
FLAVIO PREMOLI: Instruments: piano, harpsichord, Hammond and Pari organs, spinet, mellotron, mini-moog, moog mod.12.
MUSICAL EDUCATION: he left the Conservatory shortly before graduating. He is intent on giving the exam to graduate in harmony and composition.
MAIN COMPOSITIONS: in general he takes care of the basic orchestration and arrangement of all the pieces. His is the piece “Per un amico" and the whole orchestral part of the “Banchetto".
FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Gentle Giant, Yes, King Crimson, John McLaughlin, classical music in general.
MAIN COMPOSITIONS: generally composes the basic melodies of all their pieces.
FRANZ DI CIOCCIO: Instruments: Slingerland drums, various percussion.
MUSICAL EDUCATION: Self-taught; he studied music with his father who is a qualified oboe player at the Scala in Milan.
MAIN COMPOSITIONS: contributes together with the others to the creation of the pieces.
FAVORITE MUSICIANS: the same as Franco.
GIORGIO PIAZZA: Instruments: Fender Precision bass (given to him by Greg Lake at the Bologna concert).
MUSICAL EDUCATION: self-taught.
MAIN COMPOSITIONS: competes together with the others...
FAVORITE MUSICIANS. like the others.
MAURO PAGANI: Instruments: Heinz flute, alto flute, bass, piccolo, violin (copy of the antique Stradivarius), guitar (initially he played in a guitar and bass ensemble), piano.
MUSICAL EDUCATION: fifth year of violin at the conservatory, he will graduate soon; self-taught in flute (which his father taught him). Piano was the complementary teaching he chose at the Conservatory.
