Uzeda is an Italian

underground rock Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, mainstream popular music culture. Underground music is intimately tied to popular music culture as a whole, so there are important tensions within underground ...

group founded in

Catania, Sicily Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

, in 1987 by lead singer Giovanna Cacciola, guitarists Agostino Tilotta and Giovanni Nicosia, bassist Raffaele Gulisano and drummer Davide Oliveri.

Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal ...

met the band after the release of their first album ''Out of Colours'' and they became great friends; from that moment he recorded all their records except for ''The Peel Sessions''. In 1994 the band was invited to the John Peel Show on BBC, from that recordings was published an album and, at the end of the year, Nicosia left the band. After the live tour promoting ''Different Section Wires'', the band went on a lengthy hiatus, and Cacciola and Tilotta subsequently formed Bellini, along with drummer

Damon Che Damon Che (born Damon Che Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a rock drummer and guitarist. He has contributed to indie rock and progressive rock through his work with math rock pioneers Don Caballero since 1991. His style is heavily i ...

from

Don Caballero Don Caballero (often shortened by members as 'Don Cab') was an American instrumental rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although the band has had numerous lineup changes with co-founder Damon Che (drums and percussion) being the only con ...

, and bassist Matthew Taylor releasing ''Snowing Sun'' on ''Monitor Records'' and ''Palace Records''. Replaced Damon Che with Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), Bellini released ''Small Stones'' and ''The Precious Prize of Gravity'' on

Temporary Residence Limited Temporary Residence Limited (shortened TRL) is a Brooklyn, New York-based record label. TRL was started in Louisville, Kentucky in 1996 by Jeremy DeVine, and initially concentrated on releasing music by Louisville-based bands.

. During this period, Oliveri and Gulisano recorded the 2001 album ''Aria'' with

Gianna Nannini Gianna Nannini (; born 14 June 1954Who Is Who
''Bello e possibile'' ...

, as well as music for Enzo D'Alò's animated cartoon ''Momo alla conquista del tempo''. In 2006, Uzeda came back with a new album, ''Stella'', recorded again by

Members

* Giovanna Cacciola - vocals (1987—present) * Agostino Tilotta - guitar (1987—present) * Giovanni Nicosia - guitar (1987—1994) * Raffaele Gulisano - bass (1987—present) * Davide Oliveri - drums (1987—present)

Discography

* ''Out of Colours'', 1991, A.V. Arts * ''Waters'', 1993, A.V. Arts * ''The Peel Sessions'', 1994,

Strange Fruit Records Strange Fruit Records was an independent record label in the United Kingdom. The label, established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, was the primary distributor of BBC recordings, including Peel Sessions.Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) ''T ...

* ''4'', 1995,

Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. ...

* ''Different Section Wires'', 1998,

* ''Stella'', 2006,

* ''Quocumque jeceris stabit'', 2019,

References

External links

Official site

Touch and Go Records

Southern Records
{{Authority control Italian indie rock groups Italian rock music groups Math rock groups Musical groups established in 1987 Touch and Go Records artists