Bernardo Lanzetti (born 21 November 1948) is an Italian singer, founder of

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and frontman of the

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for some years.

Biography

Bernardo Lanzetti was born to

Casalmaggiore Casalmaggiore ( Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, Lombardy, Italy, located on the Po River. It was the birthplace of Italian composers Ignazio Donati and Andrea Zani. Recently, its women's volleyball team Volleyb ...

, in the

Cremona province The province of Cremona (; Cremunés: ; ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the whole territory is flat, without any ...

. After he finished his studies in the United States, in 1971 he returned in

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to found the

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

band

and was soon considered one of the best voice of the 70s. From 1975 till 1979 he is the frontman of the

recordering three albums: Chocolate Kings (1976), ''Jet Lag'' (1977) and ''Passpartù'' (1978). After this period he will continue as a soloist and as leader of

recordering many albums. In 2024, at the magazine

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Lanzetti talked of his future projects.

Discography

Studio albums

*1979 - ''K.O.'' *1980 - ''Bernardo Lanzetti'' *1981 - ''Gente nervosa'' *1982 - ''Bernardo Lanzetti'' *1998 - ''I Sing the Voice Impossible'' *1999 - ''Master Poets'' *2021 - ''Horizontal Rain''

Collected works

*1999 - ''The Best ''

Lives

*1997 - '' Cover Live (FA.MA.)''

Single albums

*1979 - ''La tua storia/K.O.'' *1980 - ''Something new on the way/Blind love'' *1980 - ''Generazione nucleare/Skaranga!'' *1981 - ''Gente nervosa/Princess Caroline'' *1982 - ''Solamente noi/Cherchez la femme''

Sources

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References

External links

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