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band hailing from

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History

Dufresne formed in January, 2004 with Nicola "Dominik" Cerantola on lead vocals, Davide Zenorini on drums, Matteo "Ciube" Tabacco on

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and vocals, Luca Dal Lago on guitar and Alessandro Costa on keyboards. The band took its name from Andy Dufresne, the main character from

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's novel, and later film adaption by

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''. In 2005 the band recorded a twelve-song demo album, completely sung in Italian. Later the band re-recorded six tracks from the demo in English. In 2006 Dufresne signed with

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and released their debut album ''

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''. To promote the album the band participated at the ''Taste of Chaos Tour'', supporting

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in Italy, and then embarked on a European tour, that comprehended France, Germany,

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and United Kingdom. In October, 2007 the band went to

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to record their second album, titled '' Lovers'', with producer Andreas Magnusson. ''Lovers'' was released on April 11, 2008 via V2 Records/

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. After the release of ''Lovers'', Dufresne toured Italy supporting headliners

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. In 2009 Dufresne signed with Wynona Records. On May 14, 2010 the band released their third studio album, '' AM:PM''. In July 2013 it was announced on their Facebook page that Dufresne went on hiatus.

Members

* Nicola "Dominik" Cerantola – lead vocals * Matteo "Ciube" Tabacco –

and vocals * Luca Dal Lago – guitar * Davide Zenorini – drums * Alessandro Costa – keyboards and synthesizer

Discography

* ''

'' (V2 Records, 2006) * '' Lovers'' (Universal Music/V2 Records, 2008) * '' AM:PM'' (Wynona Records, 2010)

References

External links

Official website

Official Facebook page
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