Finley (band)

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Finley
Finley on Stage
Finley on Stage
Background information
Origin Milan, Italy
Genre(s) Pop Punk
Years active 2003— present
Label(s) Capitol/EMI
Website www.finley.it
Members
Marco Pedretti
Carmine Ruggiero
Stefano Mantegazza
Danilo Calvio

Finley is an Italian Pop Punk group were formed in Milan in 2000. The band is made up of four men from Legnano, a town near Milan. The band got its name from NBA star, Michael Finley.

In 2006, the group won in the category for Best Italian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 in Copenhagen, beating acts like Jovanotti, Tiziano Ferro, Lacuna Coil and Mondo Marcio. On April 14, 2007 they won in the category Italians Do It Better, Best Lacrima Awards and Best Number One Of The Year at the MTV TRL Awards (Italy) 2007.

Finley released their single "Fumo e cenere" on Total Request Live on the November 24, 2006, the day which in the shops, they released a DVD+CD combo of all the work in 2006.

The band is particularly active on the road. They were on tour non-stop in 2006, putting on over the year over sixty concerts all around Italy.

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[edit] Band members

[edit] Career

The band started with Danilo Calvio, aka Dani, who used to play pop with Ka (Carmine Ruggiero) in a basement in Legnano, while Ste (Stefano Mantegazza) and Pedro (Marco Pedretti), who had known each other since childhood, used to play Speed metal. In 2000 Dani, Ka and Pedro met each other at university where they had classes together, while Ste is a childhood friend of Pedro who eventually met the others. In 2002 the four formed Finley performed in competitions, parties and auditions. In 2004 they recorded a demo of "Make Up Your Own Mind" and a low budget video and in 2005 they came into contact with Claudio Cecchetto. He helped them debut by signing their single with Capitol/EMI, "Tutto è possibile," the Italian version of "Make Up Your Own Mind." Their album of the same name was released on 31 March 2006. All the songs on the album are composed by Finley and the musical production was contracted to Daniele Persoglio.

In May, they worked with Mondo Marcio for Dentro alla scatola. In June they were on stage for Jamming Festival 2006 and opened the concert on the first day (Guest Star: Depeche Mode). "Diventerai una star" is their second single. Finley participated at various summer shows of Festivalbar earning an invitation to participate also at the finals which were held in Verona. In September, they released "Sole di settembre" as a CD Single with video.

Their concert at Jesolo for Coca Cola Live was aired on MTV during prime time. They won the award for best Italian Music Video in the newcomers category in 2006 and in November they won the Best Italian Act Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Copenhagen. For the opening of the Italian version of Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards, Finley wrote and performed the theme song. Part of their CLUB TOUR 2006/2007, organised by Barley Arts. Initially 15 concerts were planned, this number was then doubled. This also doubled the publicity received by the band. Since the day Finley's album was released, it continues to be present in the popularity rankings. Through its sales it became a Gold Disc and then a Platinum Disc. In January they concluded the tour "Tutto è possibile 2006/2007", after some months out of the limelight, on 14 April, they attended the TRL Awards (Italy) 2007 and performed their new single Niente da perdere.

[edit] Discography

  • Tutto è Possibile (November 2005)
  • Diventerai una star (May 2006)
  • Sole di Settembre/Fumo e Cenere (October 2006)
  • Tutto è Possibile (July 2006)
  • Adrenalina (June 2007)
  • Domani (December 2007)
  • Ricordi (February 2008)

[edit] Awards

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