Dreams Not Reality

Dreams Now Reality, formerly Dreams Not Reality and originally known as Do Not Reanimate^[1] and officially abbreviated as DNR, is an Italian glam rock band formed in Bologna, Italy.^[1] They have performed domestically as well as internationally at venues in Russia, Japan, Ukraine, and Belarus.^[2] Their look is self-described as "Eurovisual" - taking influences from Japanese visual kei and Western glam rock.^[1][3] Luminor, formerly of Cinema Bizarre, has collaborated extensively with the band.^[2][3][4] The band's full name changed to Dreams Not Reality after the departure of DeLord and Mantis, as the remaining members sought a more optimistic name.^[3]

− Sebastiano Serafini joined the band in 2011 as the fifth member "Seba", playing keyboard and performing vocals for the band. Together, they opened up for Versailles on June 4, 2011 in Salerno,^[5][6][7][8] and also played at the 2011 V-Rock Festival held at Saitama Super Arena.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]} The band was also part of the lineup for V-Love Live International, which took place two days later on October 25.^[15][16] Their first single under Serafini's lineup, "A Taste of... Eurovisual" was released on October 2012 ^[9] Yu Phoenix ex guitarist of Cinema Bizarre joined the band in 2012. DREAMFINITY album was released in March 2015 under the label KR-music. DNR was the first non-Japanese band to perform at the Stylish Wave event at Akasaka BLITZ 13 May 2012.^[17][18]

References

1. 1 2 3 Alessandro Monopoli. "La prima risorsa in Italia sul Jpop. Forum, news, gallery e tutte le informazioni sui grandi artisti come Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru". TokyoNoise.Net. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
2. 1 2 "DNR – Un ritorno a casa in Grande Stile | Archivio" (in Italian). LineaMusica.it. 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
3. 1 2 3 "DNR… L’ Intervista | Archivio" (in Italian). LineaMusica.it. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
4. ↑ "Artisti: Dreams Not Reality Arriva L´Eurovisual! - Newsic". Newsic.it. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
5. ↑ "Sebastiano Serafini Exclusive Interview! | TOKYO CATWALK MAGAZINE". Tokyocatwalk.com. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
6. ↑ "DNR, DREAMS NOT REALITY, ITALIAN VISUAL KEI BAND: SEBASTIANO SERAFINI IS NEW VOCALS & KEYBOARDS MEMBER! | LA CARMINA. Gothic Lolita Punk † Cute Girls Japanese fashion † Tokyo Japan street style † Visual Kei Jrock bands". Lacarmina.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
7. ↑ autore: Takaki kun. "Intervista ai Versailles a Roma". NipponProject.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
8. 1 2 DQuinn.net (2011-11-09). "V-ROCK FESTIVAL 2011: Best Stage Presence » Visual Kei Music, Life, & Japanese Fashion » ROKKYUU Magazine". Rokkyuu.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
9. 1 2 "Dnr??! - Visulog". Visulog.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
10. ↑ DQuinn.net (2011-08-31). "DNR and Seremedy Join the V-Rock Fest Line-up! » Visual Kei Music, Life, & Japanese Fashion » ROKKYUU Magazine". Rokkyuu.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
11. ↑ "Last Round of Artist Lineup with DEAD END & Kyarypamyupamyu for V-ROCK FESTIVAL ’11! book by Mattia Rissone and managed to : SYNC MUSIC JAPAN". Syncmusic.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
12. ↑ "Kyarypamyupamyu and DEAD END to Participate in this Year's V-ROCK FESTIVAL!! - musicJAPANplus -Pick up". Musicjapanplus.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
13. ↑ "V-ROCK FESTIVAL’11 - ?????ONE/TWO/NEXT(????????)". Fujitv.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
14. ↑ Shimizu, Yamamoto, Mokoto, Hiroko, "V-ROCK FESTIVAL '11 oct.23 @ SAITAMA SUPER ARENA report", Fool's Mate (Japan), no. Vol 35 January 2012, pp. 134–136 
15. ↑ DQuinn.net. "V-Love?Live -international- » Visual Kei Music, Life, & Japanese Fashion » ROKKYUU Magazine". Rokkyuu.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
16. ↑ Shimizu, Kimura, Mokoto, Ryuzo, "Viju?Love?Live -international- report", Fool's Mate (Japan), no. Vol 35 January 2012, pp. 110–111 
17. ↑ ??, Irene, Visual Japan ??????????? (Japan), pp. 28–39  Missing or empty |title= (help)
18. ↑ http://www.club-zy.com/news_detail.php?UID=kB0UBfkepHxHG2n4