Updated by Manuel Jensa Manager & producer 1/03/2009
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WELCOME TO MAD CITY ROCKERS MYSPACE!!!!
Mad City Rockers chose a difficult path totally independent..
and I personally have taken advantage of the crisis of music in order to make the music we love doing a good record.
I do not need anybody who tells me what to do..
the music market has irreparably damaged all the rock scene..
Here Friends for so long have worked together for success and creating a rock opera.Rock is not 'dead.metal more' extreme explores and develops territories unknown to us experiencing new frontiers but we have yet something to say in the way we use to call: Traditional!
Major & indie labels are not interested in producing new bands
Today far as i know is an unnecessary risk given that some discography does not sell ...I gain more money if i only manage the project ..
Alone i have more difficulties, thats for sure, but in these days its easy to meet the end-user without having to ask labels.
Obviously i do not rule out the attempt to give copies to distributors and shops.
But most declare themselves independent and want to only sell Bruce Springsteen and the Stones
I really do not need anyone to tell me what kind of music I produce.
Persevere is the most important thing for a musician and freedom to play music we wants is even more 'important to me!
Since forming in 2006, the style of MCR and lyrics have evolved covering subjects that challenge the socially constructed image of The Great American Slowdown. Black celebration new release reflects their interest in recording songs that stay true to their live performances,as a producer i had a long job for the perfect singer (mark duda) and the perfect guest musician (john Garcia) To put an end of this record of Madcity album that by some miracle anyway. This summer around arizona,colorado,nevada & utah with bacons, pancakes and fried eggs i just realized... damn, that was happening - thank you so much to all of u part of this project. Mark most of all.What a blast and a honor also to have a new song with John Garcia.
MCR its a rock traditional trio. Prepare to be proud of us!!! As we do!! All compositions was originally conceived raw with a long process for reintroducing voice on music originally been written by Angus bidoli.I tried successfully to combines two of the most rock styles of music with heavy rock classic recruting an american singer from New Jersey: Mark Duda.Part of this album was mixed & mastered by top engineers including,Kostadin Kamcev,Max ruscitto,Fa. Michael Haider.
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Maurizio "Angus" Bidoli - Lead Guitars
Some people compare his sound to Hendrix , others hear Motorhead, still others Santana or Neil Young. No matter which comparisons Angus evokes the theme is clear: he's a storyteller. Born and raised in italy now hes 50 years old.2008 is the 30 anniversary since he plays his fender. As a manager and producer Angus for me he's an oral storytelling ,with old rock traditions along with its roots music & penchant for literature,he's inspired 70's music. Angus 's lyrics are his primary instrument though i took the decision to arrange songs in english with Mark Duda. He plays with Fingernails & Garcon Fatal.
Mark Duda - Lead Vocals
Storytelling is such a large part of a quality rock'n'roll band. Sometimes, if the musicians & vocalists are good enough, that's perfect to create a good product. Fortunately, The Handful has more than enough.Each tune sucks you in like a good movie or a good book and leaves you in any mood the band wishes to put you in. The Handful remind me of some great story telling bands....
-Christopher J. Kelter, Rough Edge
MAD CITY ROCKERS
Nonostante la presenza di John Garcia,noto per i Kyuss,unida & Hermano questo non e’ un prodotto Stoner,bensi’ Southern Rock. Southern Rock: Il nome stesso dice tutto su questo tipo di musica,che nasce, cresce, muore e risorge nel sud degli Stati Uniti. Perche sia eseguito serve esperienza di una vita,per questo ho scelto Maurizio “Angus” Bidoli alla chitarra. Dopo 30 anni di fender era l’unico musicista che ne poteva far parte. Lo spirito alla base di questo progetto, e’ creare un sound moderno,ma con una sua precisa identità di fondo. Mad City Rockers non puo’ tranquillamente convivere con tanti strumenti senza che nessuno di essi sia rilegato al ruolo di "comparsa" e’ stato quindi scelta una formazione tradizionale di Power Trio superando così lo stereotipo della classica formazione “Comitiva” di musicisti che nella baraonda live suonano con Basi musicali tastiere finte e Cori musicali. Per un Southern Rock decente le chitarre hanno un ruolo fondamentale accompagnate da una buona sezione ritmica.Ma soprattutto il cantante deve avere determinate caratteristiche che vanno ricercate altrove,perche’ l’italia,paese di grandi aspettative non ha una tradizione di cantanti. Il progetto prende vita da un Idea Di Manuel Jensa,giovane produttore rock dell'underground romano,bassista della band Ipernova sciolta nel il 2005.Nel settembre 2006 Jensa abbandona il ruolo di Singer per dedicarsi solamente al basso e alla produzione musicale di uno dei musicisti piu' famosi dell'interland Romano Angus Bidoli,noto Chitarrista dei Fingernails; grazie a ciò, entra a far parte del gruppo anche il batterista degli Alien Vampires,duetto industrial con Nysrok ex-Aborym. Dopo il primo concerto con Brant Bjork and the bros questa formazione, incontra Luigi Bonanni,uno dei principali personaggi della scena punk romana (centocelle city rockers e Garcon fatal). E’ un ricordo non trascurabile i suoi live Con Litfiba e Captain Sensible dei Damned. Manuel Jensa trova finalmente il nome "Mad City Rockers" ispirandosi a i Clash e a marzo abbandona l'idea di sviluppare le composizioni di Maurizio "Angus" Bidoli in lingua italiana. Sostituisce gli arrangiamenti e poco prima dell'estate viene in contatto con John Garcia dei Kyuss,Unida Hermano.Noto cantante della scena Stoner californiana presente anche in uno dei primi Ep della mans'ruin con i queens of the stone age.Durante la permanenza negli stati uniti ha il piacere di incontrare Mark Duda (The Handful) Mark, Vive in New Jersey e mangia pane e Blaze Bayley.La sua Villa e’ al fianco di Joe Lynn Turner ,Glenn Danzig vive non lontanto dal suo quartiere. Nato in New Jersey ascolta le composizioni musicali strumentali e scrive tutti i brani ispirandosi alle tragedie e traversie di questo grande paese dove lui vive. Non a caso il disco "Black celebration viene pubblicato in concomitanza con le elezioni del nuovo presidente. Adesso che la band era composta anche con l'ausilio di un brano cantanto Da John Garcia Manuel Jensa,si accorse che il loro sound non era come desiderava,essendo gli studi italiani non in grado di ricreare quelle atmosfere propriamente rock metropolitane,decide di contattare Kostadin Kamcev a New York.Trovato lo studio in New Jersey con una esperienza ventennale,finalmente dopo molte traversie, il progetto viene missato dopo 3 mesi di lungo lavoro.Il master e' composto di 14 brani e per scelta viene ridotto a 10.L'idea del producer e' Una release contenente canzoni che abbiano la stessa intenzione e l'idea fu molto apprezzata dalla critica,delle prime copie promozionali sottoposte a visione. L'idea di avere realizzato una release oltre oceano diventò una vera e propria fonte di ispirazione e nonostante l'album fosse terminato Manuel Jensa venne meno alla publicazione,eliminando addirittura l'esecuzione di 4 sessioni ritmiche e rientrando in studio per nuove esecuzioni. L'incontro con un grande producer e batterista Valter Sacripanti,Famoso drummer di Nek,Ivan Graziani,Berte', gli rese il compito meno difficile,in quanto le partiture proposte da questo grande musicista cambiano le sorti di alcuni brani dando una veste piu' curata e professionale. Black Celebration viene pubblicato il 10 gennaio 2009 La Band regolarmente iscritta alla Southern Rock Society.
★★MCR★★John Garcia vs Mark Duda | Arkadaşlar (En İyi 26)
★★MCR★★John Garcia vs Mark Duda, 19798 kişiyle arkadaş.
How have you been? We have been doing really well! In fact, our new single, "Destiny," is available on iTunes, right now! Will you check it out and pick it up? You are going to love it!
Hello Manuel...thank you for the words and the songs,for playng with such intensity the bass chords...listening to this tunes it lifts me higher...thanks to you rock and roll is still alive,powerful and in good hands...i just love everything here.A huge hug to you my friend.I'll stay around waiting for some news about this all...i just need it.:)
P.S:...John Garcia is still one of my favourite voices ever.
I still dream a Fist of "advertising" into the ass of all mags worldwide that Starts off slow, builds up, then it's full speed ahead for the duration just like our rock record "Black Celebration" You know who u are!! MCR will never pay you for a review!!! I am Billionaire & i live my life with honour. My name is Manuel Jensa & u are the shit of this life!! We will rock for ever !!!
Millions of people who lives in mega-cities,listen new music leaving behind old traditions. Mark is not only a powerful singer,not so far away from Glenn Danzig & Lynn Turner he have an old rock tradition, Basically he preserve what we call rock. Let's say, i'm a new fan Of Mark Duda & Handful. It was way back in 2006 when i decided to Create this project because rock for me is an old cultural tradition. I hate the new music scene. Who knows, maybe in 10 years we will rock together in drunken revelry and rekindle an age-old tradition… many times a good record has been reminded after 20 years... the new music is old after 3 weeks. So we play rock...We let other people let themselves be carried away by fashion and trends.
Mad City Rockers - Black Celebration A rocking debut (METAL FORGE REVIEW)
The first thing that struck me about Mad City Rockers C.D. when it arrived in the mail was its packaging. The environmentally friendly and innovative packaging really impressed me, and the cover artwork - visually striking. So with Mad City Rockers album ‘Black Celebration’ already making an impact in the visual sense, I could only hope that they would dazzle me in the same fashion in the audio sense. I’ll be damned if they didn’t come pretty damn close to doing just that!
Founded by Italian guitarist Maurizio ‘Angus’ Bidoli (who’s otherwise known within the metal scene as guitarist for Italian thrash act Fingernails) back in 2006, Mad City Rockers soon consolidated their line-up with the addition of vocalist Mark Duda (who’s also vocalist for The Handful) and bassist Manuel Jensa, and with the assistance of two drummers (Valter Sacripanti and Alien Vampires drummer Dario ‘Daryl’ Fioravanti), finally set about recording their debut effort.
Despite the band’s somewhat eclectic line-up, ‘Black Celebration’ is a pretty impressive and convincing slab of good ol’ southern hard rock mixed with traces of stoner rock. The title track ‘Black Celebration’ makes for a great opening track, with Bidoli providing a great AC/DC-like riff groove throughout the song, and a genuinely ripping solo around the tail end. Duda is a great addition to the band’s ranks, with the slight twang on his vocal delivery giving the song a distinct southern groove. The only real flaw to be found is the production. While it’s solid and crisp, the lack of bass and meat in the guitar tones does tend to dampen the impact the song really could have had in the right hands.
Tracks such as ‘I Still Believe’, ‘Fix My Love’, ‘Sarajevo’ and ‘Hard Livin’ Headlines’ help keep the rock flowing throughout the album, while the slower paced ‘The Colour Of A Star’, the blues influenced ‘Set In My Ways’ and ‘Screaming Bloody Murder’ ensures that there’s plenty of variation throughout the album as well.
As an added bonus, former Kyuss/Unida/Hermano vocalist John Garcia adds a bit of extra appeal to the album with his guest appearance on the smouldering ‘Stronger’, which as you would expect is a definite highlight on the album.
Unfortunately, not everything works. The short atmospheric instrumental interlude ‘A Distant Mile’ (written by Fioravanti) and the Jensa penned industrial piece ‘The Enemy Within’ (which precedes the album closer ‘Follow The Sun’) just don’t fit on the album.
Aside from the two misplaced pieces, ‘Black Celebration’ is rocking debut effort for Mad City Rockers, and what I only hope is the first of many releases from the band.
(Independent)
Added: August 29th 2009 Reviewer: Justin Donnelly Score: Related Link: Official Website Hits: 82
Mad City Rockers Black Celebration Ipernova Recordings 2009
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Prendete nota dei Mad City Rockers, band di stanza a Roma ma dal respiro internazionale e ruotante attorno a due navigati musicisti della scena capitolina, il bassista Manuel Jensa (Ipernova) e il chitarrista Angus Bidoli (Fingernails). Reclutato alla voce Mark Duda (singer degli statunitensi The Handful) e alla batteria Daryl (ex Alien Vampires) i nostri hanno dato alle stampe uno dei migliori album di questo 2009. “Black Celebration” (dedica alle recenti presidenziali americane) ha tutto per competere con le migliori produzioni d’oltre oceano: suoni, packaging (fantastico!) e, soprattutto, canzoni con la c maiuscola. La voce prestata da John Garcia su Stronger ( non tragga in inganno. I quattro, recuperata in minima parte alcune peculiarità stoner (penso a Master Of Reality e ultimi Hermano), prediligono muoversi su movenze southern e, in alcuni frangenti, sui territori cari agli AC/DC dell’era Bon Scott. La title-track è a dir poco sublime. Caratteristico mood di scuola Angus Young e un interpretazione che poco ha da invidiare ai The Cult di “Sonic Temple”. Cito al volo altri due titoli, I Still Believe (gran classe) e la ballata ricca di pathos Set In My Ways(, prima di spingervi a contattare il gruppo quanto prima. Meriterebbero una visibilità che, ahimè, un paese come il nostro non è in grado di dare. Ma sognare non costa nulla… almeno per ora.
First, i would like to thank everyone for coming on MCR shop, Myspace Friends with more than 460 thousands visitors.I especially thank you as a sponsor of my U.S. & Middle East Tour.Is for me a kind invitation & lovely pleasure to take part on this traveling all around the world with MCR funds.MCR is for me is like a Department of the opportunities.Life is a collection of various news sources from middle east to other sides of the planets and i promise to collect for you all the best things for make the rock'n roll live with another great Hard & Heavy Product.The East teaches that we are: brothers and sisters to whom the Spirit has bestowed the gift of spiritual guide: they are valuable reference points.For the sake of all things sensible,Rock is my only way to live!When things didn't work out i used to spend all my energy for rock'n roll.Shop is Closed & we will start again in September. Enjoy your "Dirty Black Summer" Manuel Jensa & www.madcityrockers.com In primo luogo,vorrei ringraziare tutti per aver visitato i nostri spazi web,gli amici di Myspace con pi... Visualizza altroù di 470 mila visitatori.In particolare, vi ringrazio come sponsor dei miei lunghi viaggi negli Stati Uniti e Medio Oriente. È per me una sorta di invito e sempre un delizioso piacere prendere parte a questi viaggi in tutto il mondo con i fondi del nostro quartier generale.MCR è per me è come il "Ministero per le opportunità"La vita è una raccolta di cose meravigliose ,fonti,notizie. Senza eccezioni dal Medio Oriente agli altri lati opposti al nostro pianeta.Prometto di raccogliere per voi tutte le cose migliori per rendere il Rock'n Roll sempre migliore magari con un nuovo prodotto Hard & Heavy. L'Oriente insegna ed e'una guida spirituale e vi garantisco che ci sono preziosi punti di riferimento anche in U.S.Per il bene di tutte le cose sensate, per me il Rock è l' unico modo di vivere! Lo Shop è chiuso e riaprira' a settembre.
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