(ANSA) - Rome, November 11 - A new book shines a light on
Italy's nightlife in the 1970s and 80s, with stories from the
era's key players along with the music, trends, and venues that
ruled the social scene of the times.
Italian Nightclubbing.
Ravings, Madness, and Rock n' Roll in the Bel Paese by Alessandra Izzo and Tiziano Tarli will hit bookstores on November 13. Through a selection of clubs divided by decade, the book is filled with stories and interviews with the people who populated the scene - from record producer, DJ, and talent scout Claudio Cecchetto to actress Mita Medici, from radio personality Awana-Gana to DJ Ringo, from journalist Roberto D'Agostino to former club owner and writer Bruno Casini.
The volume adds another piece to the history of Italian lifestyle, whose trends often hatched and evolved in the clubs themselves. "(Nightclubs) were gathering places par excellence in a society that still experienced urban spaces collectively and socialised in person," the authors wrote. The book covers Rome's Piper Club, whose staged was graced by the likes of Duke Ellington, Genesis, Patty Pravo, Pink Floyd, and Italian 1960s pop band Pooh, and which was frequented by singers Loredana Bertè and Renato Zero, novelist Alberto Moravia and painter Mario Schifano. There's also La Capannina in Forte dei Marmi, where Edith Piaf, Gilbert Beacaud, Ornella Vanoni and James Brown all sang, and on whose dance floor one might run into Florentine nobility, poets Eugenio Montale and Giuseppe Ungaretti, and aviator Italo Balbo. Bologna had Ciak, with its green and yellow divans and metallic dance floor, where Italian rock star Vasco Rossi played in 1977. The book also takes on a tour of the Banana Moon, a temple to the rebirth of Florentine rock; the monumental Baia degli Angeli in the Adriatic coastal town of Gabicce Mare, an archetype of the Italian disco; the Tuxedo in Turin, which played the best New Wave of the time; and Divina, Milan's answer to New York's Studio 54.
Italian Nightclubbing.
Ravings, Madness, and Rock n' Roll in the Bel Paese by Alessandra Izzo and Tiziano Tarli will hit bookstores on November 13. Through a selection of clubs divided by decade, the book is filled with stories and interviews with the people who populated the scene - from record producer, DJ, and talent scout Claudio Cecchetto to actress Mita Medici, from radio personality Awana-Gana to DJ Ringo, from journalist Roberto D'Agostino to former club owner and writer Bruno Casini.
The volume adds another piece to the history of Italian lifestyle, whose trends often hatched and evolved in the clubs themselves. "(Nightclubs) were gathering places par excellence in a society that still experienced urban spaces collectively and socialised in person," the authors wrote. The book covers Rome's Piper Club, whose staged was graced by the likes of Duke Ellington, Genesis, Patty Pravo, Pink Floyd, and Italian 1960s pop band Pooh, and which was frequented by singers Loredana Bertè and Renato Zero, novelist Alberto Moravia and painter Mario Schifano. There's also La Capannina in Forte dei Marmi, where Edith Piaf, Gilbert Beacaud, Ornella Vanoni and James Brown all sang, and on whose dance floor one might run into Florentine nobility, poets Eugenio Montale and Giuseppe Ungaretti, and aviator Italo Balbo. Bologna had Ciak, with its green and yellow divans and metallic dance floor, where Italian rock star Vasco Rossi played in 1977. The book also takes on a tour of the Banana Moon, a temple to the rebirth of Florentine rock; the monumental Baia degli Angeli in the Adriatic coastal town of Gabicce Mare, an archetype of the Italian disco; the Tuxedo in Turin, which played the best New Wave of the time; and Divina, Milan's answer to New York's Studio 54.
