Gruppo D'alternativa Lyrics

Gruppo d’Alternativa was formed in Milano in the early 70’s and managed to release one album (named “Ipotesi”) before they splitted and drowned into futher obscurity. Some could consider them as a ‘proto-RIO’ band due to their activity long before the first RIO movement in the late 70’s, and their alternative and experimental prog-rock sound confirms this well although they also reveal some notable Jazz-Rock/Canterbury influences in their sound. Ipotesi was based on the death of a friend of the band who was killed in a road accident some time before the album was written, but whenever this explains the bands musical approach is unknown. After a request for a more commercial second album from the record company, the band decided to disband.... read more