The Jazz House Independent, Vol. 3 (The Deeper Side of House)



There are, at least, five artists known as Belladonna. 1) - Belladonna - The name used for the solo work of Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna. Joey is well known for vocal range which has similarities to Steve Perry of Journey. This band continued the thrash & heavy metal sound that played with Anthrax, but with another concepts and lyrical themes. Joey released four albums as Belladonna: Belladonna (1995 - backing inc: Darin Scott w/ guitar, Joe Andrews credited as bassist but did not perform on the recording Scott Schroeter w/ drums), Spells of Fear (1998 - backing inc' Peter Scheithauer w/ guitar, Fleisch w/ bass & Stet Howland w/ drums), 03 (2003 - co-written by Matt Zuber on lead / rhythm / bass guitars & Joey Belladonna w/ drums), Artifacts I and Artifacts II (2004 - originally recorded in 1993 - backing inc' Paul Crook w/ guitar, Paul Mocci w/ bass & Jeff Tortora w/ drums - The tracks are demo versions for Belladonna album recorded in 1992). Some songs are previously unreleased. Official site: https://root.theworkpc.com/music/preview?img=http://JoeyBelladonna.com 2) - Belladonna An Italian rock noir band, formed Rome, Italy (Feb 2005). The members are, co-founders Luana (lead vocals) & Dani (guitar), plus Alice (piano), Tam (bass) & Alex (drums). Their début album, Metaphysical Attraction, may have defined a new genre - rocknoir. Exploring such themes as murder, mystery, reincarnation & magic - they found a fan base on MySpace.com. In 2005, the band was receiving thousands of plays, on their MySpace player, per day. By 2006, they were the most played unsigned Italian band, on MySpace. In 2007, two tracks from their début album - Black Swan & Foreverland - were nominated for Grammy Awards 2008, both for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (category 16). In addition, “Foreverland” was also nominated in Best Rock Song (category 20). Official site: https://root.theworkpc.com/music/preview?img=http://Belladonna.TV 3) - Belladonna A DJ / producer from Perugia, Italy, aka Maurizio Belladonna. He can be defined as a pioneer DJ in the field of dance music, where since latest 70's he worked in, playing in many small clubs in Perugia until arriving to work in a famous dance club, where he played from 1975 to 1998 funky, disco and afro music, influencing the formation of many famous house music DJ's. In 1998 he understood that he was having enough of that contaminated ambient, and so he decided to work by himself opening a recording studio and putting into music his idea of dance philosophy. Two years later his first album Housin' Paradise was printed and published by Irma Records, having a certain success and opening for Maurizio many new opportunities to work as a DJ also playing in many foreign countries. His sets range across tribal trance, nu house & nu jazz. Other albums include: Midnight House (2000) & Inspirational Grooves (2003). Official site: https://root.theworkpc.com/music/preview?img=http://mySpace.com/MaurizioBelladonna 4) - Belladonna - A rock band from Sweden. 5) - Belladonna - The stage name of Bella Cook, an indie pop artist from Wellington, New Zealand. She released her first single Hands in January 2020, followed by Calling Out Your Name, Perfectly Good and the EP Salty Dog on August 13 the same year. 6) - Belladonna - Metal band from Osaka, Japan - formed 1980 7) - Belladonna - Early 80s disco band 8) - Belladonna - UK glam hard rock band from London, they released a single High On Rock 'n' Roll in 1987. Gary Zal Roberts - Vocals Paul Lewis - Guitar Carl Appels-Riley - Guitar - ex-Blackrose Criss Neil Gaskill - Bass Adam Parsons - Drums 9) Belladonna - Texas Melodic Metal/Glam Metal. Relased 'Night Shade' in 2021. 10) - Belladonna Band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Belladonna is Adrian Morris (drums), Alyson Randles (lead vocals), Corey Cholock (piano), Robin Fraser (bass), Justin Thompson(viola) and Scott Randles (guitar). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.