Antistamina

Antistamina

 

Antistamina is a ska-punk band from Rome, born in april 2004. Actual line up is composed by LadyOrange (voice), Andrea (guitar), Patrick (bass), Bobby (drum), Ilario (trumpet) and Corrado (sax).

Andrea and Corrado joined the band in the spring of 2007, after the departure of Andrew (guitar) and Marco (sax) who left the band to follow some different musical paths.

The band's artistical identity is based upon italian lyrics and a fresh mixture of ska and punk sounds. The lyrics are always thoughtfull and never a give-away, driven by the feeling of not being acquainted to the absurdities, the conflictual messages and the abuses that comes from our society.

The live show is what everything is based on. When Antistamina are on the stage they can really fullfill their purpose of spreading their ideas and their rhytm, trough the enery of punks guitar, upbeat gooves and a straight-in-your-face horns section that highlight any passage of every song. And it's from the stage that LadyOrange's lyrics comes to life, morphing from words to protest, to a real need for a change.

Since 2005 (first offial show of the band) the band has played all over Italy either as headline or as an opener for bigger bands, like Radici nel Cemento, Fahrenheit 451, Red Ska ad DDR.

2005 was also the year in wich Antistamina joined Raged Records, creating a strong collaboration that lead Antistamina to partecipate in two important releases from the indipentend label:

  • “*6”, a strictly punk split published in november 2005 where Antistamina contributed with three original songs (“Alta moda”, “Bianco e nero” and “Matta”).

  • “Strummer: a Clash tribute”, double-tribute-cd dedicated to Joe Strummer and the Clash, published in may 2006. Antistamina contributed with “Tommy Gun”.

The band is now working on two different projects: 

  • “Contrasti”. First official release from the band for Raged Records. Out on may 2009.

  • “Cock Sparrer”. Tribute cd dedicated to one of the most relevant english band of all the times: the Cocksparres. The record is co-produced by Raged Records, Antistamina will feature a cover of "Because of you're young". The record is expected to be release in March 2009.

 

Antistamina's production are distributed by Goodfellas s.r.l.