The first core of Wish band comes from a lucky meeting in September 1992. Even if the first line-up is not complete, since a stable bass player will be missing for a few years, the group focuses on an idea of “concept album”, writing songs originals, in English. The style is a bit hybrid, hard to classify, but closer to the standards of the classic rock songs.
Since 1997 the line-up starts shaping: Mauro Biondo on drums, Piergiorgio Franceschelli on vocals, Salvatore Patti on keyboards, Fabio Romagnoli on bass and Giorgio Simonetti on guitars. The group is increasingly oriented towards the prog, with the composition of new songs that are affected by the atmosphere of the 70s, but with a clearly recognizable and original style that is in the wake of modern progressive rock.
The years pass, families claim space, work absorbs time and takes us away, so rhythms slow down and projects for creating albums do not materialize. It is for personal reasons that Mauro has to leave the group during this period and is replaced by Massimo Mercurio.
In 2011 we decide to create our own studio, that due to a peculiar resonance, we call BbBox. We start recording almost all the songs in our repertoire, but Fabio suddenly leaves the band; after some initial confusion, we decide it’s time to start working on an album, and in September 2019, our dream comes true: Stay Here My Friends is released. The work starts from an essential concept: friendship as a true bulwark to withstand the bumps of our daily life.
The album is received with great acclaim by audiences and critics, and shortly after its release, we begin thinking about another album.
So, after a long process, the time finally came…
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