TRAKS MAGAZINE TraKs Magazine #4 | Page 8

interview Vallanzaska 25 years on the ska way T wenty-five years: Vallanzaska are celebrating a quarter of a century in business. The event is celebrated with a proper tour already started, and it will continue with various initiatives. We have joined the choir to celebrate the band from Milan and we interviewed Davide Romagnoni, “Dava”, the singer, who was already there at the time of the first concert, 25 years ago. You are not a particularly “institutional” band, rather the reverse, however, the 25th anniversary for a band is important. What do you remember the beginning and the February 14, 1991, the official start date of the band’s history? That is the date of our first concert, we played 8 a private party in Milan, at the occupied community center Serra, we did cover of Madness and the Specials and the same week we also did our second gig... And so that started the our great and beautiful adventure. What do you remember of those days? There have been many things, but you could not say anything in particular. I can say that in 25 years of existence we have seen a bit of everything and we had the greatest satisfaction when we began to see the audience singing our songs, today may be normal, but then it was a great source of pride. The perception of having the fans is very satisfactory, it gives you the idea that he had chosen the right path. 9