There’s not much info out there in English about this great Milan band, usually referred to as just i Bisonti (the Bison!). I know of three releases, each of which has at least one great song on it.
The first, “Ma se ci penso” is probably my favorite, it was written by A. Friggieri and P. Gatti. This 3 song ep also has a fine cover of Lucille on it.
Crudele (translates as “Cruel”) is their heaviest number, the opening fuzz riff is followed by a scream and lyrics that are shouted at you to a pounding beat. This one was written by Solisca and Friggieri.
Partial list of 45 releases:
City 6164 – Portami tante rose, Lucille, Ma se ci penso
City 6179 – Balla canta ridi, Come on
City 6190 – Occhi di sole, Crudele
crudele and ma se ci penso are both great tunes! thanks a lot
i have also a SP of them, a promo copy on city of with “la tua ombra” backed with “lui non vueole”, that second one is really cool too 🙂
Great tunes. What a GREAT site you have here. THanks so much for sharing this. Clearly a labor of love.
Hey!
I recently found what seems to be an original italian copy of Lucille, the exact same song you uploaded, but credited only to Bruno Castiglia, but on a different label. Wow, that’s an awesome primitive version! The B side is a slow cheesy ballad… not really worth it. I’ll try to uplaod Lucille with a picture of the label on my blog sometime soon.
Thanks for all the great tunes all the time!
Felix