"Excessive, fabulous, ridiculous." These are the three adjectives picked by Rolling Stone, a well-known music magazine, to preview the new Maneskin album, which will be released on January 10th. "Remember when rockers were showy, extravagant, exaggerated libertines? We don't either, but Maneskin are here to rekindle our memories - says David Browne. –On the third album Rush! former Eurovision winners and would-be saviors of rock from Rome they go out of their way to live up to the exclamation point contained in the title. Maneskin, in a sense, won the war for the right to party. They are the only great rock band capable of influencing modern popular culture due to their sense of popularity and fashion, as well as a guitarist (Thomas Raggi) who places a few solos here and there. In case you don’t consider Damiano a rock star, try to listen timezone where he changes a flight for twice as much and blows his plans for so long, he’s excited to meet his girlfriend: “I don’t give a shit about the contracts I signed.” Being a king lizard in 2023 has its perks.
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