Italo Disco Historia

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER ONE – ITALO DISCO INTERVIEWS
SAVAGE_first interview
SAVAGE_second interview
FRED VENTURA
EDDY HUNTINGTON
TOM HOOKER
P. LION
KOTO
MAURO FARINA
GAZEBO
FEDERICO RIMONTI & CLAUDIO ACCATINO

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CHAPTER TWO – NON ITALO DISCO INTERVIEWS
DENIS CURMAN
JOY PETERS
ALEXIA
MARTYANGELO
GIOSUE IMPELLIZZERI
DJ VERONICA
TONY CURRIE

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CREDITS

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to my e-Book „Zeljko Vujkovic's The world of Italo-Disco Interviews – The
collection of the finest Italo Disco interviews“.
Exactly 4 years ago (in June 2000) i thought how would be nice if i could contact some
italo discoartists and ask them for the interview. I don't know the reason but my first choice
fall on Roberto „Savage“ Zanetti. Maybe because the fact that afternoon, when i was thinking
about that idea, i was surfing through his site?! I really don't know…. Anyway that day changed
the way of my italo disco life and one of things i dreamed about when i was teenager come true.
In the meantime i wascolloborating with famous artist Anfrando „Koto“ Maiola and for
the needs of his site he asked me if i can make some interviews for particular site and i agreed
so i made a few non italo disco interviews.
All interviews i made so far are closely connected to music, italo/disco/dance. I believe
many of you who will read this book are familiar with my italo disco interviews already but for
the 4thanyversary i decided to put all my interviews in one place, in my e-book. You can find my
interviews all around the Internet on various sites.
I had chance to share my italo love and my work with few friends and with many other
italo fans. I still share that love and work with my great pleassure.
I trully believe this is not the end of italo disco interviews i will make so i belive soon i
willbe forced to make update of this e-book ☺
Thanx to all who wrote me, who told me nice things about my work!

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Dear Mr. Zanetti. My name is Zeljko, I'm from Croatia and I am a writer for the music magazineFinal Impact. It is my most greatest pleasure and honor to make an interview with the music
genie you are !!! I have a lot of questions for you. First of all I would like to thank you for this
opportunity. It means a lot to me because I've been your fan since 1985 (since I started to
listen Italo disco) and from then I am watching your work. This interview is something like a
dream come true forme. Really ! I would like to start with next. Could you tell me who is Roberto
Zanetti ? Tell me about your childhood, how old were you when you decided to play music ?
Something about you in general before you started with the music ?

I was born in Massa, Italy. music was just a hobby for me until I began studying the piano at the
age of fourteen. Shortly afterwards I got together withsmall musical groups, such as
L'Inchiesta, Fathima E I Pronipoti, I Sangriň, playing the keyboards. My first professional
experience arrived with the group Santarosa and, together with them, I recorded a single,
Souvenir, that sold 200.000 copies in Italy. the record was produced by Zucchero "Sugar"
Fornaciari who was my great friend at the time. After this experience, I continued playingkeyboards with other groups, among which I Vicini Di Casa and Taxi. It was with Taxi that
collaboration with Zucchero grew stronger and we played together for a couple of years. In 1983
I produced a dance single entitled Don't Cry Tonight suitable for my voice, and I chose the
stage name of Savage. Note that, throughout my career, I have used two different professional
names : Robyx as a producer,...