Biografia - in english

Origin: Milan, Italy
Genre(s): Pop Punk
Website: www.finley.it

Members:
Marco Pedretti
Carmine Ruggiero
Stefano Mantegazza
Danilo Calvio

Finley is an Italian Pop Punk group, they were formed in Milan in 2000. The band is made up of 4 guys from Legnano, a town near Milan. The band got its name from NBA star, Michael Finley.

In 2006, the group won in the category for best Italian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 in Copenhagen, beating acts like Jovanotti, Tiziano Ferro, Lacuna Coil and Mondo Marcio, and on 14th April 2007 they won in the category Italians Do It Better, Best Lacrima Awards and Best Number One Of The Year at the MTV TRL Awards (Italy) 2007.

Finley released their single "Fumo e cenere" on TRL (Total Request Live) on the 24th November 2006, the day which in the shops, they released a DVD+CD combo of all the work in 2006.

The band is particularly active on the road, they were on tour non-stop in 2006, putting on over the year over 60 concerts all around Italy. 

Band members
Marco "Pedro" Pedretti - born in Magenta, Italy, 22 September 1985 - Singer and studies psychology at University. He likes Tim Burton and dislikes his alarm clock.
Carmine "Ka" Ruggiero - Castellammare di Stabia, 30 May 1985 - Guitarist & Singer, studies Political Science at University. He loves drawing and hates having a cold.
Stefano "Ste" Mantegazza - Saronno 7 August 1985 - Bass & Singer and does Communication Studies at University. Ste loves snowboarding and hates yellow cars.
Danilo "Dani" Calvio - Cerignola, 17 October 1985 - Drummer & Singer, studies at Law School, loves the SK8R look, cannot stand maths.

Career
It all begins with Danilo Calvio, aka Dani, who used to play pop with Ka (Carmine Ruggiero) in a basement in Legnano, while Ste (Stefano Mantegazza) and Pedro (Marco Pedretti), who had known each other since childhood, used to play Speed metal. In 2000 Dani, Ka and Pedro met each other at university where they had classes together, while Ste is a childhood friend of Pedro who eventually met the others. In 2002 the four of them formed Finley and, like all new groups they started their life with competitions, parties, auditions, gaining support... In 2004 recorded a demo of Make up your own mind and a low budget video and in 2005 they came into contact with Claudio Cecchetto, he helped them debut by signing their single with Capitol/EMI, Tutto è possibile, the Italian version of Make up your own mind. From this moment onwards people started to talk of Finley. Their album of the same name was released on 31 March 2006. All the songs on the album are composed by Finley and the musical production was contracted to Daniele Persoglio. The artistic production bears the signature of Claudio Cecchetto and Pier Paolo Peroni.

In May, they worked with Mondo Marcio for Dentro alla scatola. Finley are considered as the hardPop genre of music which is made up from intense melodies and energy throughout the song, but are usually considered a very mediocre pop act by most rock conoisseurs. In June they were on stage for Jamming Festival 2006 and opened the concert on the first day (Guest Star: Depeche Mode). Diventerai una star is their second single. Finley participated at various summer shows of Festivalbar earning an invitation to participate also at the finals which were held in Verona. In September, they released Sole di settembre as a CD Single with video.

Their concert at Jesolo for Coca Cola Live was aired on MTV during prime time. They won the award for best Italian Music Video in the newcomers category in 2006 and in November they won the Best Italian Act Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Copenhagen. For the opening of the Italian version of Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards, Finley wrote and performed the theme song. Part of their CLUB TOUR 2006/2007, organised by Barley Arts. Initially 15 concerts were planned, this number was then doubled. This also doubled the publicity received by the band. Since the day Finley's album was released, it continues to be present in the popularity rankings. Through its sales it became a Gold Disc and then a Platinum Disc. In January they concluded the tour "Tutto è possibile 2006/2007", after some months out of the limelight, on 14 April, they attended the TRL Awards (Italy) 2007 and performed their new single Niente da perdere.

Discography

      Tutto è Possibile (November 2005)
"Tutto è Possibile"
"Make up your own mind"
"Grief"
      Diventerai una star (May 2006)
"Diventerai una star"
"Ray of Light (Live)"
"Grief (Live)"
"Tutto è Possibile (Live)"
"Run Away (Instrumental)"
      Sole di Settembre/Fumo e Cenere (October 2006)
"Sole di Settembre"
"Fumo e Cenere"
"Sole di Settembre (Half Playback)"
"Fumo e Cenere (Half Playback)"
      Tutto è Possibile (July 2006)
"Tutto è Possibile"
"Sole di Settembre"
"Fumo e Cenere"
"Addio"
"Diventerai una Star"
"Per Sempre"
"Scegli me"
"Sirene"
"Run Away "
"Make up your own mind"
"Ray of light"
"Grief"
"Dollars & Cars"
"Goodnight"
"In my arms again"
"Siren"
"Dentro alla Scatola"
      Adrenalina (June 2007)
"Niente da Perdere"
"Adrenalina"
"C'è qualcosa che non va"
"Ad occhi chiusi"
"Qui per voi"
"Veleno"
"Questo sono io"
"Domani"
"Mai più"
"Voglio"
"Lies are all around me"
"Satisfied"

Other Songs
"Drops of time"
"I Nostri Eroi"
"Scegli Tu"
"Stai Con Me"
"9 Luglio 2006" (worldcup 2006)