ROOTS

It was 1994 when Lorenzo and Pino came up with the idea of a rock'n'roll band.
Lorenzo was into country blues and blue grass music, Pino into heavy metal and
such, but the two of them shared the same field: punk. Their early rehearsals were
at home, in the living room, just a guitar and a bass; occasionally a friend with another
guitar joined the duo. In 1995 they had already set up a real band with a background
which connected country music to punk. There was Pino's brother on the drums and
Antonio on the electric guitar. Lorenzo named the group Arroyo the following year
when they got asked to play at a Harley Davidson international meeting. They needed
a name and Arroyo described what music was like in Lorenzo's mind. Arroyo stands
for creek in Spanish; every creek is an arroyo in southern United States and lots of
old music from that area had a powerful influence on the band's sound. The songs and
the style then got sharpened by Lorenzo's travelling years mostly in Ireland, Scotland and
the US, where he got influenced by their musical roots. From '96 to late '98 Arroyo was
Lorenzo, Pino and Antonio, plus numerous additional misicians on the drums, banjo, flute
and fiddle. In summer '96 there was also an additional background vocalist, Mandy,an
English friend of Lorenzo. In late '98 then Davide joined the band on the guitar
and taking definitely Antonio's place after the recording of the first EP in early '99.
On that record, Freddy from Brazil was on the drums and stayed with the boys for
a whole year. He was actually a member of the band and up to this date one of the best
friend and fellow player they've ever met. In the year 2000 Arroyo played Cittadella Live
festival, in Ancona - the band's hometown - and the song Rovin' USA is included in the
soundtrack of the event. The boys recorded their first studio album "Freddy Malins" in
2001 followed by "In The Nick Of Time" the next year and "Old Fishmarket Close" in
2005.
Arroyo is: Lorenzo, Davide, Pino.