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Jesus Was Homeless is a project born on the road during a round trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco. A trip originated from a desire to feel alive again. A travel where freedom of movement became freedom of espression, where the diverse artistic, cultural and social issues arising from those American metropolies enriched and re-ignited the creative sparks of the band founding members, giving birth to their debut album: The Landing, a collection of songs that definitely gathers all the experiences of the road trip in one coherent work.
This project is then deeply rooted in international grounds, untamed by the Italian scene logics and market, aiming toward wider horizons. The band is a four piece with a mixed musical background: we have Tiziano on vocals and guitar, Amorosi on bass, Maruko on guitars and electronix and Alessandro on drums.
Jesus Was Homeless is signed to the independend label O.B.E. Records, dividing itself between Los Angeles, London and Rome and, as a consequence, The Landing has been recorded, mixed and mastered in several steps between Rome and London at Rituality studios, Chris Sheldon's studio, Eden studios, 360 Mastering and Reference studios.
The end result is a innovative mixture of that brings very shortly to a deal with Halftonic, a sub-brand of famed Japanese label Marquee Records, releasing The Landing in Japan and Asia in May 2008 with very encouraging results.
Jesus Was Homeless decides then to propose the album to the European public, starting from the Italian market, and by the closing of 2008 the song Melting is chosen as the opening single, gaining immediate airplay on the best Italian radio networks.
The band generated a notable interest in media circles and in December 2008 is invited to perform Melting for the fund raising television programme Telethon and then in January at the music show Scalo 76 Cargo, both broadcasted by Italian national network RAI 2.
More recently the band shot the video for the song which will be premiered at midnight on April, 3rd 2009 at Alien Club in Rome during Subbacultcha alternative rock club event. Co-produced by O.B.E. Records and Incredible Machine, the video has been directed by Daniele Prato who has recently awarded with Nastro D'Argento and Globo D'Oro for “Passato Prossimo” featuring actress Paola Cortellesi. Direction of photography instead has been taken care by Daniele Poli, of famed Sky Fox News series “Boris”. Sourcing from the song explicit attack to the star-system, the video has been shot in a ex-hangar that it's now used as a cinematographic equipment deposit , where the band performance seems to rebel against its role as a mere scenic tool, as yet another chain link in the show business machine.
In mid May 2009, after a short stint during which they were featured on their web portal, Virgin Radio FM puts Melting on heavy rotation, soon followed by other national broatcasting networks. This gives new impetus to the album which is now available worldwide on iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital downloads sites.
As any rock band worth its salt though, Jesus Was Homeless don't forget that they have to gain the attention of their public by playing live and have successfully taken the stage in several famous clubs in Rome and Milan such as: Piper (twice, once supporting Japanese revelation Polisix and then again with italian pop-rock acts Velvet and Le Mani), Circolo degli Artisti, Alien, Rock’n’Roll, Traffic, Qube, Jailbreak, Nike Temporary Store and Zoe.
The band is presently back in the recording studio, completing their rendition of Self Control, the 80's smash hit by Raf that they have always performed live and that will be released in Autumn 2009.
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