Hellcats was born at the end of eighties in Casinina (in the Pesaro-Urbino province of Marche – Italy) from Luigi’s experience (he was the Jumpin' Shoes’s rhythmical guitarist) and by the enthusiasm of a group of friends that were longing to set their own music their rock'n'roll and rockabilly passion.
The band started as a joke: none of us attended a music school; we often went to Luigi’s house and made musical noise but, in spite of the effects of alcohol, we played something good. But we thought it wasn’t good enough for a show.
On a Sunday evening (when, as usual, we were in a Morciano di Romagna pizzeria) Luigi decided to make up a real band and so we started to rehearse in earnest: Luigi singing and playing guitar, Spina at the drums and chorus, Fox at the bass and chorus.
Hellcats name originated from Luigi’s old passion for fighter planes and also because rock'n'roll was considered as hell’s music. Our own music style, that we call “hot rock'n'roll & rockabilly” it is like our own personalities and our rock’n’roll feeling.
The beginning was very hard: the first, true concert (apart from sporadic exhibitions where we played only two songs) was the 3rd of april 1993 at Piola, a mythical club in Ferrara. It was an immediate success, as much that at the end of that year, we played also three times in Berlin. All seemed so simply…
But then some problems began: Steve is our sixth (and current) bass-man after Fox, Otto, Bracci, Maka and Alex. We want sincerely to thank all of them because it is thanks to them that Hellcats still exist.
Every time we changed our bass-man we had to start all over again from the beginning; nothing was simple, because we also had some forced pauses for personal problems.
In spite of all, every time we started again, we found again our passion for rock'n'roll with the humility that distinguished us.
We want thank all who keep close to us, who were in front of us when we came back: it’s impossible for us to mention every one, but we want heartily to thank Ciccio by Cittadella (made in Italy) for all he has done for Italian and European rock'n'roll and also for all he has done for us: he helped us at the beginning but also from time to time; we don’t know if, without him, we would still be playing.
In our’s own small way we have played a lot in Italy and in Europe; we even had session with Screaming Lord Sutch, Graham Fenton, Crazy Cavan, receiving good praise from them as from other great artists of the European and International rockabilly movement, like Ray Campi and the Memphis Rockabilly Band.
In the hope of continuing in the same way, we will go forward on our road, with convinction about our music style and try to be the best we can…
Thanks to all who come at our concerts because with you rock'n'roll never dies!!!
