Dreams Now Reality (formerly known as Do Not Reanimate and Dreams Not Reality and officially abbreviated as DNR) is an Italian

glam rock Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diver ...

band formed in

Modena, Italy Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. A town, and seat of ...

. They have performed domestically, as well as internationally at venues in

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, Japan,

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, and

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. Their look is self-described as "Eurovisual" - taking influences from Japanese

visual kei is a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock. Some ...

and Western

. Luminor, formerly of

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, has collaborated extensively with the band. The band's full name changed to Dreams Not Reality after the departure of Mantis, as the remaining members sought a more optimistic name. They released their first single "Visual Evolution" in 2008 and first studio album, ''Visual Evolution Reloaded'', in 2009 under the independent label Miraloop. In January 2011, a new single "Beyond This World" was released with the first video produced by Matteo Cifelli and Toby Chapman (

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, Lionel Richie, Andy Taylor, Tom Jones) under Fastermaster Records.

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joined the band in May 2011 as the fifth member "Seba", playing keyboard and performing vocals for the band. Together, they opened up for

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on June 4, 2011, in Salerno, and also played at the 2011 V-Rock Festival held at

Saitama Super Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...

. The band was also part of the lineup for V-Love Live International, which took place two days later on October 25. Their first single under Serafini's lineup, "A Taste of... Eurovisual" was released in October 2011 In September 2012 they opened up for

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(guitarist and co-founder of the rock band

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) for his European tour, Seven Samurais (gigs of:

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) . In January 2013, Sieg announced that he was leaving the band. Yu Phoenix, ex-guitarist of

, eventually took his place as guitarist for the band. In 2014 the second album ''DREAMFINITY'' was released through the crowdfunding partner

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and KR-music. In 2015, due a car accident of the drummer, the band have been forced to take a temporary break from the music scene, ending up canceling the Japanese performance on Visual Unite Event. In 2017 ''DREAMFINITY Deluxe Edition'' was released through the American label Perris Records. In 2018 a new line up has been announced, with Simo as turnist guitarist and Adam Langley on vocals. In October they opened up for

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, SEXORCISM European tour, (gigs of:

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

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). DNR was the first non-Japanese band to perform at the Stylish Wave event at Akasaka BLITZ 13 May 2012.

Band members

Current members *

Kira Kira may refer to: People * Kira clan, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) * Kira (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer * Kira (German singer) (Janine ...

– bass (2008–present) *

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– drums (2008–present) * Adam – vocals (2018–present) EX members *

Mantis Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...

– vocals (2008–2009) *

Sieg The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine. The river is named after the Sicambri. It is in length. The source is located in the Rothaargebirge mountains. From h ...

– guitars (2008-2013) * Luminor – Keyboards, vocals (2009-2011) *

– Keyboards, vocals (2011-2013) * Yu Phoenix – guitar (2013–2018) * Simo – guitar (2018–2020) * Axia – vocals (2009–2018) DNR line up 2012

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References

Italian rock music groups Musical groups established in 2008