Dario Mollo is an Italian guitarist and record producer, perhaps best known for the three "Cage" albums he recorded with former

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singer/bassist

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(as Voodoo Hill).

Biography

Mollo's first band was Crossbones, which he joined in 1981 and found some degree of success in their native Italy. In 1986, Mollo met English producer Kit Woolven, who produced his first album in 1989, followed by a tour across Europe. After leaving Crossbones to pursue other projects, Mollo opened his own recording studio (Damage, Inc), in

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, Italy, where he has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including Aldo Giuntini and

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'' with him in 1999. Well received by critics and the public, Mollo and Martin released two follow-up albums: ''

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'' in 2002 and ''

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'' in 2012. In between working with Martin, Mollo also released three albums with

under the name Voodoo Hill: their self-titled debut in 2000, ''Wild Seed of Mother Earth'' in 2004, and ''Waterfall'' in 2015. Mollo is currently involved in Tony Martin's live band, Headless Cross. The new Headless Cross line-up played their first ever show on 27 July 2012, at The Asylum nightclub in

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. The set included material from the pair's ''Cage'' albums together.

Discography

with Crossbones

* ''Demo'' (1984) * ''Crossbones'' (1989) * ''Rock the cradle'' (2016)

with Tony Martin

* ''

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2012)

with Voodoo Hill (with Glenn Hughes)

* ''Voodoo Hill'' (2000) * ''Wild Seed of Mother Earth'' (2004) * ''Waterfall'' (2015)

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)

* ''Feeding the Beast'' (2017)

Guest musician

* Sharon – ''Skintight'' (1990) * Wine Spirit – ''Bombs Away'' (2001) * Night Cloud – ''Defeated by the Innocents'' (2004) * Wicked Machine – ''Wicked Machine'' (2011) * Alcatrazz – ''Born Innocent'' (2020) Dario Mollo
Retrieved 24 January 2022.

References

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