Saint Just was an Italian
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
band from
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. They were named after French revolutionary
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (; 25 August 17679 Thermidor, Year II 8 July 1794, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the Fre ...
.
The band released two albums between 1973-1974. In 2011 vocalist Jane "Jenny" Sorrenti and guitarist Toni Verde reformed the band with different musicians.
Band members
*Jane "Jenny" Sorrenti - vocals
*Toni Verde - guitar, bass, vocals
*Robert Fix - sax
*Tito Rinesi - guitar, vocals
*Andrea Faccenda - guitar, keyboards
*Fulvio Maras - drums, percussion
Discography
;Albums
*''Saint Just'' (1973)
*''La Casa del Lago'' (1974)
*''Prog Explosion'' (2011)
References
Italian progressive rock groups
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