Strana Officina, Heavy Metal Options

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Genre(s):
Heavy Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Rock, Life, Feelings
Origin:
Italy (Livorno, Tuscany)
Formed In:
1977-1993, 1993-1995, 2006-present
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Enzo Mascolo Bass (1977-1993, 1993-1995, 2006-present)
Daniele "Bud" Ancillotti Vocals (1982-1993, 1993-1995, 2006-present)
See also: Ancillotti, Bud Tribe
Rolando "Rola" Cappanera Drums (1993-1995, 2006-present)
See also: ex-Cappanera, Tres, ex-First Experience
Dario "Kappa" Cappanera Guitars (1993-1995, 2006-present)
See also: Rebel Devil, ex-Cappanera
Former/Past Member(s):
Roberto Cappanera Drums (1977-1993)
(R.I.P. 1993) See also: ex-Cappanera
Fabio Cappanera Guitars (1977-1993), Vocals (1977-1979)
(R.I.P. 1993) See also: ex-Cappanera
Sandro La Fratta Keyboards (1977-1979)
Johnny Salani Vocals (1979-1982)
See also: ex-Cappanera
Marcello Masi Guitars (1982-1986)
(R.I.P. 2002) See also: ex-Bud Tribe, ex-Acquaraggia
Live musicians:
Current
Denis Chimenti Guitars (2019-present)
Past
Luciano Toscani Guitars (2010, 2017-?)
See also: Ancillotti, Listeria, ex-Wyvern
Leo Milani Guitars (2018)
See also: Bud Tribe, ex-Sabotage, ex-Machine Messiah, ex-Blind Demon

Additional notes:

At the beginning of the 1970s the Cappanera brothers, Fabio and Roberto, used to play in their father's garage with their friend Enzo Mascolo; despite this, the real band was founded only in 1977.

By the way, band name came from a comment pronounced by policemen who, by theirself or called in there by neighbors, due to the "noise" made within the workshop during the rehearsals, visited the place back then. Once there, they would found nothing else than all the regular garage's equipments and no musical instruments (for the band in the meantime had already finished the session or for they quickly removed all, hearing the police arriving). This possibly happened more than one time only, always with the same "script", so eventually one of those nights a policeman said: "This garage/workshop is really strange...".
In Italian:
officina = garage/workshop
strana = strange

After the death of the two Cappanera brothers, the band made some commemorative shows in 1993-1995 with Rolando "Rola" Cappanera (son of Roberto) on drums and Dario "Kappa" Cappanera (nephew of Fabio and Roberto) on guitar, then they disbanded.

In 2006, the band reunited in occasion of the show at Gods of Metal Festival in Italy (as headliner in the day completely dedicated to Italian bands), and they decided to restart their activity.

Whenever Dario is not available, due to his other activities, Ciano Toscani or Denis Chimenti play as guitarists in the band for live shows.
Also, in 2018 Leo Milani played some concerts as second guitarist, in order to better perform the songs off the first EP and demos (on which there were two guitarists, Fabio Cappanera and Marcello Masi).

Compilation Appearances:
- "Non Sei Normale" on Heavy Metal Eruption (Metal Eye, 1983)

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Discography:
Strana Officina - Demo Tape [demo] - 1983
Strana Officina - Strana Officina [ep] - 1984
Strana Officina - Demo 1986 [demo] - 1986
Strana Officina - The Ritual Promotional Tape [demo] - 1986
Strana Officina - Ritual [ep] - 1987
Strana Officina - Rock & Roll Prisoners [full-length] - 1989
Strana Officina - Rock & Roll Prisoners Tour '89 [video] - 1989
Strana Officina - Una Vita Per Il Rock [compilation] - 1994
Strana Officina - The Faith [full-length] - 2007
Strana Officina - La Storia 1979-1989 [boxed set] - 2008
Strana Officina - Rising To The Call [full-length] - 2010
Strana Officina - Rare & Unreleased - 1979-1989 [compilation] - 2014
Strana Officina - Non Finirà Mai [compilation] - 2018
Strana Officina - Law Of The Jungle [full-length] - 2019
Strana Officina - Guerra Triste [ep] - 2019
Strana Officina - Law Of The Jungle [full-length] - 2019

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Strana Officina - Demo Tape [demo] - 1983 by Re3gerator
Strana Officina - Strana Officina [ep] - 1984 by macchipazzi
Strana Officina - Demo 1986 [demo] - 1986 by macchipazzi
Strana Officina - The Ritual Promotional Tape [demo] - 1986 by necroscum
Strana Officina - Ritual [ep] - 1987 by macchipazzi
Strana Officina - The Faith [full-length] - 2007 by Chichita
Strana Officina - Rising To The Call [full-length] - 2010 by Дюймовочка
Strana Officina - Non Finirà Mai [compilation] - 2018 by fylopaloma
Strana Officina - Law Of The Jungle [full-length] - 2019 by necroscum