Melodic Punk Style : Bedtime for Charlie

Band members:
Giacomo Gabrielli: Vocals and bass.
Alessio Moroni: Vocals and guitar.
Alessandro Gavazzi: Vocals and guitar.
Domenico Migliaccio: Drums.

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Bio:

Bedtime for Charlie are a punk rock band from Rome, Italy.
The story probably starts out as any other story of any other band of any other place and time:

Bedtime was born back in 2001, with a different name, a different line up and a completely different sound, strongly influenced by the Italian punk scene of that period and, of course, just fucking terrible.

Despite the general lack of musical knowledge and the inevitable initial whatthefuckarewedoinghere kind of thing you always get from youngsters holding their first guitars and drumsticks, the band, driven by a genuine love for music and making music for the goddamn sake of just making it, still managed to put together something like five or so badly recorded and home-taped records between 2001 and 2004, and to slowly evolve into an English-singing melodic hardcore band who’s sound could be easily brought back to the American punk scene and it’s classic band-scenario of the Nineties and early Two Thousands.

In 2005 former members Giacomo Gabrielli -vocals and bass-, Domenico Migliaccio -drums- and Sandro Donnici -guitar- where joined by their buddy Alessio Moroni on guitar and started to take things a bit more seriously, with a fair amount of local and non-local shows and a five song EP called “Dog Tricks”, that never actually saw the light of day (if not in a special Japanese edition in 2009).
The mid-Two Thousands where a particularly good period for our hometown scene, so Bedtime got to play with many cool roman bands of the time and gained a fair amount of small local popularity, which is a not to be underestimated aspect of the life of a musician-wannabe’s life, for it encouraged our heroes to carry on, write more songs, play more shows and just keep having fun with it.

2007 is right in the middle of the Myspace era and the bands self-produced first official LP, “Winning is for Losers”, a 14 track fast and straight to the face punk-rock record, quickly makes its way across the net, receiving positive reviews and a general stamp of approval of the Underground Italian scene.
Songs like “Man on Mars”, “Castor Troy”, “Good Luck”, the acustic ballad “Airband” and the cover of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” gave Bedtime for Charlie enough visibility to start playing shows around Italy and get to (kind of) know what the life on the road is like.
Unfortunately guitarist Sandro decided to quit the band the year after, and Bedtime remained a three piece for a while.

In late 2008 the band releases its second official studio album.
“It Ain’t about the Music” has eleven awesomely produced tracks, recorded by Alessandro Gavazzi (from the roman melodic hardcore band Jet Market) in his own Hell Smell Studio, and mastered by Riccardo Pasini at the Studio 73 in Ravenna; it was released by Italian label Wynona Records in Europe and by Milestone Records in Japan.
“Idlebill”, one of the albums main hits, is a fast mid-tempo catchy punk rock tune that summarizes the band’s sound of the period, along with other all time faves such as “Golden Age of Reason”, “I Hate Punk Rock” and “Sorry Kate, I’ve missed you Out”.

In 2008 and 2009 and 2010 the band hits the road for a series of massive tours, some of which along with mates from Jet Market (that Giacomo joined on bass in 2007), travelling all over Europe, Eastern Europe (in three legendary tours in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus) and flying over to Japan in the spring of 2009.

In 2009 Alex (yep, the man, the one and only, from Jet Market and owner of the Hell Smell Studio) joins in on guitar and makes Bedtime a four piece again. Hell fucking yeah.

…don’t ask us about the Teddy bear tattoo, or we’ll have to show you. But we probably would anyway.

So in 2012, Bedtime for Charlie are finally ready to release a brand new record, that will bring us back on the road and rockin it all over.
“Bright Light City Skyline” will be released this spring . We are super stoked and proud of this record and just can’t wait to have everybody hear it and sing along to our new songs, so just make sure you stay tuned and in for some good stuff.

Discography:
-Dog Tricks (2005, 2009 Milstone Records)

Tracklist:
1. Bobby Breathless
2. And what's why I wear shorts
3. The cookie monster's back in town
4. Crossed legs
5. Mr. Howard's murder
6. Dad's plans

- Winning is for Losers (2007, self released)

Tracklist:
01. Man On Mars
02. New Shoes
03. Blackest Cup Of Coffee
04. I Don't Wanna Be Like Me
05. Castor Troy
06. Deception Comes Quick As A Punch In The Face
07. Excuse Me, Drop Dead
08. The Sound Of Silence
09. Apologies From An Asshole
10. Airband
11. The Worst Something Since...Whenever
12. Good Luck
13. Clean Cut
14. Not Your Average Outro

- It Ain't About The Music (2009, Wynona Records)

Tracklist:
01.Golden Age Of Reason
02.It Ain't About The Music
03.The Mind Boggles
04.Idlebill
05.My Lovely Enemy
06.Supersize
07.Parental Advisor
08.I Hate Punk Rock
09.Today
10.Sorry Kate, I've Missed You Out
11.Words To The Wind
12.Ribbons
13.Thank You For The Buttcrack
14.Understand
15.Man On Mars
16.New Shoes
17.Blackest Cup Of Coffee
18.I Don't Wanna Be Like Me
19.Castor Troy
20.Deception Comes Quick As A Punch In The Face
21.Excuse Me, Drop Dead
22.The Sound Of Silence
23.Apologies From An Asshole
24.Airband
25.The Worst Something Since... Whenever
26.Good Luck
27.Clean Cut
28.Not Your Average Outro

-Bright Light City Skyline (released on 21 June 2012, Found Of Life Records)

Tracklist:
01.Throwing Life Away
02.Collide
03.Swim With The Sharks
04.Airplane
05.Discomfort Is My Fuel
06.Lockjaw
07.The Snake
08.I Never Sold Out Because I Never Got The Chance
09.Checkin' Out The Waves
10.Minefields And Getaways
11.Pavements
12.We're On The Bridge

Compilations:
-I Don't Wanna Be Like Me (2008)
-Indiebox Compilation Vol.4: Yes We Punk (2009)

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