[12/11/2009]  Adam Bomb is back in town! Adam Bomb's neverending tours will bring he, and his band in Rome once again. He will play at Locanda Blues on December, 8th. We were supposed to open the gig, but unfortunately we can't play, so WakeUpCall will fill the gap. Get ready for the usual dose of rock'n'roll and fireworks!

 

[24/10/2009]  WakeUpCall - Matt's new band Matt has a new band, called WakeUpCall! Actually it's basically Knyght with a new name, a more modern musical approach but the same rock'n'roll attitude and the same line up. Check 'em out at  at myspace.com/wakeupcallmusic!

 

[28/09/2009]  New gig! Supporting L.A. Guns in Rome! You probably know that there are two version of L.A. Guns touring in the last years, one featuring Phil Lewis and Steve Riley, the other with founder guitarist Tracii Guns. Well, Tracii's band is coming in Rome for the first time, featuring Jizzy Pearl on lead vocals, and we will open the show! It will take place at Jailbreak on the 7th of October. See you there!

 

[28/09/2009]  Marvelous review con Classix magazine! We are pleased to announce a new, great review on Classix Magazine (August/September issue, Ac/Dc on the cover) by one of the most respected music writers in Italy, Gianni Della Cioppa. Read it here!

[26/08/2009] The Guestz return!

After the summer break, in which we also managed to solve some personal troubles, we are ready to be back on stage! The first new dates will be announced very soon! 

 

[25/08/2009] Fan pictures updated!

Site updated, some new shots have been added to the Miscellaneous section and to the Fan Pictures section, check 'em out here and here!

 

[06/06/2009] New review

A new review is up, by italian webmag Stereoinvaders. It's actually no surprise to see another good score (8 out of 10) but we are pleased to read that the reviewer noticed humor and irony in our music! Read the review here.

[17/05/2009] Future plans

The gig with Adam Bomb rounded up the Ridin' On The Road tour, now the band takes a break from the live shows in order to focus on songwriting: we don't have anything scheduled, we just want to write good songs and do some preproduction - we will keep you posted about it, by the way.

[06/05/2009] Back from the tour

We had a blast touring Italy this weekend! Thank you to everybody who made this possible - promoters, bands, friends and fans -, and a huge thank you, in particular, to all that stopped at our merchandise stand and bought something: we love you!

 

[11/04/2009] Ridin' on the road - italian tour 2009!

The Guestz on tour in northern Italy! The 30th of April at Area 24 in Vercelli, with special guests Killin' Alice; the 1st of May at Km33, Trezzo sull'Adda (Mi) at the Slam Nite, with local heroes Sumo and Lustkillers (featuring Adam Becvare of Lords Of The New Church and Black Halos fame) and the 2nd of May at the Crc, Abano Terme (PD), with special guests The Brokendolls.

[25/03/2009] Matt endorsed!

Matt gets an endorsement! Our drummer entered the family of Balbex Strings/Bulk Music, so he will finally stop wasting money buying loads of new stick after the gigs!

 

[14/03/2009] Reviewed on Supernatural Freak(s)!

Another review from the land of the rising sun! Our friend Nori, who runs the self-proclaimed "cheapest webzine in the world", Supernatural Freak(s)!, spent a few words about our cd. Thanks to Aki Lily, we have the translation, here.

[08/03/2009] Once again with Adam Bomb!

Our friend Adam Bomb never stops touring so once again he's going to play in Rome, and once again we will open for him. This time it's on a saturday (the 16th of May), so it will be a proper festival!

[25/02/2009] Live report

We happened to find a live report of the gig at Glam Fest 2, supporting Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Beautiful Creatures, by the italian webzine Disintegration, read it here.

 

[15/02/2009] Latest updates

Dued to repairs to webmaster's pc, we couldn't update you regarding the latest news. As you may have read on Myspace, the popular club Traffic has been forced to shut the doors, so the gig with Cherry Lips has been cancelled.

Merchandise update: most of the standard t-shirts for men are out of stock (only S reamining), while we still have plenty of shirts and tank tops for girls. A restocking of standard tee's, including size XL is in the making.

Merchandise update n.2: lighters are finally in stock! Two kind of lighters available: the red ones, featuring a bottle opener (the ultimate party tool!), and the blue ones, featuring a small light. Available at gigs only, for now.

 

[17/01/2009] New gigs and other things

Two new live appearances! Two days before the gig at Walla Walla Live, we will be part of the winter edition of Jonna's Jam Session: same features of the summer edition (various musicians playing popular rock/metal songs), different location: Stazione Birra. Two days after the gig at Walla Walla, instead, we got booked to open the gig of Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Beautiful Creatures at Jailbreak. It will definitely be a blast! Read the complete list of upcoming gigs here.

A new song, temptatively entitled "Same Old City" is being worked in these days and we hope to finish it in time for the above mentioned gigs - probably at Walla Walla only, since we have a full 90 minutes set.

Our drummer Matt Svarione will be on tour in Europe with Knyght, supporting Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Beautiful Creatures; three dates scheduled in Switzerland and Spain. Matt already recorded drums with Knyght on their 2009 release "Bet Everything".

Mimmo God & Friends appearing live! Catch our singer this sunday at Walla Walla Live, playing an acoustig gig with his buddies Marko Pavic (Pavic band) and Aleks Ferrara (Pavic, LaceBlack and others; they will be playing a bunch of rock songs stripped down!

 

[08/01/2009] An award, another gig cancelled and two new reviews!

The Guestz are the most voted "best italian newcoming band of 2008" band in the usual the end-of-the-year poll by the writers of Slam! - Italy's no.1 rock 'n' roll webzine -, including the boss, Moreno! The complete list is here, thank you all!

Another gig cancelled! Unfortunately, the whole Heaven's Basement tour in Italy has been postponed to April. We will let you know about the rescheduling of the dates.

Two new reviews, one in italian, one in english. The first is from Shapeless 'zine (read it here), the second from the popular web mag Rock Eyez (here).

 

[20/12/2008] Gig cancelled and Christmas greetings!

Gig cancelled! The gig at Funnel on January 6 has been cancelled. It is not sure if the date will be rescheduled, we'll let you know!

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The band wish you all the best for this Christmas and the New Year: see you in 2009!

 

[18/12/2008] New gigs and new pics!

A marvellous set of pics from the gig with Soul Doctor, taken by Simone Cecchetti, is up in the gallery - here. Thanks a lot for making us look better than in our wildest dreams!

 

A couple of new gigs set for 2009. We are scheduled to play a full set at Walla Walla Live on the 23rd of January. Plus, we will play with Verona's female rockers Cherry Lips and Killer Shot on February, 8 at Traffic.

[06/12/2008] Three new sets of pics!

New pictures uploaded, from the gigs at Borderline (here), Woodstock (here) and Jailbreak (here). Thanks a lot to Fabio Pollastri, who replaced Matt for the (very short indeed) gig at Jailbreak! Matt is currently on tour with Belladonna, replacing their drummer Alex - unavailable for health reasons.

[27/11/2008] Back from the tour + new interview

Yes, we're back! The two gigs outside Rome went very well: we made new friends, sold lots of merchandise, had a lot of fun and - above all - introduced a new song called Acid Easy, which is of course a sort of tribute to Jonna's favourite band! A tour report, photos and videos will be online soon.
We also have a new interview up (in italian) courtesy of No Respect webzine, read it here.

[21/11/2008] More merchandise available + a new review!

You asked for more, you got more! We are proud to announce that the tank tops and sleeveless shirt for girls are now available in our online shop! We will also have lighters (with the Guestz logo of course) available soon!
A new review on the italian web portal Metal Italia has been added, read it here.

[16/11/2008] Two new picture galleries

More pics uploaded! The complete galleries of the gigs at Locanda Blues (here) and Jailbreak (here) are up. Thanks to Isa for catching some great moments on stage!

 

[14/11/2008] Facebook updates + new gig

More piracy on Facebook! Our friend Eliana created a group for the fans & friends of the band called House Of The Guestz, join us! We also have our artist page, go see it and become our fan!

 

More gigs! We have a yet-to-be-confirmed appearance set on the 4th of December at Jailbreak, Rome, it will be a huge party with a lot of bands playing a bunch of songs each. We'll let you know more as soon as possible! We are also making plans for a possible acoustic gig to be set next year.

 

[09/11/2008] New gig + news from Japan

The Brand New Mafia Tour takes us outside Rome! We have two dates set: on 21/11/2008 at Borderline, Pisa, with J27; on 22/11/2008 at Woodstock, Grandate (Co), supporting On/Off (AC/DC tribute). See you there!

We have found out that the cds sent to Japan are sold out! The page featuring the cds available on diskheaven.com says ours is out of stock: check it out! Thank you to all the japanese buyers!

 

 

[29/10/2008] A quote from the Teasze diary + new reviews

An interesting excerpt from the Hollywood Teasze tour diary: "On arrival in Rome we were amazed by the venue. The stazione birra was an awesome venue. Huge stage - massive club. We were to be joined by the GuestZ as openers. After eating some lovely pizza and sampling the home-made beer it was time to roll. The GuestZ are an amazing band, with a huge sound. All very talented musicians. Great songs too. All very cool guys and we thank you for this opportunity to visit Rome [...]".
Thank you guys, the feeling is mutual! You can read the complete diary here.

Two new good reviews added: one on the popular webzine Eutk.net (here) and another one on Metal Inside (here), both are in italian.

 

[20/10/2008] More shows and more reviews!!!

New pics and new reviews are online: the complete gallery of last month's gig at Stazione Birra supporting Quireboys is now online (here); plus, there's two new reviwes, one in italian (here) and one in english (here).

 

[18/10/2008] The Guestz invading Japan!

"Not for money, just for glory" is now available in Japan, through Diskheaven. You can find it in the three stores in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, or directly though the website www.diskheaven.com. Below is a pic of the cd in store at Diskheaven in Osaka, courtesy of Nori Nolli.

[11/10/2008] Pics and new shows

Pics from the gig at Stazione Birra supporting Hollywood Teasze are up in the gallery, check 'em out here. Thanks a lot to Simone Cecchetti for the marvelous job!

Have you ever heard about Heaven's Basement? They are the guys who used to be Hurricane Party and then Roadstar; They are one of the best hard rock bands hailing from UK and, thanks to Bologna Rock City, they are doing a bunch of shows in Italy. We will be opening two of them. The first is confirmed, it's of course in Rome: the 24th of January at Jailbreak; the second date has to be finalized yet.

[05/10/2008] More shows and more reviews!!!

Site updated! All the non-italian fans will be pleased to know that we have added a couple of new reviews in english, go read them here.

Exporting the Brand New Mafia outside Rome! Our first show in Pisa is now scheduled on the 21st of November. We can't wait to rock Tuscany, thaks a lot to J27 who arranged the date and will share the stage with us!

[28/09/2008] Not For Money, Just For Glory in stores!

Our debut ep "Not For Money, Just For Glory" is now available in two stores in Rome: Pink Moon and Elastic Rock. Here's two pictures of the cd at Pink Moon, next to Paul Gilbert's "Silence followed by a deafening roar".

 

Info about the Loud Sounds compilation featured on the Rock Hard magazine are now available, check out complete tracklist and details here.

 

[20/09/2008] More press, more pics and more stuff!

Interview and review on the Rock Hard magazine are up in the press section. Tracklist of the cd and more info will be online soon.

Live report from Tempi Duri and first part of the picture gallery from the gig with Quireboys have been added.
We hope to see you all at our next gig, the 2nd of October at Jailbreak, we will support Pavic celebrating the release of the new cd, "Unconditioned".

Remember to spread the word! We will bring Germany's one and only glamour punks Hollywood Teasze in Rome, Of course, we will be opening the show, that will take place at Stazione Birra on October 6.

[15/09/2008] Live report with the Quireboys + more gigs!

Yesterday's gig with Quireboys has definitely been memorable, surely one of our best gigs ever!! It's been a honour for us to share the stage with six true gentlemen (plus the absolutely nice tour manager!), they are an impressive live band and a lovely bunch of guys; we've been overwhelmed by sincere compliments by the whole band - guitarist Paul Guerin told us we made him feel "like 20 years ago" - and gained some new fans!
You can watch some picture of both bands on Stazione Birra's website, check 'em out here. We also found out about an interesting ad of the show on a local mag which describes us as Myspace's new sensation! The as is here.

But there's no rest for the pirates, we nearly had no time to even have a look at yesterday's pictures because we imediately started working to promote the latest show confirmed: we are absolutely proud to bring you Germany's one and only glamour punks: Hollywood Teasze! Of course, we will be opening the show, that will take place at Stazione Birra on October 6.

[14/09/2008] Brand New Mafia tour  + Rock Hard Italy

Today is the day! The Brand New Mafia tour 2008/2009 kicks off at Stazione Birra, we will support Quireboys!
We are arranging dates in Rome and northern Italy and we will also book bands to play in Rome (but only those we like!), and open for them when it will be possible. We want to make everything on our own, or in partnership with trusted agencies - a brand new way to do things, so to avoid false promises by intermediaries. A proper Brand New Mafia!

New dates added: we will open Pavic's album release party on October 2nd and we have been asked to open again for Kee Marcello, seems he liked our company!

We are on Rock Hard magazine! On the italian issue of September, you can find review, interview (both will be online soon) plus one song on the cd, which features Motorhead, Crown Of Thorns, Night Ranger and  others!

[09/09/2008] New reviews + new gig

First gig of the new season, and it's a GREAT gig! We are pleased to announce that we'll open for none but the London Quireboys in Rome next saturday at Stazione Birra! Check the flyer here.

Well, we'd like to say a huge thank you to popular UK web mag Glitzine for an astonishing review, we are absolutely speechless! It's quite flattering to read things like: "this release is certainly strong enough to propel them forward and gain them a lot of new fans all over Europe and into the US. Hopefully they'll soon get the opportunity to play more shows further across Europe and if they ever make it over to the UK you can count on me being down the front row". Read the complete review here.

The Guestz on paper mags! Metal Maniac's underground section Subterranea hails us as "music to boost and unleash energy, huge guitars, great riffs and refrains, the right intensity to rock the people in the club"; read the complete review (in italian) here. We will also be featured on the September issue of the italian Rock Hard, don't miss it!

[03/09/2008] New gig

The first gig confirmed is the "very welcome deja-vu" previously mentioned in the news: once again, we will be supporting german rockers Soul Doctor and our friends  Markonee in Rome at Stazione Birra, on 14/12/2008.

[17/08/2008] Back from holidays + lots of updates!

Well, holidays are over for us, so we are back to the usual business, that means new gigs, new merchandise, new site updates and - finally! - rehearsal sessions that will bring new songs for you!

The second edition of the Jammin' Night at Rock City has been a blast! We couldn't make it to play some of our songs since Matt was in Germany with Eurosmith, temporarily filling fir the drummer. There's a gallery of pics courtesy of EvilChild PK, go see it!

A couple of new gigs are going to be confirmed, two of which will be supporting some popular bands - and one of them will be a very welcome deja-vu: get ready!

New stuff for sale! We have a brand new line of guitar picks - that can be seen here - and a new pink girlie tank top - it's here. We plan to do more shirts (especially for girls) and lighters (yes, lighters!) in the near future!

Our Myspace page has been revamped, have a look! We also have four new reviews (all in italian), and a renewed press resources section, we hope to make it easier to browse.

 

[26/07/2008] Hoydays for us - thank you’s for you all

From The Guestz's Myspace blog:

This post is intended as a huge thank you to all the people that made the last 3 months absolutely unforgettable to us!

Since the release of the cd, we have played the best performed and most successful gigs so far, together with excellent bands, got a bunch of great reviews, met some fantastic people, sold a shitload of t-shirts and cds, gave a lot of stickers and guitar picks away and, above all, had the privilege to see you sing our songs: this is absolutely priceless!

We are on holydays now, and we will be back to the rock'n'roll business in late august, writing new songs, booking new gigs (hopefully opening for swedish bands!) and trying new, unexpected ways to spread our piracy!

Thank you once again for making all this possible,

//Mimmo, Jonna, Rob and Matt

 

[22/07/2008] More pictures + more live videos!

The second slot of live pictures from the Glamattakk festival is online! Thanks a lot to Suicide Tuesday for the freat pics!! More pics of the entire festival can be seen on www.glamattakk.net

 

Another gallery of really good photos is online, taken at the Roma Caput Glam Festival. Thanks a lot to Evilchild PK! Plus, we have two new live videos, from the same gig - this time with a great sound! -, go see them in the Media page.

[21/07/2008] New review + new photos + new videos

The first review in portuguese of our career is online, courtes of Brazilian webzine On The Road. We will soon have an english translation, it's anyway a positive review - 8 points out of 10!

 

The first slot of live pictures from the Glamattakk festival is online, check 'em out here. These are not professional shots - that means: some are good, some less -, we are waiting for the second, hopefully excellent slot!

 

Two live videos from the gig at Rockcity - Naked Alice and Blink Of An Eye are now up in the Media section, check' em out! Warning: sound quality is quite average!

 

[20/07/2008] New reviews + a lot of new stuff is online!

First of all, thanks a lot to everybody who made the Roma Caput Glam festival a memorable night! Thanks a lot, in particular, to Phil from Dirty Pleasure, who saved us when Matt happened to broke his snaredrum's skin! The Rock City Jammin' Night went pretty well, too. These were the last gig of the seasons, we'll be back on stage after the summer!

Three new picture galleries are up: live pics from the latest gigs at Rockcity and Jailbreak, plus aftershow pics of the Glamattakk Festival (we are still waiting for the live pics).

The new Extras section is online: a lot of fun stuff in italian (it's because only the italians can appreciate it), check it out.

New, positive review in italian on the true-as-steel heavy metal webzine Truemetal.it, you can read it here.

 

Roxxzone has just posted a report of the Glamattakk festival. You can read the whole report here or just the part regarding our set here. It is great to see that we are remembered as a "loud" band once again!

 

[17/07/2008] Site updates + new gigs

Site updates! There's  new navigation bar featuring more links to mame it easier to find what you're looking for. The Extras sextion is not available yet, anyway it's gonna be a collection of fun stuff in italian

We would like to remind you that the gigs at Rock City are free. Tonight, 17/07/08, we will take part to the massive jam session called Rock City Jammin' Night, featuring members from a lot of bands - Eurosmith, Prisonders In Paradise, AC/HD, Everqueen and more. It will be a huge show with different line-ups playing songs from Ac/Dc, The Cult, Aerosmith, Queen, Metallica, Europe, Scorpions, Beatles, Whitesnake and more. Tomorrow, 18/07/08 we will be headliners at the second edition of the Roma Caput Glam festival. Confirmed support bands are: New Babylon, Dirty Pleasure, Grrrls In The Garage and Killer Shot. Tomorrow Jonna will also play the bass with Dirty Pleasure!

 

[14/07/2008] Translation of the review in german

Translation of the review in german on sleaze-metal.com is online, it says beautiful things like "Not for Money just for Glory" is a fresh and really cool album for all Sleaze Rock bands lovers from Italy and Sweden! Read the whole thing here. Thanks to Kat for the translation!

 

[13/07/2008]

New reviews! One in english, from Rock And A Hard Place Radio, you can read it here. And there's another good review, in italian instead, from the popular mag No Respect, read it here.

The new t-shirts are now available in our online shop! Don't forget our special offer, 15 euros for cd + t-shirt + guitar pick + sticker!

Another interview, in italian, on Roxxzone webzine. Check it out here!

 

[10/07/2008]

The Glamattakk festival has been definitely successful, thanks a lot to everybody that came to see us and bought the cd, and of course to Hollywood Killerz and Crazy Family. Read more on our Myspace blog, here.

Two shows at Rock City in two days! We already told you about the second edition of the Roma Caput Glam festival on July, 18th: we will be headliners, confirmed support bands are: New Babylon, Dirty Pleasure, Grrrls In The Garage and Killer Shot.

The day before, the 17th, we will take part to a massive jam session called Rock City Jammin' Night, featuring members from a lot of bands, including the four of us (of course!), Eurosmith, Prisonders In Paradise, AC/HD, Everqueen and more. It will be a huge show with different line-ups playing songs from Ac/Dc, The Cult, Aerosmith, Queen, Metallica, Europe, Scorpions, Beatles, Whitesnake and more.

Site updates! A new review (in german only, for now) and a new interview are online! The review at Sleaze Metal is here, the interview with Metal Wave, here. Plus there's some more pics in the Miscellaneous gallery, go see them!

 

[04/07/2008]

Can't make it to the Glamattakk Festival?
You can actually be there somehow! Radio Torino Rock will stream the whole glamattakk festival! Listen to the live performances of The Guestz, Gemini Five and others at: http://www.glamattakk.net/?page_id=74

Running order:

20:15 - 20:45 Tabby Cats
21:00 - 21:30 The Guestz
21:45 - 22:15 Rakel Traxx
22:30 - 23:15 Hollywood Killerz
23:30 - 24:30 Gemini Five

Here's some more info: we will start at 9 PM so don't be late! Doors opening at  7 PM, ticket 12€.

Confirmed bands for the second edition of Roma Caput Glam (July 18th at Rock City) are Killer Shot and Dirty Pleasure. More bands to be announced.

 

New t-shirts are finally in stock! This time we have more sizes (including standard S and glirlie L) and a pink spaghetti strap shirt for the girls! They will be available on our shop next week.

 

[26/06/2008]

New gig scheduled! The second edition of the Roma Caput Glam festival will take place on July, 18th in Rome of course, at Rock City. We couldn't play at the first edition, but this time we will be there and we will be headliners.

 

New review (once again in italian) on Artists And Bands, read it here! Reviews in english will come soon, we're sending out the cd to webzines and mags of the whole world!

 

We are expanding over the web, especially on social networks! You can now find us on: MySpace, Last.fm, Facebook, Reverbnation, Deezer, Youtube and Glamnation! Scroll down the page for the links!

We are also featured on Heavy Harmonies (our page is here), and we're sending our cd to a billion zines and mags, so expect more reviews and interviews in the near future.

 

[18/06/2008]

First interview (in italian) is online! Moreno, the boss of SlamRocks.com asked us some interesting questions and we did our best to give some unlikely answers! Read it here.

T-shirts are almost sold out! Sales has been beyond our expectations, thank you to everybody who bought them! Of course, a brand new line will be ready soon! A new line of guitar picks is also in the making!

[16/06/2008]

Two great news to be shared with you: first one is that we are discussing about the chance of filming a videoclip for one of the songs of the cd. As soon as we have something certain, we may need YOU to be part of it. Are you ready ?

The second is that we are arranging agreements for a distribution in Japan. Of course, we are absolutely thrilled about both things, and we'll keep you posted about fuure developments.

 

[08/06/2008]

New gig scheduled nearly at the last minute! We will play at Jailbreak next friday (13th of June) supporting the popular Aerosmith tribute, Eurosmith; opening bands are Mantram and The Ratzingirls.

The complete gallery of the gig at Big Bang supporting Kee Marcello is now online! Thank you to Isa, Viper, Aly and Morghana for the shots. Check it out here!

 

[02/06/2008]

Thank you from the heart to everybody that came at the gig with Kee Marcello and stayed in the front row singing our songs! We absolutely enjoyed the show, despite the sound was far away from being "crystal clean".

New pics online: the galleries from the last two gigs (at Sinister Noise and Big Bang) are up! Thank you to Isa, Viper and Morghana for the shots, some of which are brilliant!

 

[30/05/2008]

"Not For Money, Just For Glory" is now on sale! We also offer a special package including cd, t-shirt, guitar pick and sticker, for just 15€! Go to our online shop!

 

This evening we will be playing at Zoobar, Rome, supporting Kee Marcello: see you there! Of course we will have a merchandise stand so you will be able to buy our goodies directly from our hands!

We are proud to announce that we are confirmed to play at the Summer Glam Attakk festival in Torino, with Gemini Five, Hollywood Killerz and more. Here's the flyer!

 

[site updates]

First reviews available (italian only), you can find them here. Also, the gallery of last year's gig supporting Adam Bomb is online, here.

The studio diary (featuring hilarious pics & videos) is online, read it here. You can also have a look at the pre-production sessions diary, featuring some memorable sound clips - it's here.