Raw Power never had the chance to express in a studio album the great potential that the band is able to unleash in a live concert. This was due to the fact that Raw Power suffered from a lack of professional managers and structure, especially in their home country, where they never had the support they deserved and needed. Even though the band continued to play explosive live performances all over Europe, they never managed to get a foothold. The band never enjoyed much more than cult status in Europe. During their long tours in the States Raw Power shared the stage with bands like the Circle Jerks, Adolescents, D.O.A., Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, and in a small club in Seattle in 1986 a then unknown band called Guns’n’Roses opened for the Italian cult. Raw Power, with only a small cult following in Italy, were considered in the States as one of the best examples of the “Crossover” sound, the music which evolved from punk and known to a much wider audience through bands like S.O.D., C.O.C., D.R.I., and Attitude Adjustment. “Wop Hour” ( Toxic Shock – 1986), “After Your Brian” ( Toxic Shock -1986) “Mine To Kill” ( Southern – 1989), “Live Danger” ( TVOR -1991) and “Too Tough to Burn” ( Contempo – 1992) helped to develop their heavier, more riff oriented sound. The reaction to the “Italian punk rockers” was great all around the States, and the album sold more than 40.000 copies strictly through independent distribution and shops. The same year the band flew over to the States for their first US tour (and have since then returned to tour the USA a total of six times). “Screams From The Gutter” ( Toxic Shock 1985) was most likely their best album so far.Ī rough mixture of seminal punk and sharp hard core. In 1983 the band signed a deal with American indie-punk label Toxic Shock ( Skin Yard, House Of Large Sizes…). The vinyl debut “You Are My Victim” was released in 1983 through a small independent Italian label. As a matter of fact, the only two members still in the band in the 90’s from the original line-up were the two founders-brothers. Since the beginning the band had great troubles finding a stable line-up. Raw Power was formed in 1981 by Mauro and Giuseppe Codeluppi (voice and guitar).
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