Thanks to their testimonies, but also those of those who met them over the last 30 years, such as Red Ronnie, Carmelo and Michelangelo La Bionda, Freak Antoni, Oderso Rubini, Alberto Campo and others, we retrace the artistic and personal stories of Italy's most famous musical "brothers."
It was the early 80s. Young Turin was taking its first tentative steps toward shaking off the gray blanket that the industrial city was spreading like a spokesperson. And in this context, the music world was trying to make its voice heard.
Long before Mau Mau, Africa Unite, and Subsonica, a meteor as fast as lightning lit up the streets of Turin, carrying its voice throughout Italy and abroad: Stefano Rota and Stefano Righi, aka Michael and Johnson Righeira.
Having met at the Einstein high school in Turin, after their first stirrings in the post-punk underground of Turin in the late 70s, Righeira became a pop icon with a song that immediately became legendary, We go to the beachOut of nowhere, a veritable explosion. Festivalbar, television, magazines, top charts, and not just in Italy.
And the first successes were followed by others such as No I keep dinero e The estate is fineThe latter, with their victory at the Festivalbar in 1985, helped launch the two young men into the orbit of popular national show business as stars of the first magnitude.
It was the 80s and Righeira confirmed themselves as one of the most important and colorful icons of the decade on the international scene.
But soon after, the fairytale was interrupted. A few songs fell flat, youthful tastes began to change as the '80s drew to a close, and the two, recognizing the changed situation, soon separated.
His return to the headlines a few years later, unfortunately, wasn't for musical reasons. It was 1993 when Johnson Righeira was caught up in a massive raid that seized 40 ecstacy pills and arrested 36 people.
From there, he was sent to prison and charged with drug possession and dealing, followed by a two-year trial that ultimately resulted in his final acquittal. But the wound remained, and recovering was difficult and painful.
It was only towards the end of the 90s that the name Righeira began to be resented.
A few evenings together again, a few 80s revival style TV appearances and We go to the beach which resonated in the ears of fans more or less young.
And since appetite comes with eating, here's a brand new album monovision which saw the light in 2007.
