Interview With Giancarlo Floridia Of Faithsedge

giancarloFaithsedge is a heavy Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Progressive project
started by singer/songwriter Giancarlo Floridia in Huntington Beach,
California. Giancarlo has a solid musical background, having
previously worked with renowned producers such as Mike Talanca
(David Bowie/Foreigner) and Juan Croucier (ex-Ratt) among others.
Giancarlo contacted producer and bass player Fabrizio Grossi (Steve
Lukather/Alice Cooper) after not only being impressed with his work
on numerous albums as a producer but also with his amazing bass
playing skills.FAITHSEDGE 2 Fabrizio has worked with some of the
biggest names in the most diverse music genres (George Clinton, Ice
T and Cypress Hill are among his endless list of collaborations) and
after hearing Giancarlo’s demos put together an incredible band to
back up the project along with himself playing bass duties and
producing the resulting debut CD in 2011 on Scarlet records/ E1
distribution worldwide.
Alex De Rosso joined Faithsedge on guitar. Having handled live lead
guitar duties in Dokken, with whom he toured the world and shared
the stage with the likes of Scorpions, Whitesnake, Ratt, Warrant and
Firehouse among others, Alex has also played on many critically
acclaimed albums with artists such as Joseph Williams (Toto/Disney’s
The Lion King), Kelly Hansen (Foreigner/Hurricane) and Pamela Moore
(also known as Sister Mary from Queensryche’s concept album
‘Operation Mindcrime’).Tony Morra completes the line-up on drums.
Tony owns his own studio in Nashville, Tennessee, the Downtown
Batterie and has played with many great artists such as Rebecca St
James and Van Zant among others. He is also credited for playing on
the Grammy Award winning album ‘Songs From The Neighborhood – A
Tribute To Fred Rogers’ in 2006 and for touring as a member of pop
legend Stevie B’s Band and Sweet Sensation. Tony has also played
drums for different movie soundtracks such as ‘Chronicles Of Narnia’
and ‘Just Married’ to name a few.Faithsedge 1The resulting effort is
a perfect mix of hard rock, heavy metal and progressive, with lots
of vocals and hooks, shredding guitar solos, pounding bass and drums
and plenty of melodically challenging songwriting. ‘Faithsedge’ 2011
debut was mastered by Tom Baker of Precision Mastering (Judas
Priest/Motley Crue) and received critical acclaim.
In 2014 Faithsedge return with the same lineup as the debut with
help from two melodic rock greats on keyboards Eric Ragno (Trixter)
and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Hardline). With a new more aggressive
approach yet keeping the same melodic and progressive elements to
please hard rock fans of the debut .The new album was mastered by
Peter Doell of Universal Mastering (David Lee Roth /Richard Marx).