I must confess, I am an Italophile. I love their beautiful country, their food, their art, fashion, etc.
Rock: It used to be Jon Bon Jovi, but I have to think about this one now, since he hasn’t been a true rocker in quite awhile. Honorable mention as a guitar virtuoso: Joe Satriani.
Pop artist: Hands down Madonna.
Crooner: Frank Sinatra (Honorable mention: Dean Martin)
Opera singer: Luciano Pavarotti
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DIO…hello? for f’s sake man, it’s Ronnie and pass the pasta and tha joint…but seriously, Mauro Giuliani; one of the first to compose Classical music for the guitar, whose contribution to music cannot be understated…and Ronnie, course….wow, man…wow
Yes, how could we forget, Dio? Dio meaning “God” in Italian, my apologies, I am embarrassed.
Absolutely! Ronnie James Padavona!
it’s ok, I still think highly of you 🙂
Awww, shucks (blushing).
wait…that’s “overstated” not “understated” …I am blaming the Dio thing …LOL
Ronnie James Dio
Dave Lombardo, Peter Criss, Mike Portnoy, Frank Banali, Nick Menza, Chris DeGarmo, Al Di Meola, John Petrucci, and Satch.
Rattle.
Mike Portnoy is not Italian.
Oops, my bad, if true. I thought his mom was of Italian descent.
It’s all good, many Jews and Italians tend to intermarry, and when I grew up in Brooklyn, that is who lived side-by-side: Matzo Balls and Meatballs. LOL!!
Again, I am Italaphile. 🙂
I thought of DeGarmo as well.
Tasker, I really wish Chris DeGarmo was back with Queensryche rather than being a pilot. The band isn’t the same without him. I completely tuned out of Queensryche when DeGarmo left the band….he took the riffs with him.
This is true. My wife’x mother was a high holiday Jew and her father a southern Italian by way of Calabria. Bellisimo-Mazel Tov!
Yes, we tend to have a lot in common.
Little Steven-Steven Van Zant of the E-street band is Italian. Bruce is as well.
These guys are Italian-Americans: Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satch, Nikki Sixx and Steven Tyler. Mike Portnoy, as is John Petrucci. Frank Bello and Joey Belladonna, too.
Mike Portnoy is Jewish.
His Mom’s name is Leone which is normally considered Italian. Yet, not his case.
1. Peter Criss
2. Eric Carr
3. Ronnie James Dio