Gaznevada adventure started at the end of the seventies when Billy Blade (vocal and sax), Bat Matic (drums), Andy Nevada (vocal and synth), Chainsaw Sally (bass) and Robert Squibb (guitar) decided it was time to give to their social / sonic hysteria a form.
March, 1977. After the university riots some of them, start to live together in a flat in Bologna with other artists and friends. The aggregation place is an occupied house in Bologna where they lodge artists, musicians, designers, cartoonists and directors. At this time the name of the band is "Centro D'Urlo Metropolitano". With this band they write "Mamma dammi la Benza" the first and one track of "Centro D'Urlo Metropolitano" co-produced and distributed by the University Student Movement of Bologna in september 1977.
November, 1977. After a trip in London they decides to change name of the band into Gaznevada from the Raymond Chandler novel "Nevada gas". At this moment the official Gaznevada members are: Alessandro Raffini (aka Billy Blade), Ciro Pagano (aka Robert Squibb), Marco Dondini (aka Bat Matic), Giorgio Lavagna (aka Andy Nevada). There are also Giampiero Huber (aka Johnny Tramonta) and Gianluca Galliani (aka Nico Gamma), but they leave the band after a few months, in 1978.
1978. Gaznevada play Ramones covers live at Punkreas Club. The show was a great success and was replied for three days. From this moment they start to play live a lot of gigs in alternative and underground clubs. They record their first tape "Gaznevada". The tape contains a new release of "Mamma dammi la benza", songs like "Criminale", "Telepornovisione" and the first release of "Nevadagaz". In this year they realize the video of "Telepornovisione" directed by Renato De Maria and Giampiero Huber.
1979. Marco Bongiovanni (aka Chainsaw Sally) joins Gaznevada as bass player. The band now is completed. After the Bologna Rock Contests they signe a contract with the indie label "Italian records", they work with this company until 1984 and realizes the first single "Nevadagaz" b/w "Blue TV Set" in the summer 1979. The sound is influenced by Contortions, Ramones, Velvet Underground, Talking heads and Brian Eno. From here to 1983 they start to play live in clubs and rock contests. In this period Gaznevada becomes a cult band with a lot of fans.
1981. Gaznevada publish an ep: "Dressed To Kill" inspired to the omonymous Brian de Palma movie. It sounds really electronic and dark. For the exit of the new Ep they play live at Electra 1, a rock contest with D.N.A., Lounge Lizards, Chrome, Magazzini Criminali, Peter Gordon and Bauhaus.
1983. "Psicopatico Party", the third Gaznevada album is out in record stores. The album contains "I.C.Love Affair" that will soon becomea club classic. From the album they realized a video of the song "Shock Antistatico". After this album Bat Matic leaves Gaznevada and a new drummer join the band: Gianni Cuoghi (from the Confusional Quartet).
From this moment they feature in many important musical tv shows like Festivalbar, Disco per lestate, Domenica in, Superclassifica Show and many more. "Psicopatico Party" contains also "Agente Speciale" the song that inspired the next Gaznevada single "Special Agent Man". This track will be remixed in 2005 re-edit by Morgan Geist and available in the collection album "Confuzed Disco" of Mantra Vibes, label of Expanded Music group.
2002. After 14 years a new Gaznevada single is published by Emi record company: Dance No Dance. The song is produced by Datura and sounds really eighties and new wave.
2006. Special Agent Man, Oil Tubes and I.C. Love Affair are remixed by Morgan Geist, Kiki and Munk for "Confuzed Disco" a new compilation retrospective of italian eighties sound.