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Fabrizio Grossi
Background information
Born	(1967-03-12) March 12, 1967
Genres	Hard & Blues Rock, Metal, Acoustic,Alternative,Folk and Hip-Hop
Instrument(s)	Producer/Mixer & Bass player
Years active	1980–present
Website	http://www.fabriziogrossi.com

Fabrizio Grossi (born in Milan , Italy on March 12, 1967) , is an Italian- American producer/mixer and music consultant.

He started his career in the US ,after moving to New York City in 1990, as representative, developer and A&R associate for several European and Latin American record and entertainment companies, such as East/West-Warner Italy, Self Spa, Frontiers Records, Edel, EMI Italy and Silverlight Records USA/Mexico. He is the first Italian born bass-player to successfully enter the international Rock scene. Officially introduced to the masses by punk icon Nina Hagen and by guitar virtuoso Steve Vai, he then went on to extend his bass plucking presence on tracks featuring Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, Frank Gambale, John 5, Ritchie Kotzen, Slash, Eric Gales, Tracii Guns, Gilby Clarke, and more mainstream international acts such as, Tina Arena, George Clinton, Ice T, Sean Dogg and Cypress Hill. As bass player, he's currently active with two different oufits : the Hard-Rock ensemble Starbreaker (also featuring Tony Harnell, John Macaluso and Magnus Karlsson) and the Rock Fusion Jam combo "Goodfellas" (also featuring Steve Lukather, Kenny Aronoff and Steve Weingart).

Since 1998 , he fully dedicate himself to the role of producer/mixer for an extended array of rock, pop and hip-hop artists , developing also a parallel career with the special event production company Sounds of Pisces Music , covering the role of consultant and broker for live events, workshops, charities and educational institutions.

PRODUCER AND MIXER

Some of the most significants of Fabrizio Grossi's collaboration behind the mixing board are with Alice Cooper, Joe Bonamassa ,Steve Vai , Billy Gibbons/ZZ Top , Leslie West feat: Z.Wylde,J.Bonamassa,B.F.Gibbons, Slash, S.Lukather , Ice T, Paul Stanley/Kiss ,Dave Navarro ,Casa Mendoza , George Clinton & P-Funk , Killah Priest and Wu-thang, Glenn Hughes feat: Dave Navarro,Chad Smith & John Frusciante, Elan feat Slash,Tina Arena , H Bomb featuring Snoop Dog,Cool Keith & Rick James ,Hazy Dreams band feat. Buckcherry, POD, S.Lukather, Downset, Beautiful Creatures, Stereo Mudd, Cypress Hill Erik Rogers and Stereo Mudd (Epic ), Jerry Cantrell feat. Chad Smith & Glenn Hughes, Dope ,Joe Leste and Beautiful Creatures ,Sen Dogg ,Level ,Starbreaker ,Joseph Williams ,Tommy Bolin (Posthumous collection) featuring Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Neils Cline, Peter Frampton, Gregg Hampton, Myles Kennedy etc. , Mickey Thomas/Starship , Robin Beck , Perfect world , Appice-Travers-Stevens , House of Lords , Joe Lynn Turner , Graham Bonnet , Pushking , Eric Martin , James Christian , Tommy Funderburk , Mario Lavezzi , New C’Zars feat Adrian Belew and Greg Hampton , From the inside featuring Danny Vaughn.

In studio with Leslie West, Steve Lukather, and Zakk Wylde

MOVIES AND TV

From 1999 to 2001 ,Fabrizio Grossi was the music co-writer for the TV Wrestling Phenomenon show Women of Wrestling. In 2006 he was involved in the music creation for the Sony Picture Shaft, featuring Jamie Foxx. Along side Chad Smith and John Frusciante (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) and Glenn Hughes. He also has a series of music placements in TV shows such as the Mary and Kate Olsen (ABC), Las Vegas (NBC) etc.

BASS PLAYER APPEARANCES

Fabrizio Grossi was featured as bass player on several studio al live work along side Steve Vai, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley ,Slash, Billy Gibbons, Mickey Thomas, Nina Hagen, Stevie Salas, Leslie West,Joe Bonamassa,Zakk Wylde, Herman Matthews, Cheche Alara, Ice-T, ,Alex De Rosso ,Francis Benitez Sen Dogg, Killah-Priest/Wu-thang, George Clinton & P-Funk, Soler, John Frusciante, Micheal Landau, Jerry Cantrell, Dave Rodgers, Carmine Appice, Pat Travers, TM Stevens, Tony Levin, Tracii Guns, Gilby Clarke, Steve Riley, Arik Marshall, Toshi Yanagi, ,Greg Hampton, Danny Saber, Pamela Moore, Ralf Scheeper, Tony Morra, John 5 ,Robbi Rob ,Novarex ,BeppeCantarelli ,Sol ,Conspiracy ,Silvia Querci ,Peter Felisatti ,Joseph Julian ,Mark Wolfson ,Jack Rouben ,Mick Jones ,Kane Roberts ,Steve Lukather ,Cecilia Noel & The Wild Clams ,Frank Gambale ,Jimi Crespo ,Bill Champlin ,Randy Castillo ,Matt Laug ,Gregg Bissonette ,Vinny Colaiuta ,Carlos Hatem ,Jean Michel Byron ,Nils Cline, Warren Haynes, Steve Weingart, Kenny Aronof,Joseph Williams ,Neal Schon ,Ritchie Kotzen ,Teddy Andreadis ,Alvino Bennet ,Dino Soldo ,Carmen Grillo ,Trevor Thornton ,Cleto Escovedo Jr ,Jeff Babko ,Renato Neto ,Joey Heredia ,Ray Fuller ,Gene Allen ,Johnny Angel ,Carlos Rios ,John Macaluso ,Steve Tavaglione ,Joey Sykes ,Kevin Ricard,Tony Harnell, Danny Vaughn, Eric Ragno, ,Marco Marinangeli ,Alex Alessandroni ,Kenny O'Brian, Michael Thompson.

ENDORSEMENTS

Fabrizio Grossi is directly involved with the music manufactures Mark Bass Bass Amplifiers , DV Mark Guitar Amplifiers, Dean Markley Strings , KRK Speakers, CAD Microphones , Manne Signature and Malibu series Basses, , IK-Multimedia and Overloud software, Digitech efx and pedals, Morley Pedals. For which he's not only an endorser, but also a beta tester and consultant.

References

http://www.fabriziogrossi.com http://www.markbass.it/artist_detail.php?id=36 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabrizio-grossi-p2129777/credits http://75.125.242.10/view/3irdo http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fabrizio+Grossi http://www.markmcguigan.com/2011/09/19/review-leslie-west-unusual-suspects-feat-steve-lukather-billy-gibbons-slash-zakk-wylde-and-joe-bonamassa/ http://www.enotes.com/topic/Fabrizio_Grossi

External links

http://www.fabriziogrossi.com

http://www.soundsofpiscesmusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabrizio-grossi-p2129777/credits