19 June 2019
Name | Massimiliano Monopoli |
Function | 517 × DJs, 21 × live act, producers, group |
Gender | male |
Alias | Roger |
Member of groups | The Oldschool Commanders, Traxtorm All Stars, Traxtorm Gangstaz Allied & Traxtorm Legends |
Former member |
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Origin | Italy |
Genres | early hardcore, hardcore |
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Biography
Everything started on 1992. That days The Stunned Guys proved life is like a tunnel: if you want to reach the exit light, you have to take a big breath and step straight into it, hoping you've got air enough in your lungs. You cannot turn back anymore. The Stunned Guys reached the exit light, and after that they realized that just one tunnel was not enough.
Maxx started his career on 1987, Giangy on 1991: there was the period the techno scene was borning. Year 1993, the two guys who will have become worldwide known DJs & producers were spending their nights in a small, wet basement (where their first "home" studio was based) creating new and different music, following their only dream to become part of that uprising techno scene which was just starting.
During that period Maxx was attending university and he was working in a small recording studio in Milan as sound engineer. Giangy was DJing at Number One club and, during the week, he was attending military service. It has been a really difficult period for them, not enought money to buy studio equipments (they were making music only with an Atari ST computer and an Akai S1000 sampler), and all the work they were doing in "studio" seemed to be unproductive.
All the answers to the demos they sent to the main dutch record labels were like "Sorry, it's not our style ...", "The sound is too this, too that..." and so on. But one day they received a phone call from Paul Elstak from the cult label Rotterdam Records, and a few days later they were finally mixing their first record "Nidra e.p." at Paul's studio (a real studio, with real equipments) in Rotterdam, which was released on 1994.
The feedback from the hardcore scene was so good that Maxx & Giangy decided to try 100% to transform their passion into their main job. From that moment on, everything grew so fast: performances at many european raves, collaborations with the main producers and labels and, most of all, an incredible feeling with their fanbase: in a short time The Stunned Guys took their "made in Italy" sound to the top of the international hardcore scene.
After many attempts to collaborate with Italy-based record labels, they founded Traxtorm Records, the first italian "only-hardcore" label. Their great productions took (and still take...) them to uncountable performances worldwide (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, USA, Croatia, Canada, ...), and the Traxtorm sound quickly became an inspiration source for the other producers and labels (check out the super-hit "Thrillseeka", imitated by hundred of productions).
On April 2009, after more than 16 years of activity, Giangy decided to leave the project for a new lifestyle, Maxx will run The Stunned Guys on his own. Nowadays Maxx has ended his dj career.
Maxx started his career on 1987, Giangy on 1991: there was the period the techno scene was borning. Year 1993, the two guys who will have become worldwide known DJs & producers were spending their nights in a small, wet basement (where their first "home" studio was based) creating new and different music, following their only dream to become part of that uprising techno scene which was just starting.
During that period Maxx was attending university and he was working in a small recording studio in Milan as sound engineer. Giangy was DJing at Number One club and, during the week, he was attending military service. It has been a really difficult period for them, not enought money to buy studio equipments (they were making music only with an Atari ST computer and an Akai S1000 sampler), and all the work they were doing in "studio" seemed to be unproductive.
All the answers to the demos they sent to the main dutch record labels were like "Sorry, it's not our style ...", "The sound is too this, too that..." and so on. But one day they received a phone call from Paul Elstak from the cult label Rotterdam Records, and a few days later they were finally mixing their first record "Nidra e.p." at Paul's studio (a real studio, with real equipments) in Rotterdam, which was released on 1994.
The feedback from the hardcore scene was so good that Maxx & Giangy decided to try 100% to transform their passion into their main job. From that moment on, everything grew so fast: performances at many european raves, collaborations with the main producers and labels and, most of all, an incredible feeling with their fanbase: in a short time The Stunned Guys took their "made in Italy" sound to the top of the international hardcore scene.
After many attempts to collaborate with Italy-based record labels, they founded Traxtorm Records, the first italian "only-hardcore" label. Their great productions took (and still take...) them to uncountable performances worldwide (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, USA, Croatia, Canada, ...), and the Traxtorm sound quickly became an inspiration source for the other producers and labels (check out the super-hit "Thrillseeka", imitated by hundred of productions).
On April 2009, after more than 16 years of activity, Giangy decided to leave the project for a new lifestyle, Maxx will run The Stunned Guys on his own. Nowadays Maxx has ended his dj career.
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76 comments
Super anthem op MoH
echt te gek!!!!
echt te gek!!!!
doe NORMAAL
Quote of removed on Thursday 26 April 2007 at 22:08:De joling en gordon van italie zullen we maar zeggen haha
helemaal mee eens
Quote of DIRTY-INSULT on Monday 9 July 2007 at 13:51:ho detto a tua mamma che fummi
ke scandalo!
nooit een slechte set van de stunned guys gehoord, maar wat wil je met een label als traxtorm.
Quote of removed on Thursday 31 May 2007 at 20:36:NOW EVERYBODY RAISE CAIN!!
Quote of removed on Thursday 31 May 2007 at 20:36:NOW EVERYBODY RAISE CAIN!!
focking lekker nummer
Raise Cain
Weet iemand hier toevallig wat Raise Cain betekent??
Weet iemand hier toevallig wat Raise Cain betekent??
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Loved your set @ QBase07 and.... @ Thunderdome I hope that will be as much well
XXL KIZZ FROM *ZWITZERLAND*
XXL KIZZ FROM *ZWITZERLAND*
Quote of Aggressive Behaviour on Tuesday 16 October 2007 at 20:38:Weet iemand hier toevallig wat Raise Cain betekent??
Raise Cain had dacht ik iets met problemen veroorzaken te maken.
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Raise Cain betekend Herrie Schoppen/ Onrust Stoken heb ik ergens gelezen.
gewoon een heel goed nummer.
gewoon een heel goed nummer.
Quote of Kroegfilosoof on Wednesday 12 December 2007 at 21:00:Raise Cain betekend Herrie Schoppen/ Onrust Stoken heb ik ergens gelezen.
“Raise Cain” is niet voor niets de subtitel van de enige Nederlandse editie van Masters of Hardcore in 2007. De letterlijke vertaling “de beest uithangen” is zowel bij het publiek als bij Art of Dance een vaste gewoonte.
Uit een nieuwsbericht van vorig jaar
The Stunned Guys
hymn
een van de beste en meest muzikale early tracks ooit gemaakt
hoop in de toekomst meer knallende mooie mainstream van deze mannen te horen onder het traxtorm label en dan in het idee van raise cain, your choice en i will have that power remix
Quote of removed on Sunday 23 May 2010 at 13:37:maar doen ze die lyrics zelf zingen want hun hebben altijd zo dikke lyrics en is bijna altijd dezelfde stem als je goed luistert in sommige tracks
is wel goeie shit
dus dan zingt ie ze zelf in?
sterke beredenering
Quote of permanently banned on Sunday 1 August 2010 at 01:20:dus dan zingt ie ze zelf in?
sterke beredenering
zo raar is dat niet, doen Masters of Ceremony ook
My number one!