5RAND AND THE SHAMAN
In a summer night in his hometown Pierluigi met a strange man, who revealed himself as a shaman...this guy gave him a 5rand coin from south africa as a lucky charm and said: "if you make sure that every step is in the direction of the mountain you'll get there".
Pierluigi Carocci
Pierluigi Carocci was born in Rome in 1979. He’s an Italian guitarist who fell in love with heavy metal music during his childhood. He is the founder, lead guitarist, and main songwriter of the band 5RAND. He’s a full time guitar teacher (metal – focused) in Rome.
He is a Solar Guitar Featured Artist.
Andrea De Carolis
Andrea De Carolis is a Metal Drummer born in Rome in 1986. He began playing the drums at the age of 10, under the attentions of his father. He continued his studies focusing on Extreme Metal music.
In his career he had the pleasure to play with great musicians from whom to steal with the eyes and had private lessons (John Macaluso, Peter Wildoer, Hannes Grosmann, etc.)
Daniel Mastrangelo
Daniel Mastrangelo was born in Rome in 1990. He started playing the electric bass when he was 14, motivated by his passion for progressive metal.
A few years later, after finishing his musical studies, Daniel started to play at professional level on tour across Italy and Europe. Alongside his performing activities, he also devoted himself to teaching bass to many students.