Aladdin Insane David Bowie Tribute | Aladdin Insane Who's Who

Aladdin Insane's Who's Who

Ambra Mattioli

Lead vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica

She began her musical journey in 1976 with the band Cronosfera. In 1978, she moved to London, where she played guitar and performed as a street musician at Marble Arch Underground Station. She then spent 15 years performing in piano bars alongside maestro Stefani.

With The Clips (Luigi Mas, Raffaele Califano, and Andrea Pistilli) as a side project, she joined Nico’s tour in Italy in 1986 and remained with the group until 1989. She later collaborated with RCA Italy, working with Migliacci, Petrossi, Fia, and Basile.

From 2007 to 2011, she was the lead singer of Lady Stardust & Diamond Dogs, a David Bowie tribute band, alongside Angelo Caselli and Fabrizio Nicastro. Since 2011, she has been the lead vocalist of Aladdin Insane.

Her talent has led her to various artistic projects, including her participation in The Voice Senior Italy, her role in Hannah (winner of the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival), and her production and interpretation of Burning Tape, directed by Valerio Burli, featured in BowieNext - Nascita di una Galassia, produced and broadcast by RAI TV.

Instruments: Voice, Acoustic Guitar , harmonica

Main activities:

Ambra is an ebonist, specializing in interior design using precious and exotic wood materials. She is a painter, holding degrees from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and the Free School of Nude under Professor Boezio Balestrelli. Since 1990, her artworks have been exhibited in major European art galleries and catalogs, with her creations displayed in public and private spaces in Geneva and New York.

As a writer, she has published Amber's Trilogy, a sci-fi series consisting of three books in Italian: The Arcade, Il Collezionista di Opportunità, and Fatti per non durare. In English, these were released as two books under Amber’s World: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle and The Other Face of God.

She also published a short story collection, Paradigm Imperfect – Stories of Peripheral Universes (Paradigma Imperfetto – Storie di Universi Periferici), as well as the novels The Earth of Others (La Terra degli Altri) and Black Star.

Ambra is married and the mother of twin sons—one a bass player, and the other a lead vocalist in two rising bands. Her ultimate dream? To finally relax and have absolutely nothing to do! 😆

Tommaso Tella

Electric & Acoustic Guitar

The guitar hit him late in life, but once it did, he made sure to return the favor—by relentlessly assaulting his father's eardrums, who, in turn, whacked him right back. And that’s how he became such a whacko!

His first rock experience was with Luciano Fubelli, a fellow newcomer to music. Together, they unleashed their enthusiasm by recreating every possible sound of the ‘80s, with a special fondness for The Cure and The Clash.

He later founded Black Magara alongside Paola Canestrelli, Lorenzo Mammi, Caterina Mammi, and Fabio Osso, recording both covers and original songs. Following that, he joined the Gram Plus project with Agno Varallo, Paolo Carluccio, and Lorenzo Mammi, contributing to their original compositions.

For a brief period, he was part of Kaiser Soze (Luca Latini, Max Pescosolido, Flavio Monosilio, and Michele Tritto), rocking out to a repertoire of grunge covers. Later, with Cesca, Max Brunori, and Roberto Prandini, he attempted a short-lived project—one that would eventually evolve into what is now Aladdin Insane.

Instruments: Acoustic Guitar , Electric Guitar

Main activities: Trying to teach I.T. (and possibly convincing students that coding and shredding are somehow related).

Francesco Infarinato

Piano, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Back Vocals

A versatile musician, composer, and singer, he plays multiple instruments and began his career at the age of nine in the Choir of Rome’s Opera Theatre. He has devoted his life to music—partly to avoid real work—and has composed songs, jingles, and soundtracks for films and theater productions.

He has collaborated with legendary artists such as Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, Roger Waters, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Zeffirelli, and Noemi, and has toured the world, performing in Australia, Argentina, the USA, Brazil, Korea, China, Uzbekistan, Spain, Poland, Germany, and Slovenia. Despite this impressive career, he has somehow managed to stubbornly maintain his penniless status.

Ska, pop, classical, glam rock, electronic music—he loves them all. Over the years, he has played with an eclectic mix of people in an equally diverse range of venues, from glamorous stages to absolute dives. His greatest skill? Befriending anyone… even inanimate objects.

Instrument: Piano, keyboards, choirs, acoustic guitar

Main activities: When not at the piano, Francesco can be found pretending he’s only a musician while, in reality, he holds a degree in Computer Engineering, a PhD in Neurophysiology, and teaches as a contract professor at La Sapienza University in Rome. He is also a bioengineering researcher at San Raffaele, working on things far too complex to explain in a musician’s bio.

Luciano Fubelli

Bass Guitar

He started in the ‘80s, playing bass guitar alongside Tommaso Tella—and hammering away in his blacksmith shop. Even when he wasn’t striking an anvil, but just plucking bass strings, he still managed to shatter the peace in his building, practicing endlessly in the garage beneath it.

Eventually, he made it out of the garage, playing covers and original songs with Black Magara (Tommy Gun, Paola Canestrelli, Lorenzo Mammi, Caterina Mammi, and Fabio Osso)—all while still pounding iron at the anvil.

After the Black Magara adventure, he returned to his (now blessedly soundproofed) garage and dove into various musical projects and collaborations. In the end, Tommaso Tella lured him back to his bass strings, bringing him into the newly formed Aladdin Insane, where he continues to play.

Instruments: Bass guitar, fretless bass

Main activities: Thanks to his ever-growing experience in striking and pounding, he is now an accomplished craftsman, blacksmith, and artist—wielding both bass and hammer with equal precision.

Marco Di Nicolantonio

Drums & Percussion

Marco’s first musical passion was the guitar—but he quickly realized that drums were his true calling. In 1980, he took drum lessons with Roberto Gatto at Saint Louis, then continued as a self-taught musician, playing in various Rock, Jazz, and Funk bands (Funky music remains one of his great loves).

In 1985, he co-founded Fasten Belt, playing with them for ten years. During this time, the band produced three albums—two in English and one in Italian, released by BMG RCA in 1995—while performing at numerous concerts and appearing on TV programs such as Segnali di Fumo, Roxy Bar, and VideoMusic.

After this experience, he explored American Folk music and played in a Fabrizio De André tribute alongside street artist Franco Fosca at Piazza Navona. In recent years, he collaborated with 2hurt, a Desert Rock band founded by Paolo Bertozzi, another former Fasten Belt member.

Most recently, he has kept the rhythm alive as the drummer for both LIMA (The Clash tribute band) and Kid Is Gone (Garage Rock band).

Now, with great pleasure, he plays drums for Italy’s premier David Bowie tribute band, Aladdin Insane!

Instruments: Drums, Percussions

Main activities: Looking for the perfect groove—both in music and in life.

Lalloman

Allman

Lorenzo Perracino

Sax, Flute, Back Vocals

Lorenzo was born in Biella, Italy, in 1986 and moved to Rome with his family a few years later, where he currently resides.

He studied at the O. Respighi Conservatory of Music in Latina under Daniele Caporaso, beginning his career as a soloist and chamber musician. He graduated with top honors in 2008 and has since maintained an active freelance career across a diverse range of musical genres—including chamber, orchestral, contemporary, and light music—performing at some of the most prestigious concert halls and venues in Italy and abroad, with tours in the Netherlands, Hungary, and Romania.

Over the years, he has had the pleasure of performing for renowned artists such as Francesco De Gregori, Gigi Proietti, Robin Banerjee (guitarist for Amy Winehouse), Joe D’Urso, Tom Griesgraber, Joe Rapolla, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, and many more.

As 1st Alto, he has played with the Roma Electric Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Micheli, in collaboration with Ennio Morricone, Franco Battiato, Enrico Ghezzi, Vincenzo Cerami, and Walter Mauro.

His extensive work in theater includes performances in plays and musicals, such as The Merchant of Venice (2016) at the Globe Theatre in Rome, adapted and directed by Loredana Scaramella.

In 2015, he had the honor of performing at the historic Roman amphitheater in Pompeii during the second edition of Ludi Pompeiani, and released the album Ritratto Impersonale with a live performance at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

Lorenzo has also composed and performed for various radio and TV productions across Europe, including Mediaset, Rai, RTL Hungary, TVR, Radio Europa FM, Magic FM, Rete Oro, Last FM, RadioRadio, and more.

Since 2017, he has been part of Aladdin Insane, adding his signature sound to Italy’s premier David Bowie tribute band.

Instrument: Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute, Transverse Flute

Main activities: "I'm just a prisoner of Rock'n'Roll!!!"

Allman (a.k.a. Lallo) The one and only Allman.

Tools:

Road manager
Organization & logistics
Liquorice (essential!)
Transportation
Equipment assembly & removal
Camera & photography
Solutions to unexpected and unforeseen problems
Kinder Bueno (because energy matters)
Good advice
Stale Pocketcoffees (for extreme situations)
Bare hands or gloved (if necessary)

Instrument:

Left & right hand
Pocket money
Contracts
Banks

Main activities: Considering everything he already does… what more could we possibly ask?

Roberto Prandini

Former Drummer

Co-founder of the Aladdin Insane. He played with us from 2010 to 2012. At present following his passion: he plays Jazz with the Swinging Trio band.

Stefano Pezzuto

Former Piano and Keyboards

Aladdin Insane member from 2010 to 2014. At the time following a new inspiration: he plays his own music.

Lorenzo Mandelli

Former Sax

Aladdin Insane member from 2015 to 2017. At the time following an old project about his own music.

Lorenzo Mammi