After first gigs in local clubs, New Trolls became popular enough to perform as supporting act for the Rolling Stones on their 1967 Italian tour.
Characterized by early symphonic rock experimentation and classical music arrangements written by composer Luis Enriquez Bacalov,Concerto grosso per i New Trolls is considered one of the finest Italian prog-rock albums ever made.
With the new line-up the band released Searching for a land, a double album featuring a combination of studio and live tracks mostly sung in English.
De Scalzi reunited with Giorgio D'Adamo and released a single, "Una notte sul Monte Calvo", a pop-rock rendition of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, as New Trolls.
After a legal injunction from Di Palo, the band released an album under the name New Trolls Atomic System.
Amazingly, De Scalzi rejoined his old friend/rival Di Palo and drummer Belleno for a new chapter in New Trolls' history.
L.I.V.E., which contained songs prior to breakup and some excerpts from the forthcoming studio album Concerto grosso no.
Then the band slowly abandoned its progressive style in favour of a mainstream pop rock sound that gave them many more hits (Quella carezza della sera and Aldebaran among them).
Recorded live, the first disc includes reworkings of old tracks, while the second is a complete rendition of Concerto grosso per i New Trolls with full orchestra.
Di Palo and former band members regrouped as Il Mito New Trolls, only touring and performing old songs, not releasing any record yet.
Vittorio De Scalzi continued with the New Trolls Atomic System, Nico Di Palo formed two different bands, Tritons and Ibis, while Gianni Belleno recorded some singles under the pseudonym Johnny Dei Tritons and continued to play live with a band named Il Cuore Dei New Trolls.