Vanilla Sky (band)

The band currently consists of Jacopo Volpe on drums, Francesco Sarsano on bass, and both Vincenzo Mario Cristi and Daniele Brian Autore on vocals and guitar.

The band members met in Rome, Italy, intent on starting a new project which would mesh previous experiences with a new American punk style.

Their demo sold out within the first two months, catching the attention of the Italian punk-rock scene and emerging indie label Wynona Records.

In response to their growing popularity, the Play It If You Can't Say It EP was re-issued by Wynona Records in December 2004 with three extra unreleased tracks.

During the summer the band performed again at several festivals throughout Europe, which included the "Rock in Idro" with acts such as NOFX, Good Charlotte, The Offspring, The Hives, My Chemical Romance.

[3] After almost a year spent on pre-production writing, arranging and constantly changing the songs the quartet started in early 2006 to record the final version of the album.

The opening track and first single "Break It Out" pushed the band into the mainstream with magazines and TV channels of the continental market taking interest (i.e.: Rock Sound cover, MTV Italy TRL chart, etc.).

They received several offers from the biggest companies in the music business, with the band finally signing with the major label, Universal Records.

The Roman quartet performed to 12,000 people and shared the stage with bands such as Beatsteaks, The Ark, Tool, Jimmy Eat World and Fall Out Boy.

[7] The song received airplay on numerous radio stations in Italy and Europe, in addition to this, rock magazine, Kerrang has dedicated a ring tone to the cover.

[8] In April 2009, the official site at Myspace and in an episode of Vanilla Sky TV, Cristi and Autore announced that the band's lineup had changed.

[9][10] A while later, the positions were filled by Jacopo Volpe on drums, who had previously played with Cristi on his other project called Rome Is For Lovers, and Antonio Filippelli.

Fragile was written and recorded between the Fall of 2008 and Spring of 2009 and features the work of American producer, Jamie Woolford (The Stereo, The AKAs, Lydia, and The Format) and Big Bass Brian who mastered "Changes.