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The Houstones are an alternative rock band born in 2012 and composed by Saul Savarino (vocals, guitar), Joel Pfister (drums), Serena Maggini (keyboards) and Maurizio Cuomo (bass) based in Locarno, Switzerland. 

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The Houstones are an alternative rock band born in 2012 and composed of Saul Savarino (vocals, guitar), Joel Pfister (drums), Maurizio Cuomo (bass) and Serena Maggini (keyboards and vocals) based in Locarno, Switzerland. The band has five singles and two albums to their credit, released in 2016 and 2019 by Old Bicycle Records on cassette and by Dreamin Gorilla on CD, which was followed by a concert tour (among the most important is the live at the Foce di Lugano and the showcase at Studio di 2 di Rete Tre). At the end of February 2019, thanks to the collaboration with Marco Bonanomi (Ministri, Firewater, The Sidh) in the role of co-producer, the second album comes out on CD, once again by the Savona label DreaminGorilla and by the German Entes Anomicos, while it is published by Soppressa Records for the vinyl edition. Among the biggest acknowledgments are the words of Chris Goss (Master of Reality, Kyuss, Qotsa) who writes about the Houstones: "Fresh sounding, melodic rock & roll to give a variety of moods. Joy, aggression, sadness, thinking , humor. The things I'm looking for. " In 2021 they released the third album in two volumes for the Turin label Scatti Vorticosi, the German Entes Anomicos and Soppressa Records. The Houstones consider as their references bands such as: Motorpsycho, Verdena, Flaming Lips, Queens of the stone age, Melvins, dEUS, Faith No More, Nirvana, Tame Impala ...

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The Houstones are an alternative rock band born in 2012 and composed of Saul Savarino (vocals, guitar), Joel Pfister (drums), Maurizio Cuomo (bass) and Serena Maggini (keyboards and vocals) based in Locarno, Switzerland. The band has five singles and two albums to their credit, released in 2016 and 2019 by Old Bicycle Records on cassette and by Dreamin Gorilla on CD, which was followed by a concert tour (among the most important is the live at the Foce di Lugano and the showcase at Studio di 2 di Rete Tre). At the end of February 2019, thanks to the collaboration with Marco Bonanomi (Ministri, Firewater, The Sidh) in the role of co-producer, the second album comes out on CD, once again by the Savona label DreaminGorilla and by the German Entes Anomicos, while it is published by Soppressa Records for the vinyl edition. Among the biggest acknowledgments are the words of Chris Goss (Master of Reality, Kyuss, Qotsa) who writes about the Houstones: "Fresh sounding, melodic rock & roll to give a variety of moods. Joy, aggression, sadness, thinking , humor. The things I'm looking for. " In 2021 they released the third album in two volumes for the Turin label Scatti Vorticosi, the German Entes Anomicos and Soppressa Records. The Houstones consider as their references bands such as: Motorpsycho, Verdena, Flaming Lips, Queens of the stone age, Melvins, dEUS, Faith No More, Nirvana, Tame Impala ...

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