The band
Brave Hearts Factory
Melodic rock born in Rome in the summer of 2023. Four musicians with different stories and one shared idea: writing songs that go straight to the heart, with the energy of rock and the depth of people who have lived these things for real.
Our story
How the factory of brave hearts was born
It all starts with an idea by Massimiliano Rizzo. After years in 80s and 90s cover bands – the Lovecats, a Cure tribute, on bass and vocals, and Hype, a U2 tribute, on guitar – and a solo album, Under Dark Clouds, released during the pandemic, he decides that dark atmospheres have had their time. He picks up his beloved Stratocaster again and looks for a more energetic direction.
He needs a powerful voice, and the first to believe in it is Paolo Delle Donne, former frontman of Urban Steam: a Bruce Dickinson-like tone, gentle as a lamb in everyday life and a lion on stage. Then comes Marco Ceccarelli, a dynamic and precise drummer who brings his experience to Rome from Milan by way of Paris, along with an engineer’s mind – perfect for running the sequencers live.
Bass is the hardest piece to find. After a first year with Steve Mingo, who helped the band take its first steps in the studio and on stage, in the summer of 2024 Alessandro Poddie arrives, an old acquaintance of Paolo’s, with a strong rhythmic and melodic talent built over years on stage. The line-up is complete.
Our roots are easy to spot – 80s new wave, U2 and Simple Minds, Pink Floyd, AOR and 90s alternative rock – but we’d rather you discover them yourself. What we care about is moving the people who come to listen to us.
Who we are
The line-up
Paolo Delle Donne
Vocals
Former frontman of Urban Steam (watch “Under Concrete”). A Dickinson-style voice, energetic and explosive but never pretentious: a true showman.
Massimiliano Rizzo
Guitars · founder
The idea it all started from. From the Lovecats and Hype to the solo album Under Dark Clouds, all the way to the Stratocaster and the turn to rock. He writes most of the band’s songs.
Alessandro Poddie
Bass
In the line-up since summer 2024. Rhythmic and melodic talent, great instinct and a long track record in several bands: the missing piece of the Factory.
Marco Ceccarelli
Drums · sequencers
Years in rock and pop bands, between originals, covers and tributes. Dynamic, powerful and extremely precise. Being an engineer, he also runs all the live electronics.
Milestones
Our journey
2023
The band is born
In Rome, in the summer. In December the first single, Don’t Run Away, comes out.
2024
Emergenza Rock and Sanremo Rock
We get through the Emergenza Rock semi-finals and reach the Rome final. We compete at Sanremo Rock with How Do You Dare To Love Me. Alessandro joins on bass.
2024
Love Never Dies
Our debut album comes out, distributed by The Orchard.
2025
Release party and Irukandji
Release party at Let It Beer on 7 May. We join the Irukandji Booking Live Promotion family. In December we open for Tim “Ripper” Owens in Cremona.
2026
Lies in Series
The new single anticipates our second album, Infinite Moonlight.
2027
Luppolo in Rock and Infinite Moonlight
From 16 to 18 July we’ll be on stage at Luppolo in Rock. And the new album arrives.
Book the band for your venue or festival
Booking: Irukandji Booking Live Promotion · irukandji.bookinglivepromotion@gmail.com
Rock melodico da Roma, dal 2023.
Nuovo album Infinite Moonlight in arrivo nel 2027.
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