Damiano David On What Distinguishes Måneskin From Other Big Bands

At the backstage of a recent stop on the ‘Rush!’ tour, USA Today caught on a chat with Måneskin, asking what set the band apart from the rest in the rock industry. To answer, vocalist Damiano David explained:

“We offer something rare nowadays. The intensity of the show: there are no backing tracks; it’s all organic. In this moment, it’s unique. The other big [rock] bands are very much older than us, and we connect the generations.”

Måneskin occasionally received criticism from some rock listeners for being mainstream with their appearance on Eurovision 2021 and X-Factor Italia in 2017. For that reason, in a January interview, Classic Rock asked the band members whether they were concerned about ‘not being taken seriously as a rock band.’

Back then, David mentioned that the band didn’t aim to cater to the ‘traditional rock fans’ while his bandmate, Victoria De Angelis, agreed by saying:

“When we play, people can be like: ‘This is not real rock because it’s on TV, so it’s s**t!’ We don’t care about it because if you’re really passionate about music, you should judge the music and not where it comes from.”

Referring to Måneskin’s performances, she added:

“It’s not our goal to convince rock’n’roll fans that we’re real rock. We’re just doing our own thing. Especially when we’ve had the pleasure of playing with legends like Iggy Pop, the Stones, Guns N’ Roses, and even they don’t think about it, so other people shouldn’t either.”

With the criticism going on, Måneskin recently won the Best Rock Video award at the MTV VMAs with the 2022 song ‘The Loneliest.’ During the awards show, the band also performed its latest release, ‘Honey (Are U Coming?),’ which you can watch below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRcneQeZHlU