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

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The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins recently listened to Maneskin’s newest single ‘Honey (Are U Coming?)’ and shared his thoughts on the vocalist Damiano David’s singing style in the recent episode of Justin Hawkins Rides Again. Justin mentioned that the style of ‘Honey’ sounded similar to Cults, and reminded him of a ‘Darkness’ song:

“What does that remind me of? I mean it sounds like the Cults and as everybody knows I’m a huge Cult enthusiast. There’s a Darkness song that’s a bit like that too called ‘Open Fire.’ It’s just that kind of driving. When somebody said 90s earlier I’d suggest maybe earlier than that it’s like a sort of mid-to-late 80s kind of Goth Rocky vibe to the guitar riff.”

Hawkins praised Damiano’s singing and performing skills, emphasising the importance of being in the moment for the frontpeople:

“I really admired Damiano David. I think he’s such a ballsy performer. He really just goes for it and there’s no kind of sense of that sort of uber self-awareness that prevents a lot of singers from being the frontman they could possibly be. He’s not afflicted by that kind of embarrasment, I don’t think. And I always admire that in frontpeople. I think it’s an important trait.”

The Darkness frontman also analysed David’s vocals and mentioned their uniqueness:

“It gives a bit of that sort of what’s that called… An affectation of some sort where the note comes in and sort of flaps in a little bit just after. I think he’s defining his vocal style over the last few releases and now he’s kind of got this thing where you recognise him straight away.”

Justin analysed Damiano’s voice and praised him in the past. In 2022, also on Justin Hawkins Rides Again, he mentioned that when listening to David’s vocals throughout the songs, he could hear it has gotten better. Justin explained the situation as:

“When a vocalist gets busy, and they spend a couple of years just singing hardnearly every night, it can change your voice and round it off in one of two ways it either sort of starts to get raspy, and then you sound more like a roofer than a singer, or you can develop these kinds of husky bits within your range that you can lean on for you know the emotional impact in certain places, and it actually improves you. I think the second thing happened to Damiano. I think he’s gotten better.”

Below, you can watch the whole episode, also listen to Maneskin’s new single.

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After a video of him kissing a woman went viral on TikTok, Damiano David received backlash from the fans as the woman in question wasn’t Giorgia Soleri. Soon after, the Måneskin frontman took to his Instagram to clear the air, revealing he and Giorgia have broken up.

According to a translation of his Instagram story, Damiano’s statement read:

“I’m very sorry this video came out, it wasn’t how we wanted to handle the situation, and it was my mistake. Giorgia and I decided to break up for a few days now, so there weren’t any betrayals of any kind. I hope this doesn’t affect the image of Giorgia, and may you respect the delicacy of this moment.”

In the video posted by the TikTok user @valeebarba, Damiano is seen kissing a woman in a club. Fans reacted to the video in the comments section, expressing their disappointment. Another fan alleged that the woman seen in the video was a friend of Giorgia. However, this hasn’t been confirmed.

Damiano had been together with Soleri since 2017, and the model shared a photo of the two kissing in an Instagram post not long ago, on May 12. In another post shared in April, she posted black and white photos of her and Damiano with a caption that read ‘same team.’

You can check out Damiano’s original Instagram story below.

Photo Credit: Damiano David – Instagram Stories

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