OCTOPUSS are an Italian rock power trio of mind-blowing live impact with international relevance, characterized by an energetic and steamy-hot performance on stage, massive groove with an emphasis on funk.

The band, composed by Reepo (guitar and vocal), Garrincha (bass – founder member of the Italian multiplatinum band “Le Vibrazioni”) and Nick Turri, replacing the former drummer Luca Capasso, has a large experience in live performance. They are one of the few European independent bands which can count more than a thousand of shows held in 3 continents: Europe, North America and Asia. They have performed at any array of venues and festivals all over Italy and rest of Europe, U.K., plus tours in U.S. (playing at famous venues on both East and West Coast) and also 10 outstanding tours in China, becoming the European band more significantly active and present in China. They have been invited to perform at the most prestigious Asian Music Festivals in front of hundreds of thousand fans and at main Television Networks (as CCTV) playing live for over 70 millions viewers in the Big China, in addition to hundreds of performances at most famous livehouses all across the Chinese Country. The band has also opened for big international acts as Deep Purple and Scorpions and has received various awards and recognitions (among them, winner of the Jack Daniel’s Challenge for Rock TV as "Best Italian Rock Band" was invited to perform at the “Global Music Event” at Lynchburg, Tennessee, to represent the Italian rock scene in the U.S.).

Currently Octopuss are recognized as the European band that has played more shows in China by far, and they are actively busy promoting cooperation and cultural exchange between the European and the Chinese rock scenes, often been invited to collaborate with local rock icons, embassies and institutions too. They have also been awarded by Beijing’s University of Science and Technology for their cultural exchange activities between Europe and China.

Octopuss have achieved a world class production and top studio recording as well. The band, moved to Los Angeles, has recorded the last album “A Nut For A Jar of Tuna” in one of the most famous studio in the world: the legendary Shangri-La Studios, in Malibu, a milestone of Rock music’s history: now owned by Rick Rubin, converted to a recording studio to precise specifications of Bob Dylan and “The Band” in the 1970s, location of Martin Scorsese’s documentary “The Last Waltz”, this studio has a peerless list of artists recorded such as Clapton, Black Sabbath, Santana, Metallica, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse,... The album has been produced and mixed with multiplatinum British producer Gary Miller (David Bowie, Slash & Fergie, Lionel Richie, …), with the collaboration of Beej Chaney (singer/guitarist from “The Suburbs”) and Eric Lynn (sound engineer – among the others, on Ed Sheeran’s, Metallica’s, Eminem’s albums,…). The last single from the album, “She’s Seventeen”, will be released soon, along with its highly anticipated music video: the videoclip of the song has been realized in collaboration with “IED” (Istituto Europeo di Design, in Milano, one of the world’s most famous design academy) with mixed techniques of animation, combining 2D and 3D motion graphic arts.