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Often compared to
Genesis and
Gentle Giant, the Italian progressive band
Acqua Fragile featured lush harmonies similar to those of
Crosby, Stills & Nash while lead singer
Bernardo Lanzetti was often called the Italian
Peter Gabriel. Formed in 1971,
Acqua Fragile spent two years gigging before Italian progressive giants
PFM discovered them and they were signed to a record contract. Their first album, the eponymous
Acqua Fragile (1973), co-produced by
PFM, showed the band's debt to Trespass-era
Genesis and
Gentle Giant with alternately folksy and hard rocking material. Prominently featuring Lanzetti's piercing vocals, the group's music focused more on shorter material than many progressive artists of the time.
Mass Media Stars (1974), once again co-produced by
PFM, saw the band abandoning their folksier elements for a more keyboard-oriented sound.
Acqua Fragile disbanded in 1975 and Lanzetti would later join
PFM. ~ Geoff Orens