SPREAD EAGLE Welcomes JOMMY

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Italian Metal Guitarist

Â JOMMYÂ

JommyÂ is an Italian internationally renowned lead guitarist and musician. BornÂ Gianmaria Puledda, he has studied guitar for more than twenty years and has developed a recognizable sound and a style that excels in heavy metal, but which is well suited for various styles of rock and pop music, with classical influences, blues, funk, fusion, electronic and ethnic music with the use of the Greek bouzouki. This has ledÂ JommyÂ to the creation of a particular style defined by some as âMediterranean Metalâ. He received praise as a guitarist of âsuperior technique, tone, groove and imageâ at his audition for the bandÂ Spread Eagle. The judges includedÂ Rob De Luca, who has recorded for Grammy-winning âProducer of the Yearâ Steve Lillywhite, and for Grammy-winning âAlbum of the Yearâ engineer, Tom Camuso. Another judge of the audition wasÂ Ziv Shalev, who is an ASCAP and Academy Award-winning musician.

Jommy, as a winner of the audition, will be joiningÂ Spread EagleÂ as guitarist, playing favorites such asÂ âSwitchblade SerenadeâÂ andÂ âScratch Like a CatâÂ for its upcoming tour.

JommyÂ recorded guitars for the singleÂ âSentence of the BladeâÂ at Massive Arts Studios in Milan, and was the lead guitarist and composer of the albumsÂ The Sorceress Reveals – Atlantis, recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden by Jens Bogren, and as lead guitarist and composer he recorded all the guitars on the albumÂ JanasÂ which was globally acclaimed and reached top ârock albumâ charts, soaring to the #3 Metal album position in Italy, and also achieving high rankings in ârock albumâ charts in South Africa, Oman, Greece, Estonia and the Netherlands.

Throughout his career,Â JommyÂ has been invited to play with some of the most accomplished artists in Europe. He played as lead guitarist for Roberto Gabrielli, a producer, composer and owner of GReurosound label for eurobeat music. Gabrielli is well known in the eurobeat music industry, and actually one of the leaders of the entire movement, formerly working for Discomagic, Time Records, Hi-NRG Attack, Boom Boom Beat, Delta and Akyr Music. As a highly in-demand lead guitarist,Â JommyÂ has collaborated with some very well known names in heavy metal music. Among them, Francesco Marras, guitarist of Tygers Of Pan Tang, Screaming Shadows and others. Marras choseÂ JommyÂ to play guitar in his band, Screaming Shadows, for their 2021 European Tour.Â JommyÂ has also worked with Oscar Nilsson, a renowned drummer, music producer, mix and mastering engineer at Crehate Studios in Gothenburg, with whom he worked on theÂ JanasÂ album.