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Alex Masi Biography. Born and raised in Venice Italy, Alex Masi grew up surrounded by art. His father a successful painter and art historian inspired him from the very beginning to follow a creative path and the beauty of the city of Venice itself provided a splendid background during his formative years. Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were among Alex's early inspirations in wanting to become a musician and at the age of eight he started studying piano but around the same time his little sister's baby-sitter introduced him to what was going on in pop music and rock more specifically. Immediately Alex felt a connection between the better elements in rock and classical music and he went on discovering bands such as Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, EL&P etc who made him feel that the only limitations in music are given by one's own imagination. When in the late seventies/early eighties the whole disco/punk fiasco seemed to put a wet cold blanket over the future of rock Alex decided to get more involved with instrumental music especially after hearing Allan Holdsworth and Robert Fripp so he formed the band Ruins. Ruins played around local schools and colleges but the very intricate (for the times) pieces they were playing were not easily accepted by the teenage audiences so after graduating at the Verona Conservatory of Music Alex told his family he wanted to move to London to try to find a band and an audience for his music. With the NWOBHM in full swing London turned o...

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