Francesco Sondelli was born on 8 December 1973 and is an Italian rock musician.
13 Facts About Francesco Sondelli
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Francesco Sondelli is the founder, guitarist, and vocalist for the alternative rock band The Petalstones.
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Francesco Sondelli is the founder and chief designer of the music instrument company F-Pedals.
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In 2013, Sondelli composed and directed the official anthem for SSC Napoli, an Italian football club based in Naples.
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In 1997, Francesco Sondelli started his first band, Chao-Shi, in Naples with bassist Mario Pagliarulo, who later became the bassist of Serj Tankian's touring band, the Flying Cunts of Chaos, drummer Roberto Zincone, and guitarist Elio De Stefanis.
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In 2003, Francesco Sondelli invited Malin Akerman to become the co-lead singer of the band after they worked together on some new songs.
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Francesco Sondelli started his solo music career and released his first solo CD, "Disordinary", in 2007.
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Francesco Sondelli was the music composer for the song Dejame Ser in Puerto Rican artist Ednita Nazario's album "Soy", which was ranked No 1 on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums, Latin Pop Albums, and Puerto Rico Top Albums, and was nominated for Latin Pop Album of the Year in 2010.
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In 2013, Francesco Sondelli was appointed by Aurelio De Laurentiis as the composer and music director of the official anthem of SSC Napoli.
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Francesco Sondelli used the chorus of the Neapolitan song 'O surdato 'nnammurato and added new arrangements to make the new anthem.
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In summer 2009, Francesco Sondelli started Project ReEvolution with Maurizio Capone.
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In 2011, Francesco Sondelli teamed up with engineer Eddie Kramer, who became an F-Pedals partner, and in 2012, Francesco Sondelli founded F-Pedals, a company that manufactures guitar pedals.
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In March 2013, Francesco Sondelli founded the project RocKramer, a worldwide tour featuring lectures and story telling.