Guitarist Fabio Cerrone, has been playing alongside some of the best international rock artists such: Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Carmine and Vinnie Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Black Sabbath), Tony Martin band (Black Sabbath) Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple), Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake), T.M.Stevens (Tina Turner), Twin Dragons, and his own project Virtual Dream. He’s teaching guitar at Total Guitar Academy in Rome. He also collaborated with Axe Guitar Magazine.
2015/2018
> European tour with Vinnie Appice.
> European tour with Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, The Dead Daisies).
Past tours and recordings:
2012 to 2014
> European Tour with Carmine and Vinnie Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Rod Stewart ecc.).
> Summer tour with Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow e Deep Purple singer)
> European tour with Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake e Thin Lizzy), promoting the album “Live for Tomorrow”.
2007 to 2013
> Guitarist and Musical Director with Eric Martin Band (Mr. Big singer). The Band plays four European Tour.
2008
> T.M. Stevens, bass player for Steve Vai, Tina Turner, Pretenders ecc hire Fabio for his European summer tour.
2005 – 2006
> Guitarist with Tony Martin band (Black Sabbath singer from 1987 to 1997); the band plays two european tour to promote the new album “Scream” in Russia, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Cech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Romania ecc. The band played the Bang your Head Festival in Germany and the performance was filmed for the dvd Bang your Head 2006
2004-2006, 2008
> Guitarist for Twin Dragons, with Nathaniel Peterson (Howlin Wolf, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Savoy Brown) bass and vocals; Clive Bunker on drums (Jethro Tull). La band records the album “Long way from home”, which gives the name to the neverending European Tour. The band played many international Festival with acts like Jethro Tull, Colosseum, Carl Palmer ecc. In 2008 the band released the album “Break the Chains” and started a new European tour.
As “solo artist”, Fabio was involved in a special tribute to Jimi Hendrix with great guitarists such as Uli John Roth (Scorpions), Snovy White (Thin Lizzy, Roger Waters), Graham Oliver (Saxon) ecc. They played live all over Europe, the first show (December 2004) at the Sport Arena in Bucharest was broadcasted by MTV.
Fabio also has released three albums with his own trio Virtual Dream. The debut album “Sintesi” gets rated from Fusenet along the best 20 cd fusion of the 90’s, and Fabio was in the top 10 young guns of guitar of the 90’s. In 2002 the band released the second album “Casuality”; in 2007 “Three sides of a coin” third cd was pubblished. The band is now mixing the new upcoming album.
Fabio had many collaborations such the one with the progressive act Divae playng live with Prog acts such as : “Il Banco del Mutuo Soccorso”, “Le Orme”, “Anakdoten”, “Arena” ecc. During 2001 Fabio recorded the album “Mind’s Door” with the Progressive Metal band Hemisphere that was released with SPV.