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883 Read As Otto Otto Tre Were An Italian Pop Rock Group Founded In Pavia. The Group Was Initially Composed Of Max Pezzali And Mauro Repetto Until Mauro Left In 1994. The Story Of 883 Began In Pavia In The Eighties When Massimo Pezzali Later Known As Max Pezzali And Mauro Repetto Found Themselves Classmates At School. A Few Years Later They Made Their Debut In 1989 By Participating In The Program 1 2 3 Jovanotti Hosted On Italia 1 By The Then Emerging Jovanotti . The Provisional Name "I Pop" Was Chosen For The Two From The Play On The Words "Hip-Hop" And "pop Music" And They Present A Song In English Entitled Live In The Music With Rap Sounds. Apparently The Project Would Not Produce Any Sequel. In 1991 On Behalf Of Max Pezzali The Group Name Was Changed To 883. After This They Started To Focus On Writing Songs In Italian And In 1992 Their Debut Studio Album Was Released. Titled Hanno Ucciso L'Uomo Ragno They Killed Spider-Man The Album Was A Huge Success On The Italian Music Charts During The Summer And Proved Popular Among Youth Especially. The Album Charted At Number One For A Few Weeks And Sold Over 650 000 Copies. In 1993 The Group Released Their Second Studio Album Nord Sud Ovest Est North South West East . The Album Proved To Be More Successful Than Their Debut And Sold Over 1 350 000 Copies. Many Singles Were Also Taken From This Album Which Helped The Album Stay In The Charts At Number One For A While. During 1994 After A Nightclub Tour The Original Lineup Of 883 Disbanded Leaving Max As The Sole Member Of The Group. Also In This Time A Remix Album Was Released Titled Remix '94 A Collection Of The Main Pieces From The First Two Albums In A Remix Version With The Addition Of The Previously Unreleased Song Chiuditi Nel Cesso. It Reached Number 16 Among The Best-Selling Albums Of 1994 With 270 000 Copies Sold Despite The Poor Promotion It Had Recieved. In The Summer Of 1995 Pezzali Presented The New Members Of The Group. Made Up Of Nine Members Who Already Played Together In Milanese Clubs Under The Name Of Elefunky Including The Backing Singers Paola And Chiara Iezzi Subsequently Launched As Soloists Daniele Moretto And Michele Monestiroli Respectively On Trumpet And Saxophone Jacopo Corso And Roberto Priori On Guitars Sandro Verde On Keyboard Leandro Misuriello On Bass And Ivan Ciccarelli On Drums. In This Year Max Pezzali Also Takes On The Role Of Leader And Main Composer Of The Group. Shortly After This The Groups Third Album La Donna Il Sogno & Il Grande Incubo The Woman The Dream & The Great Nightmare Is Released. The Album Topped The Charts Selling Over One Million Copies During The Year And Proved To Be Their Most Notable And Successful Work To Date. During This Time The Album Also Saw The Return Of Mauro Whom Wrote The Songs Tieni Il Tempo Holding Time Musica Music And Non 6 Bob Dylan Not 6 Bob Dylan . 1996 Was A Break Year For 883 Except For A Summer Participation In The Cecchetto Compilation Collection Which Included Unreleased Pieces By All The Artists Produced By The Well-Known Talent Scout. 883 Participate With An Unreleased Song And Also Collaborate With B-Nario On Their New Album. In The Meantime The Band Changes Some Elements Guitarist Jacopo Corso Is Replaced By Piero Cazzago Alberto Tafuri Replaces Sandro Verde As Keyboard Player And Roberto Drovandi Is The New Bassist In Misuriello's Place. While Gabriel Nuzzoli Joins On Percussion. Paola And Chiara Also Left The Band. In 1997 The Fourth Album By 883 Was Released La Dura Legge Del Gol The Hard Law Of Goals . This Album Saw The Band Reaching The Top Of The Charts Again And Managed To Sell 800 000 Copies. The Creation Of The Jolly Blu Project Also Began In The Summer Of 1997 The First And Only 883 Film Freely Inspired By Pezzali's Songs. The Film Was Released In Theaters Produced By Cecchetto And Was Popular Throughout The Year. In The Summer Of 1998 883's First Real Collection Gli Anni Was Released Containing Unreleased Songs As Well As Two Pieces Translated Into Spanish Han Matado El Hombre Araña They Killed Spider-Man And Quien Seras How Come . Gli Anni Is The Fifth Consecutive Album By 883 To Conquer First Place In The Hit Parade Exceeding 800 000 Copies And Becoming The Eighth Best-Selling Album In Italy In 1998. The New Tracks On The Album Feature Matteo Salvadori In Place Of Marco Guarnerio Who Will Continue To Remain Very Close To 883 And Pezzali In The Following Years And Eugenio Mori On Drums In Place Of Ivan Ciccarelli. The Group Born In Pavia Reached The Peak Of Success That Summer On The Evening Of 21 July 1998 When Over 100 000 People Gathered In Piazza Duomo In Milan Under The Pouring Rain To Follow The Band's First And Last Mega Concert . The Concert Was Broadcast The Following Day In Prime Time On Italia 1 With Over 3 500 000 Spectators In 1999 The Lineup Changed Again Guitarists Cazzago And Priori Left And Fabrizio Frigeni Arrived In Their Place Bassist Matteo Bassi Replaces Melone And Claudio Borrelli Comes On Percussion In Place Of Nuzzoli. Also In 1999 Grazie Mille Was Released The Fifth Album Of Unreleased Songs By 883. It Is A Work In Which We Begin To See A More Mature Pezzali In His Lyrics And Topics Almost As If He Wanted To Grow With His Audience. It Was The First And Only 883 Album That Failed To Reach The Top Of The Sales Charts Despite Reaching Second FIMI Position And Reaching The Figure Of 550 000 Copies Making It One Of The Best-Selling Albums Of The Year. In The Same Year The Group Received International Recognition During The World Music Awards As Best Italian Group. In 2000 883 Began The Year With A New Year's Concert In Cagliari In Front Of 60 000 People And Left The Historic Fri Records To Sign For The Multinational Warner Music With Plans To Conquer The European Market. In The Summer Of The Same Year A Launch Collection Entitled Mille Grazie Was Released Only For The Austrian And German Markets Containing The Greatest Successes In The History Of The 883 Rearranged In A Latin-American Key. To Promote The Album A Mini Tour Is Also Organized In Austria And Germany. In Italy Warner Started The Publication Of A Remastered Edition Enriched With Remixes And Unreleased Songs Of All The Albums Released Up To Then By 883 With The Exception Of Grazie Mille With The Words "Edizione Extraordinaria". Between The End Of 2000 And 2001 883 Had A New Opportunity To Penetrate The German Market By Opening The Concerts Of Eros Ramazzotti 's "Stilelibero" Tour On Dates In Germany And Austria. Due To International Commitments Pezzali Returned To The Recording Studio For The New Album Only At The Beginning Of 2001. Uno In Più One More Stylized As 1 In The Sixth Album Of Unreleased Songs By 883 Was Released In The Summer In Italy And Subsequently Also In Germany Austria Switzerland France Greece And Scandinavia. The Album Features Emiliano Bassi As The New Drummer And Daniele Gregolin On Guitar In Place Of Frigeni. In Italy It Immediately Jumped To First Place In The Charts Totaling 330 000 Copies In Sales Alone. Well-Known Italian Music Figures Such As Jovanotti Alex Britti Syria And Articolo 31 Also Collaborate On The Album . In The Meantime A Survey Elects Max And The 883 As The Group Best Known By Young People Between 12 And 24 Surpassing International Stars Such As Madonna. At The End Of The Year Uno In Più Ranked Sixteenth Among The Best-Selling Albums In Italy And A Song From The Album Bella Vera Was Used As The Theme Song For Miss Italia 2001. In The Same Year 883 Received The Award For Best At The Italian Music Awards Group. Between 2001 And 2002 Many Members Of 883 Left Besides The "wind Section" Made Up Of Daniele Moretto And Michele Monestiroli Two Fundamental Members Of The Post-Repetto Group A Point Of Reference For Pezzali And For The Various Session Musicians Who Had Alternated Over The Years. This Reason And The Search For An Artistic Renewal Lead In Autumn 2002 Max Pezzali To Completely Abandon The Name 883 After Eleven Years Of Activity With The Collection Love/Life Love And Life At The Time Of 883 Containing The Ballads And Love Songs Written By The Group Plus Some Unreleased Songs. For These Latest Works Massimiliano Pelan Plays Guitar Instead Of Matteo Salvadori. At The End Of The Year Love/Life Sold Less Than 100 000 Copies And Only Reached Fifty-Eighth Place In The Ranking Of The Best-Selling Albums Of 2002 Even Though Quanto Che Capita As What Happens Managed To Obtain The Award For Best Video Clip At The Italian Music Awards That Year. The Last Concert Under The 883 Brand Dates Back To A Live Television Performance On Video Italia On 3 December 2002 In Which Only Pezzali Pelan And Tafuri Performed. At The Beginning Of 2003 Pezzali Definitively Abandoned The 883 Name. read less