Hernandez & Sampedro

From Ravenna, on Italy's east coast, but with a heart immersed in overseas music, comes a Duo/Band with style, rock attitude, and a perfect blend of voices and guitars that strike straight to the heart.
It's Luca "Hernandez" Damassa, lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Mauro "Sampedro" Giorgi, lead guitar and backing vocals, accompanied live and in the studio by the rhythm section Giacomo "Jack La Bamba" Sangiorgi on bass and Luca "El Chapo" Cocchieri on drums, and Davide Lavia on keyboards.

The history of this collaboration has roots in 2003, when Luca and Mauro were respectively vocals and guitar of Stoned Machine, a stoner band that released the album "HUMAN REGRESSION" in 2009 for Alkemist Fanatix/Roadrunner Records Benelux.

Since 2010, the duo has embarked on a new artistic journey, collecting over 1200 gigs and release 4 albums of original songs, highly praised by music magazines and blogs:

HAPPY ISLAND (2013 - R61Music)
DICHOTOMY (2016- R61Music)
TRACES (2022 - Buenasuerte)
LUMINA (2025 - Buenasuerte)

They shared the stage with:
INTERNATIONAL: Ryan Bingham, The Long Ryders (USA), Therapy? (IRL), Turin Brakes (UK), Vini Lopez, Stef Burns , Will Hunt, Mary Cutrufello (USA), David Celia (CAN), Marcus Eaton, Elliott Murphy (USA)

ITALIAN: Eugenio Finardi, Blastema, Omar Pedrini, Punkreas, Persiana Jones, the Gang, Lucio Corsi, Nobraino, Dolcenera, Statuto, Legno, Graziano Romani, Riccardo Maffoni (winner Sanremo giovani 2006), Massimo Cotto (Virgin Radio)