Rollerball

The Profile

Rollerball were a Tuscan/Florentine heavy metal band active in the 1980s. The lineup included Maxx Bell (vocals/keyboards), Fabrizio Ricciardelli (guitar), Jacopo "Jey Key" Braccesi (bass) and Peter Pirri (drums). In 1984 they recorded the song "Wild Town" for the compilation H M Eruption and released the EP Outlast The Game. They performed at the Certaldo festival and disbanded at the end of the 1980s.

Band name taken from the 1975 Norman Jewison film Rollerball. Managed at one point by Enrico Dell'Omo. Praised in reviews for passion, speed and NWOBHM-influenced riffs; recorded Outlast The Game (EP, 1984).

Rollerball are a Tuscan/Florentine heavy metal band active in the 1980s. Reviews praise the 1984 EP Outlast The Game for its passion and NWOBHM-influenced riffs. The group featured Maxx Bell (vocals/keyboards), Fabrizio Ricciardelli (guitar), Jacopo "Jey Key" Braccesi (bass) and Peter Pirri (drums). Their story in reviews is one of potential and an early end in the late 1980s.