Off limit>>RAW POWER - ITALY

You Are The Victim – 1984 – Meccano
Screams From The Gutter – 1985 – Toxic Shock
After Your Brain – 1986 – Toxic Shock
Mine To Kill – 1989 - Rat Cage
Live Danger – 1991 - TVOR
Too Tough To Burn – 1993 – Rosemary’s
Fight – 1995 – Godhead Recordings
Live From The Gutter – 1996 - Godhead
Reptile House – 1998 - Westworld
Trust Me! – 2000 – Hello/NoBrain
Still Screaming (After 20 Years) – 2003 – Six Weeks
Resuscitate – 2010 – P.I.G.
Tired And Furious – 2014 – Beer City
Inferno – 2017 – Demons Run Amok

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Members
Vocals
Off Limits>>MAURO CODELUPPI

Guitar
Chelsea Hotel>>Maurizio Dodi – Giuseppe Codeluppi –Davide Devoti – Silvio Stefanini – Luca Carpi – Niccolo Bossini – Silvio Stefanini - Tommi Prodi – PAOLO DI BERNARDO

Bass
Silvio Codeluppi – Revel Devil>>Alessandro Paolucci>>Rebel Devil – Levani>>MARCO MASSARENTI>>Levani

Drum
Helder Stefanini – Raff, Ulysses>>Fabiano Bianco>>Raff, Ulysses, Fingernails – Rain>>Andrea Cavani – Emanuele Castagneti – Paolo Casali – Fabio Ferrari>>Easy Trigger – Injury, Dumper, Valgrind, Deathfucker>>GIANMARCO AGOSTI>>Injury, Dumper, Valgrind, Deathfucker




History & Biography
Guitarists Giuseppe Codeluppi and Maurizio Dodi founded the band as Off Limit in 1981 before picking up the Raw Power monicker late in that year. Raw Power was a song and an album name by Iggy And The Stooges in 1973. Off Limit was the name of Giuseppe’s cover version band. Giuseppe’s brother Mauro was the singer.

The band recorded and released a self-titled demo with Mauro on vocals, the aforementioned six stringers, Silvio on bass and Helder on drums. Another version of the same was issued with a modified song title. You Are The Victim was the band’s debut album of 1984 and already established both the band’s crossover sound and the gooey reptilian cover mascot. DRI would have been a good comparison. The group toured the USA courtesy of its label connection. The second record featured Davide (replacing Maurizio) and was taped in the USA. Bad Compilation Tapes immortalized Live In The U.S.A. 1984 in 1985. Maurizio Dodi had switched to bass. Wop Hour was also a live single from the band. The band was already showcasing its energetic approach to music. Silvio was the second guitarist on After Your Brain. Guns N’ Roses opened for the band at one show in the USA in 1986. Reptile House featured the band’s favourite reptile on the cover again, but brought it into the album’s title as well. Stefanini returned for the Trust Me! album.

A couple of these songs were used on a split release with DRI called The Dirty Rotten Power EP. The band was relatively inactive for several years before Resuscitate arrived. The album featured the sole guitars of Tommi Prodi. Guitarist Codeluppi had died in 2002. He suffered a heart attack reportedly while playing football. The Reagan Years was a CD and DVD set released by Beer City Records in 2010. Former guitarist Carpi died in 2012. The group appeared at the Obscene Extreme festival in 2014. The group toured the USA next. Shows with Agnostic Front followed in Europe. An Australian tour was a go in 2017. The Inferno album contained a couple of songs sung in Italian. A 2019 MLP was a split between the group and Cripple Bastards and called Japan Tour 2019. Then Raw Power and Ananas had a split in 2021. The band was touring Europe in 2022.


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