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In september 1997 Iacopo and Jerry were intent to complete the recording of “Sandali rossi” at Misery fox studio. The song had some intense esoteric lyrics and was rich of thrilling sounds.
After the recording of an evil guitar solo they were listening carefully to the result when, unexpectedly,  the earth moved. A strong tremor, they knew later, had happened in the region of Umbria.
Still unaware of the thing happened and about the damage caused by the disaster, they thought it was a sign of  approval by natural forces regarding the music !!!!!

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Having won the rock festival in Finale di Reggio emilia, OAK spent the night in a changing room inside a sporting center granted by the organizational staff. The only advice was: Do not bathe in the swimming pool !!!!! Well, the night dragged by quiet and silent but…. after a good, refreshing bath, with our girlfriends…rigorously naked !!!!!!!

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Do you know that, the day after OAK show at Qube in 2003, an ex  warrant officer of Carabinieri  wrote to Dj Margus denouncing depravity and immorality at the show ? He, worrying about his son’s adulation regarding OAK band, had followed him in secret till the venue remaining upset but, in the end, attracted by the performance of the band.

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Do you know that, at the Tull’s convention in 1997, there were 47 degrees on stage ?
During OAK performance Glen, lost in a cloud of smoke shot by an unwise roadie, called for an help having an asthma attack.

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Tired about the failures made with  many previous bands, Jerry Cutillo, on the eve of the first OAK concert, decided to exorcise the event.
He recorded a tape as a prelude to the show. This, in pure gothic style, was rich of spine-tingling sounds, gruesome musical elements and the wicked request of a long lasting artistic life for OAK.
Well….we actually are on the fourteenth year of  band’s activity……
THANKS  !!!!!!!!

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On the day of the OAK interview with Radio rock’s dj’s, back in ’94,  i dusted down an old leather uniform belonging to the Germant’s  II° world war army.
The over coat, bought already worn-out in a second-hand market, was lying wrecked  in my  loft. and, when I put it on, suddenly realized that…....it really stank !!!!!
To get round the bad smell, I sprinkled it with the whole content of a patchuli bottle, and Jumped  into the car on the way to the radio.
The interview and the acoustic set went very well but, the dj’s comment probably had been:

Brilliant… but…… how much they stink !!!!!