Effective period / Period of releases: 1973 - 2014

Members: Alfonso Oliva, Pietro Pellegrini, Guido Wasserman, Giorgio Santandrea, Michele Bavaro

Expressive Heavy prog band from the classic early 70's Italian prog scene, very similar to Museo Rosenbach and Il Balletto Di Bronzo. Just like their contemporary 'sister' bands they mix very well the heavy parts with soft melodic passages, with exquisite contrasting strong voice. The keyboards are superb and their long thematic developments alone would merit an interest in their albums.

Alphataurus is one of those legendary RPI (Rock Progressivo Italiano) bands who are obscure in the annals of general progressive rock, but much appreciated by Italian prog fanatics who venture beyond the more well-known groups. Not much is known about this group from Milan who sprang on to the scene with a great album self-titled "Alphataurus", considered by many as a masterpiece of the 70's Italian scene. A second album was partially recorded before vanishing in typical RPI fashion. This album was released by Mellow in the '90s as part of their archival projects.

Drummer Giorgio Santandrea went on to work briefly in Crystals, and Pietro Pellegrini collaborated with both Riccardo Zappa and Premiata Forneria Marconi.