Stunned Guys

"The Stunniez". That's what people call them along the streets, in the clubs, and at rave parties. They call them that because if they know them, the full name is unnecessary. But years ago everything was completely different. Over the years The Stunned Guys have proved life is like a tunnel: if you want to reach the exit light, you have to take a big breath and step straight into it, hoping you've got air enough in your lungs. You cannot turn back anymore. Maxx started his career in 1987, Giangy in 1991.

By 1993, the two guys were spending their nights in a small, wet basement (where their first "home" studio was based) creating new and different music, following their only dream to become part of that uprising techno scene. It had been a really difficult period for them, not enough money to buy studio equipments (they were making music only with an Atari ST computer and an Akai S1000 sampler), and all the work they were doing in "studio" seemed to be unproductive.
But one day they received a phone call from Paul Elstak from the cult label Rotterdam Records, and a few days later they were finally mixing their first record "Nidra e.p." at Paul's studio in Rotterdam, which was released in 1994. The feedback from the hardcore scene was so good that Maxx & Giangy decided to try 100% to transform their passion into their main job. From that moment on, everything grew so fast: performances at many European raves, collaborations with the main producers and labels and, most of all, an incredible feeling with their fanbase: in a short time The Stunned Guys took their "made in Italy" sound to the top of the international hardcore scene. On 1996, after many attempts to collaborate with Italy-based record labels, they founded Traxtorm Records, the first Italian "only-hardcore" label. Their great productions took (and still take ...) them to uncountable performances worldwide (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, USA, Croatia, Canada, ...), and the Traxtorm sound quickly became an inspiration source for the other producers and labels (check out the super-hit "Thrillseeka", imitated by hundred of productions). After more than 13 years of activity, Maxx & Giangy are still producing their music and taking it all around the world... their motto is "Hardcore will never die!!!"