In early 2002, four musicians from Rome, Italy founded a project that would focus their individual music styles towards the emerging popular punk rock genre. Together, Brian, Vinx, Luca, and Cisco began blending their talents as one band, Vanilla Sky. Completely unassisted, they recorded their first demo entitled, “Play It If You Can’t Say It,” whose sound would eventually speak for itself. After much practice, Vanilla Sky took their music to the local stages. They performed at venues around the Eternal City, playing songs off of their demo. Their catchy sound quickly became a hit among locals and led to sold out copies in less than two months. As word of Vanilla Sky spread across Italy, more experienced bands in the pop/punk rock scene began to take notice and invited them out on the road. This was a huge honor for the guys, giving them the opportunity to play throughout the country. After several successful tours supporting other acts, this Rome based band was approached by Wynona Records of Genoa, Italy with their first record deal. The Italian label gave Vanilla Sky the opportunity to record two splits, “Too Loud For You” and “The Rest Is History.” The second split was so successful it reached fans all the way in Japan via Ambience Records. The guys were stoked to learn that people so far from Rome were becoming fans of their music. With popularity exceeding all expectations, Vanilla Sky recorded their first full length album, “Waiting for Something” in 2003. After its release, they were invited to play at many prestigious rock events through-out Europe including Rock in Idro, the Give It a Name festival, and the Punk Is Dead Tour. To date, they have shared the stage with prominent bands like Forty Winks, The Break, Yellowcard, Flogging Molly, The Ataris, NOFX, Good Charlotte, The Offspring, The Hives, My Chemical Romance, and many more. Vanillas Sky’s talent, hard work, and dedication to their music with relentless touring to please fans in Europe and Japan have led to their success. After selling 25,000 copies of their debut album, and over 5,000 of their EP, they caught the attention of many European and international personalities in the music business—specifically Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 and +44. After collaborating in the studio with Hoppus, Vanilla Sky took time from touring and spent a year, writing, arranging, and fine tuning songs from 2006 to record their second full length album. As media attention grew, Vanilla Sky received several offers from the biggest companies in the music business. They finally signed with major recording label, Universal, who launched their new record, “Changes,” on June 22, 2007. Their sophomore album quickly became a success in Europe with singles of “Se Vuoi Andare,” and a cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” The music videos for these songs topped the charts on MTV Italy and Europe, helping land Vanilla Sky on the cover of Rock Sound magazine. Since that time, the band has continued to tour throughout Europe and has most recently launched a YouTube video podcast, Vanilla Sky TV, which takes a look at their life on the road, and in the studio. Vanilla Sky has just concluded their European Changes tour and is expected to enter the recording studio to work on their third album.