New Trolls are an Italian progressive rock band, known for their fusion of rock and classical music. In a way not too dissimilar from fellow prog-rock band Yes, their history is filled with line-up changes, spin-off projects and personal struggles between band members. History Vocalist and guitarist Vittorio de Scalzi, vocalist and guitarist Nico Di Palo, keyboardist Mauro Chiarugi, bassist Giorgio D'Adamo and drummer Gianni Belleno formed New Trolls in Genoa in the mid-1960s. They chose the name in reference to the fact that one of them had previously been in a band called Trolls. After first gigs in local clubs, New Trolls became popular enough to perform as supporting act for the Rolling Stones on their 1967 Italian tour. Later that year, they released their debut single, "Sensazioni" (1967). New Trolls's first full-length album, Senza orario Senza bandiera, was released in 1968. Singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André helped the band by contributing lyrics. The band's second album, simply titled New Trolls (1970), was a collection of non-album singles. Just as the band was beginning to make a dent in the European charts, Mauro Chiarugi decided to quit. The other members elected to continue as a quartet. In 1971 New Trolls released their most successful album, Concerto grosso per i New Trolls. Characterized by early symphonic rock experimentation and classical music arrangements written by composer Luis Enriquez Bacalov,Concerto grosso per i New Trolls is considered one of the finest Italian prog-rock albums ever made. In 1972, Giorgio D'Adamo was replaced by the Italo-Canadian bassist Frank Laugelli. With the new line-up the band released Searching for a land, a double album featuring a combination of studio and live tracks mostly sung in English. The album was a disjointed proposition and did not perform commercially well as the band's previous efforts. New Trolls's following album: Ut, introduced a heavier, hard-rock sound. Although the album restored the band's success, serious creative differences between the band members resulted in the emergence of two camps, with Di Palo and De Scalzi entering a legal dispute for the use of the band name. De Scalzi reunited with Giorgio D'Adamo and released a single Una notte sul Monte Calvo, a pop-rock rendition of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, as New Trolls. After a legal injunction from Di Palo, the band released an album under the name New Trolls Atomic System. Following a bitter legal battle, the Italian court