Alex De Rosso is an Italian guitarist, songwriter and singer from Padova, Italy.
He started making Eurobeat songs as his main Alias "Ace Warrior" in 1999 with his single Fireball.
Biography[]
Extract taken from his official website[1].
Alex De Rosso's passion for rock guitar began in 1982 in Padova, Italy.
In 1995 Alex entered the international scene when Alfa Brunette released in Japan "Alex De Rosso", his self-titled cd. In the same year "Music Connection" rated Alex's demo as one of the best 10 demos of the year, the best in instrumental rock, and he started to play in music conventions and fairs like the Namm Show in Los Angeles, the Frankfurt Musikmesse in Germany, and the Interexpomusic & the Disma Music Show in Italy.
In 1997 Alex started to record his second album "Ossimoro", that has been released in 1998.
In 2002, right after the release of his third album, "The thin line between black and white", Alex joined Dokken taking over guitar duties when John Norum (Europe) left the band. As the new Dokken guitar player, Alex toured in 2002 and 2003 playing something like a 100 shows.
In the middle of all this Alex recorded as lead guitar player, with producer Fabrizio Grossi, the album āVertigoā featuring Joseph Williams (TOTO) on vocals, and the album āPerfect Worldā with Kelly Hansen (Hurricane, Foreigner) on vocals.
Back in Italy, after the Dokken days, in early 2004 Alex started to work on productions @ āthe cubeā, his own recording studio. In the meantime Alex started a new great hard rock band, Headrush, with Labyrinthās Roberto Tiranti on vocals. The first and self titled album of Headrush will be released in early 2005.
2008 is the perfect year for the release of King of Balance āA rockwalk through the TOTO yearsā, a tribute to one of the best rock bands ever and one of alexās favourite, TOTO. The album is produced by Alex, and many friends are involved in the project: Timothy Drury (Whitesnake, the Eagles), Stef Burns (Vasco Rossi, Huey Lewis, Y&T), Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth), and many others. In 2010 Alex has been involved in many projects, like Faithsedge and Pushkingās āThe world as we love itā.
In fact alex recorded the all-star album for the russian band Pushking, a project where you can hear Alex together with rock icons Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley (KISS), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner, Eric Martin, Steve Lukather, Steve Vai, Steve Stevens, Nuno Bettencourt.
After this Alex joined the band, collaborating with Pushking for live shows and the release of their new album.
And in 2012 finally Alex started the production of his long awaited fourth solo album, released in january 2013.
Many great musicians and friends are part of āLions & Lambsā, Alexās ultimate work:
Don Dokken (Dokken), Reb Beach (Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake), George Lynch (Lynch Mob, Dokken), Timothy Drury (Whitesnake, the Eagles), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), Steve Lukather (Toto) !!!
In 2014 Alex started a new band: The Big Swing, producing the first album released in early 2015.
Alex is also guitar player of the american band Faithsedge, and in 2018 he produced their fourth studio album wich will be released in 2019.
Currently Alex is producing and performing, doing songwriting and studio sessions in Italy.
Vocals[]
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fireball | Ace Warrior |
| Baby, I'm On Fire | ||
| 2001 | Fame | |
| Wild Desire | ||
| Black Roses | ||
| 24 Hours A Day With You | ||
| I Wan'na Be Like You | ||
| 2002 | King Of The Nightmares | |
| Feel The Fire | ||
| Blem Blem | ||
| 2003 | Fight For Love Tonight | |
| Mad About You | ||
| 2005 | Fire On The Beat | |
| 2007 | No Religion | |
| Demon | ||
| 2008 | White Love | |
| Running Fire | ||
| Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love | Ace Warrior (with himself) | |
| 2010 | My Dream | Ace Warrior |
| 2020 | Burning For Your Love | |
| 2021 | Burning Gasoline | |
| Back Boy | ||
| 2023 | I'm Gonna Rock You | |
| This Fire |
Guitar Performance[]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | On The Road Again | Alex De Rosso (with Powerful T.) |
| 2008 | Burn | |
| Give Me All Your Love | ||
| Detroit Rock City | ||
| 2009 | Intuition | |
| Burning Like Fire | Alex De Rosso (with Dave Rodgers) | |
| Burning Like Fire | Alex De Rosso (with Powerful T.) | |
| King Of The Race | ||
| Youth Gone Wild | ||
| You Shook Me All Night Long | ||
| Transmission | Alex De Rosso (with Dave Rodgers) | |
| The Trooper | Alex De Rosso (with Powerful T.) | |
| Run If You Can | Alex De Rosso (with Dave Rodgers) | |
| Wasted Years | Alex De Rosso (with Jack Pow'r) | |
| Fear Of The Dark | ||
| 2019 | Beat Of The Rising Sun 2020 | Dave Rodgers |
| Spitfire | ||
| Music For The People 2020 | ||
| Kingdom Come | ||
| Gas Gas Gas 2020 | ||
| Initial D Hell | ||
| Running In The '90s | ||
| Deja Vu 2019 | ||
| 2021 | The Top 2022 | Ken Blast |
| The Top | Dave Rodgers | |
| I Wanna Be Your Meme | Action Man | |
| Crazy Little Love (Japanese Version) | Domino | |
| King Of Speed | Kaioh | |
| Back Boy | Ace Warrior | |
| Fast Love | Max | |
| Dance On My Fire | Lou Grant | |
| 2024 | Wheel To Wheel | Mega NRG Man |
Unreleased Songs[]
| Title |
|---|
| Dragonfly |
| Fly High |
| Power Over You |
| Rockin' The Road |
| Rocking Knocking Shocking |