Biography
Antonio Lepore is a London-based sing/songwriter. Born in 1980 in Piombino, Italy, in a small Tuscan town by the Mediterranean sea where he spent his childhood before start travelling. At The age of 6, Lepore studied piano at the Conservatory in Tuscany for five years then discovered the sound of the guitar. Falling in love with the 90's American grunge/rock music, influenced by bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, he started at the age of 13 playing the guitar forming few bands and playing in few local shows. After High School, Lepore moved to Rome playing with various bands in the capacity of lead vocal and rhythm guitar. The most notable achievement was the band called ANTIMA where they reached national popularity playing gigs all over Italy. ANTIMA broke up, after recorded few Eps and an album. Lepore moved to London in 2006 and he started playing as a solo artist in various London venues. English artists like Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bowie, Nick Drake had a massive impact on Lepore's life. In this period, Lepore recorded and produced as a solo artist an album called "Family" released in 2012. In 2013 Lepore met Jim Hockenhull and Dave Hockenhull and they formed a band called Jesus, John & Whitney. grungy/rock band, they recorded and released 2 Eps and an album in 2018. The band is still working together, planning for the recording of the next Ep. At the moment Lepore lives in London, performing as a solo artist with an Ep released in April 2019.