Tale Cue were born in november 1988 when Laura Basla, voice, Silvio Masanotti, guitars, and Giovanni Porpora, keyboards, after playing in a Cover Band, decided to form their own group.
1989
Tale Cue record "Four Tales", a self-produced demo tape containing 4 songs:
Prisoner of cutting light
Three endless words
Hunt the mouse
The garden of love
Headline: Laura Basla, voice - Silvio Masanotti, guitars - Giovanni Porpora, keyboards - Filippo Oggioni, drums - Enrico Abbiati, bass
1991
Tale Cue release “Voices beyond my curtain”, a CD produced by Musea, containing 6 songs:
The knell
Craven smiles
Choices
Prisoner of cutting light
Flying to fade
Pale light of the morning
Headline: Laura Basla, voice - Silvio Masanotti, guitars - Giovanni Porpora, keyboards - Filippo Oggioni, drums - Davide Vecchione, bass
Shortly after Alessio Cobau became the new drummer of the group.
During their activity Tale Cue has performed many lives, amongst these
Mondovì Progressive festival (13-07-1991)
Auditorium 143 in Paris (30-11-1991)
and a self produced live in Frattini’s Theatre in Milan.
Actually, the “Four of a kind”, having met again, are working on a new album.