Saturday, June 22, 2019

Leo Moracchioli

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'''Leo Moracchioli''' is a [[Heavy metal music|metal]] musician and producer based in [[Oltedal]], Norway. A mulit-instrumentalist, he is known for his metal covers of popular songs, which have gained him over 2.8 million followers on YouTube.<ref name=":0"></ref> He has recorded over 270 covers, at a rate of approximately one per week, including covers of ''Hello'' by Adele, ''Sail'' by AWOLNATION, ''Poker Face'' and ''Bad Romance'' by Lady Gaga, ''Feel Good Inc.'' by Gorillaz, ''Chandelier'' by Sia, ''Africa'' by Toto, ''Redemption Song'' by Bob Marley, ''Old Town Road'' by Lil Nas X, and many others.<ref></ref><ref></ref> His cover of ''[[Despacito]]'' by Luis Fonsi peaked at number 35 on the Hungarian Single Top 40 chart on August 10, 2017.<ref></ref><!-- Hungarian chart reference copied over from Wikipedia article on "Despacito." -->

For each video, Moracchioli creates the arrangements, and plays all the instruments; they often require at least 50 tracks.<ref name=":0" /> Moracchioli states that although he is playing covers, it is enough of a creative outlet for him to put his own spin on the songs.<ref></ref> Although most of the videos feature only himself, and sometimes his family or a musical guest-- sometimes a fellow YouTube artist participating remotely-- for his video cover of Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' he was joined by [[Drowning Pool]] guitarist C.J Pierce. The video was filmed in a nightclub and included hired backup dancers.<ref name=":1"></ref> In addition to Moracchioli's metal covers, he also made an "acoustic" cover of ''Duality'' by metal band [[Slipknot]], utilizing slide whistles, timpani and tuba.<ref></ref> He sometimes tours internationally with his band ''Frog Leap.''<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He is endorsed by [[TC Electronic]] and [[Chapman Guitars]].<ref></ref><ref></ref>

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[[Category:Norwegian heavy metal musicians]]
[[Category:People from Gjesdal]]
[[Category:Living people]]



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