Mario Campani

Washington D.C. Metro Area United States

Owner at MerchTank, LLC

Photography / Arts

I have been a musician since I can remember. My first instrument was the cuatro (Venezuelan folk instrument), and I attended a music conservatory for 10 years, learning how music works. I learned about classical music. However, a group of musicians changed my ideas of how I should make and feel music: Queen's songs blasted into my brain as lighting shreds a tree… that’s the day I was born. I used to ask for music records instead of toys at 7 years old. Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Quiet Riot, and The Dead Kennedys, you name it. My world opened up to the believe in Rock & Roll. I started performing in Punk and Hardcore Bands in my native Venezuela by the age of 12 years until...