Victoria De Angelis is Måneskin's ruling force A free, cool and rock'n roll future icon of Italian music

When he is little more than a teenager, at the scientific high school J.F. Kennedy in Trastevere, two kindred spirits meet, finding the right partner with which to found a band. One of them is Vic, born in 2000, a Danish mom and an Italian dad, he wants to play metal music, hard, edgy and for this the first time he hears Damiano David sing he discards it because too much pop. With his music partner Thomas Raggi he thinks about it, he chooses it and with the arrival of Ethan the circle closes. All that is missing is the name, which is always suggested by her: Måneskin, that is, moonlight in Danish. When they appear at the auditions of X-Factor the four judges have no doubts: they face very stylish hit makers (also thanks to Vic who took care of the look of the group before Nick Cerioni, hyper talented stylist with the ability to sharply tackle the group's rebel soul.  The rest is history in the making. 

She loves the style of Harry Styles and the expressive, versatile freedom of Lady Gaga, but as a child, Vic's idol was Avril Lavigne with her mix of music and pop-punk outfits. As she grew up her tastes became more and more refined and sophisticated. To those who ask her today what is her greatest source of inspiration she almost always answers Kim Gordon, the iconic bassist of Sonic Youth: 

In those years, rock was a male world, she always didn't care, she blew every beauty stereotype, in her way of being on stage there was something aggressive, loud, but she conquered thousands of people through her instrument.

An example of 90s coolness on and off stage that is still copied today, but definitely not the only one. Looking at Victoria's outfits you can easily recognize the influences of iconic female musicians and bass players: from Tyna Weymouth of the Talking Heads to Kim Deal of Pixies; from Melissa Auf de Maur of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins to Roberta Sammarelli of Verdena; from Suzi Quatro with her leather jumpsuit and platform boots to The Slits, seminal girl punk band of the 70s. If you want to know more about Vic's references, our advice is to add to your reading list Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys: Viv Albertine, the memoir of the guitarist of The Slits and  Kim Gordon: No Icon and Girl in a band,  scrapbook and autobiography of the iconic American bassist.