Avenue X was formed in New York in October of 2011, from an encounter between two singular characters: the eighteen-year-old NY actress, singer, musician, Dionne Lennon and the well-known acrobatic skydiver, Marzio Dal Monte, aka "Skypunker". Dionne Lennon (Dal Monte, since her marriage), is also well-known for her role in numerous films and TV series', including The Sopranos, and Summer of Sam and is the daughter of Victor Colicchio, screenwriter (Spike Lee's Summer Of Sam) and actor (Goodfellas, Inside Man, Crocodile Dundee, etc). The Lennon / Dal Monte couple-who met in the Village-soon caught the attention of Ramones' drummer, Marky Ramone, who offered to play drums on their mini-CD debut. The band then soon recorded their debut album-pre-produced in Manhattan-at Milan's Massive Arts Studios with sound technician, Jack Garufi. Featuring 12 original tracks that range from grunge ("Tonight") to blues ("Come Home", "Crazy", and "I'm Sorry"), to punk ('You Gotta Go'), to psychobilly ('4:20 24/7'), the CD also includes an interesting duet with Steve Sylvester (historic front man of Death SS) in "The Devil's Wall". Avenue X is a diverse album that has launched the young and talented NY chanteuse into the Olympus of alternative rock, and given rise to more than one comparison with Courtney Love along the way.
