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How four '70s-obsessed Italians became America's favorite new rock band

LOS ANGELES — The four members of the Italian rock band Maneskin grew up gigging around the Eternal City of Rome. But when they flew into L.A. for their first sold-out gig at the Roxy in early November, there was one local site of Saturnalian bad behavior they just had to visit.

"The Rainbow Bar!" bassist Victoria De Angelis shouted when asked about which local rock 'n' roll haunts the band had to see on its first trip to the West Coast. "I grew up on metal and glam rock, so we were all sitting on the couch in there, like, 'This is where Lemmy and Motley Crue used to hang

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