Rock trio Onceweresixty are back with a new single “Pills“, an adrenaline-infused song about the misguided use and abuse of psychotropic “medicine.” This is the second taste of their new album Loco Sunset Boulevard / Ghetto Blast Noise Machine and following their well-received lead single “Don’t Get Stuck.”
Onceweresixty was founded by Marco Lorenzoni (guitars, vocals and keyboards) and Luca Sella (drums, guitar and vocals), who began collaborating in 2001. Moving from their original band MR60, they relaunched onto the music scene as Onceweresixty in 2018 after a 10-year hiatus, rounded out by the addition of Enrico Grando (keyboards and saxophone) shortly after their 2021 album The Flood.
“The song ‘Pills’ is a song about the abuse of psychotic medicines. While medicine is supposed to heal us, this kind of medicine is very dangerous and can lead to a state of being that is worse than the illness it’s supposed to cure. Unfortunately, its use is very extensive and recommended by the medical industry, which is driven by profit rather than promoting good health,” says Marco Lorenzoni.
“This is a topic that somehow relates to the war the medical industry is waging against the use of natural psychotics, such as marijuana, in favor of brand new products similar to heroin, etc. The heavy noise we inserted in this song represents the growing confusion with the use of those chemicals, which lead folks to give up on a potential cure for their condition.”
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