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= Roberto Marmieri = Roberto Marmieri (born April 20, 1964) is an Italian musician, songwriter, compose and social analyst.

Early life and education
He grew up in Milan Lombardia Italy. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Milan and an interview about is his thesis about cultural consuming of the young generations was broadcasted by the television channel Videomusic.

After different job experiences he moved to the Institute for Public Opinion Studies of Prof. Renato Mannheimer, becaming senior researcher dealing with many marketing and political studies and editor of the scientific magazine "Political Trends" published by the Institute.

Since then he worked for different companies and nowadays he's still working in communication data analysis and surveys in educational and school sector.

Music career
Since the early 1980s, With the nick name Bobby Vain he has been touring and recording with his bands.

In 1984 he formed and played with a Neo-Rockabilly band called the Tribal Bops. In spite of their vintage style they scored a deal with the Attack Punk Records from Bologna Italy and released their debut single, Nervous Guy, in 1997. It was greeted with a good acclaim and they started tour around Europe.

Follow-up album Get to the Bop with the artistic production of Boz Boorer from the Polecats appeared in 1998 and continued in a similar vein, as did 1999's Play or sing both published by the Dutch label Rockhouse.

Since then Roberto Bobby Vain Marmieri has released several different albums and performed as bass player with a variety of rockabilly and country artists, most notably Mitch Woods, Robert Gordon, Steve Lucky, and quite a few more.

In 1996 he formed a new hillbilly and rockabilly band, Howling Lou and the & Starliters.

In 1998 he formed the five pieces rockabilly combo called the Starliters with who toured around a lot and backed a lot o Rockabilly artists. During the early years they released a a few records for Tail Records Sweden, the most important label in this genre that time.

In 2015 he formed Rockin' Bonnie Western Bound Combo, more traditional country and Western Swing oriented band. In the lineup of many important music festivals they have been performing all over Europe and have made some apperance in US.

Publications

 * Nozioni di alfabetizzazione alla microinformatica, Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi-Roberto Marmieri. - Genova : CLU - Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria, 2000. - 126 p

Discography

 * Loud and Proud, Rockin' Bonnie Western Bound Combo - May 12, 2017  Record/El Toro Records Spain 7" Vinyl EP 45rpm - 4 tracks
 * Texas Duets, Shaun Young & Rockin' Bonnie - May 13, 2015 El Toro Records Spain Vinyl Record 7" 45 rpm - 2 Tracks - Recorded in Austin Texas August 2014
 * Cause of You, Rockin' Bonnie and the Mighty Ropers May 1, 2014  El Toro Records Spain Vinyl Record 7" 45 rpm
 * Two Cats, The Starliters Apr 2014 El Toro Records Spain Vinyl Record 7" 33 rpm EP
 * Wayne Hancock / The Starliters, Jan 2012 El Toro Records Spain Vinyl Record 7" 45 rpm - limited edition
 * Stop Kidding, The Starliters Sep 2008 El Toro Records Spain CD and Vinyl
 * Pickin' up speed, The Starliters June 2000 Tail Records Sweden Vinyl 10" LP
 * Honky tonk guitar child, The Starliters Sept 1999 On the hill records Japan 7 '' Vinyl EP 45 RPM including 4 tracks
 * Feeling like a Star, The Starliters Feb 1999 Favourite records Germany Vinyl 7 '' 45 RPM including 4 tracks
 * Dig Boy Dig, The Tennessee Boys, Howlin' Lou And The Starliters* Jul 1997 Tail Records Sweden Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM Splitted
 * Play or Sing, The Tribal Bops Apr 1993, Fun in Acapulco BPM Productions Uk, CD
 * Get to the Bop, The Tribal Bops May 1991, Rockhouse Records Nl, Vinyl 10" LP
 * N-Nervous Guy/Rattle your Rattle, The Tribal Bops Apr 1997, Attack Punk It