Latest Release
- 5 APR 2024
- 6 Songs
- 10 Mistakes · 1978
- Back to 19 Mistakes · 1988
- 10 Mistakes · 1978
- Back to 19 Mistakes · 1988
- Back to 19 Mistakes · 1988
- Great · 2018
- Collections: Gruppo Sportivo · 1981
- Back to 19 Mistakes · 1988
- Back to 19 Mistakes · 1988
- Pop! Goes The Brain · 1981
- 2018
- 2005
- 1992
- 1988
- 1984
- 2024
- 2022
Compilations
- 2006
- 1994
About Gruppo Sportivo
The Dutch rockers Gruppo Sportivo couched their acerbic critiques of popular music, and by extension, popular culture at large, in slick hook-laden pop tunes that cannily simulate the most successful New Wave acts of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Their arch demeanor and clever songwriting won them a contract with Epic records shortly after their formation, and their early full-lengths for the label, like 1978’s 10 MISTAKES, 1979’s BACK TO ’78, and 1980’s COPY COPY, blended angular post-punk licks with disco basslines, massed female backing vocals, and ska-inflected horn lines.
- ORIGIN
- Netherlands
- FORMED
- 1976
- GENRE
- Pop