Victoria De Angelis: Feeling the Rush

From small clubs in Italy to the arena stages of the world, Måneskin is taking over rock — and Vic is leading the charge

Victoria De Angelis: Feeling the Rush

Photos by Fabio Germinario

From small clubs in Italy to the arena stages of the world, Måneskin is taking over rock — and Vic is leading the charge

Photo by Fabio Germinario Victoria De Angelis has never been one to get upset when someone tells her she can’t do something. It’s been a reoccurring theme throughout her life since she first took up music as an eight-year-old growing up in Rome, when playing guitar was reserved for the boys. It happened again when she entered middle school and was urged to take on classical compositions and sheet music instead of rock & roll, and then shortly after that when she was coerced out of playing guitar in lieu of bass. When she let her ambitions be known of becoming a rock star, she was laughed at and taunted, but it didn’t faze her one bit. And once she did become a rock star, she was quickly condemned for her boisterous stage energy and her choices in clothing, or lack thereof. But again, none of those instances detoured her — instead, they fueled her journey in becoming exactly what she knew she’d always be.  Despite Vic being only 23 years old, her h
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