New Trolls are an Italian progressive rock band known for their fusion of rock and classical music. Their history is full of line-up changes, band name changes and struggles between band members.
The band was born around mid- 1960s when five musicians: Vittorio de Scalzi (guitar, vocals), Nico di Palo (guitar, vocals), Mauro Chiarugi (keyboards), Giorgio D'Adamo (bass, vocals) and Gianni Belleno (drums, vocals) decided to form a band called New Trolls, after the name of the old band of one of them, The Trolls.