Fabio Melis, born in Rome in 1979, approaches music at a very young age, listening with interest to the records of his father and uncle, vinyl collectors and admirers of the great international rock music of the '70s and '80s. The passion for the guitar was born after the discovery of the unmistakable sound with which Mark Knopfler, together with his trusty Schecter Stratocaster, characterized the path of Dire Straits between 1978 and 1985.

In June 1988, Fabio was only nine years old when he discovered the artist who, more than others, would push his artistic formation: Bruce Springsteen (when he discovered that Springsteen was more or less that age when he was struck by Elvis Presley while watching the Ed Sullivan Show in 1957, he would have a big laugh). When Springsteen's "Tunnel Of Love Express Tour" stops in Italy, Fabio stays at home: his father and uncle go to the Flaminio in Rome, he don’t: too young. At home they will not listen to other music for months and Fabio will have to wait until May 25, 1993 to see for the first time live what has become his hero.

In the years between 1988 and 1993, many artists played a crucial role in the boy's musical formation: they are names that belong to the musical history of the East Coast and the West Coast of America, but also to the more mainstream pop and soul music such as the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynrd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Ike and Tina Turner, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, ZZ Top. Fabio listens to everything from the great classics like Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart, to - recently - Joe Bonamassa, Blackberry Smoke and country music.

After middle school he enrolled at the Cinematography and TV Institute "Roberto Rossellini" (sound engineer branch) and the artistic environment in which he works allows him to further deepen his passion for music. At Cine Tv there is a music laboratory whose teachers are Pietro Tirabassi and Enzo Civitareale. The two encourage Fabio to explore his vocals and invite him to perform with them with the Riding Sixties, a historic Roman band that pays homage to the Beat of the sixties (the first Rolling Stones, the Rokes, but also the first electric Bob Dylan). At Cine Tv it is a tradition that in may the end of year concert is held in the school yard, so in 1997 together with other bands Riding Sixties perform three Creedence Clearwater classics: Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Who'll Stop The Rain and Proud Mary. In the following years they performed at Fonclea and Big Mama, historic rock and blues venues in Rome.

At the beginning of 1998, at nineteen, Fabio forms The Skies, his first band, and begins to perform wherever he can, offering a repertoire consisting mainly of songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, America, Eagles and Dire Straits. The band includes his professor of film language Enzo Civitareale (drums) and friends Luca Galloni (bass) and Andrea Illuminati (guitar and backing vocals). The latter is a guitarist gifted with great technique and musical ear and will be a source of great inspiration for Fabio.

In 1998, the death of his beloved maternal grandmother pushed Fabio to write his first original song entitled Sweet Caroline and to realize that he could express his emotions through writing, not only by singing other people's repertoire. At that moment he began his journey as a songwriter. In 2001 an embryonic version of that first song became the opening theme song of the radio show "Demo l'acchiappatalenti", conducted by Michael Pergolani and Renato Marengo and broadcast on Radio 1. From that moment on, Fabio begins to write original songs destined to remain closed in a drawer for many years.

In 2004, together with Fabio Brencio, he puts together E Streets Of Fire, a Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tribute band which Fabio’s brother Marco Melis (guitar and backing vocals). Over the years the band created a local and national following and was invited to be part of rock festivals in Switzerland, Belgium and Romania.

"Playing Bruce Springsteen's songs with E Streets Of Fire - says Fabio - has helped me over the years to grow as a musician and performer, giving me the opportunity to get in touch with many people with whom I share the love for this extraordinary artist. I love the fun that comes from that music but I didn't want to stop there."