Mimmo Scarpulla, born on 1-1-1955 in Marineo, Palermo, began playing guitar at the age of 16 and worked for many bands in his younger years. Although he loved to play acoustic guitar, he started playing bass guitar in the late 70's. In 1980 he started his own band and named it Oasis. In 1984 he recorded his first single CIRCO DI PERIFERIA, having much success with his first 45 he and the Oasis band recorded 2 other original singles LA DONNA DEI MIEI SOGNI and IL TEMPO DEL AMORE, and a short time after Mimmo along with Oasis record their first album "OASIS vol. 1". In 1991 they record a new album "Le Cantiamo Per Voi" included in this album is the song FIGLIA MIA (lyrics written by Mimmo), that hit the Italian wedding industry by storm in the United States, Canada and Italy, even the very famous Italian singer "Gigione" included the song in one of his albums. Then in 1994 Mimmo records his own album solo, "Un Oasi Per La Tua Musica" which contains 14 songs, and in 1999 he dedicates to all his fans his new project, 40 years of Italian Music (every album dedicated to a specific decade). His first of 4 albums "Profili" was recorded in January of "99 and has had a good amount of success. Mimmo is looking forward to finishing this project in the near future and once again dedicates these albums to all his fans truly from the heart. As of 1-1-2000 Mimmo resigns from Oasis Music Inc. and is proud to announce the beginning of his new band Opera 3000.