Setting out to give Italy its own, distinct form of rock and roll, Luciano
Ligabue established himself as one of the nation's favourite songwriters and
performers in the 1990s, later turning his hand to film-making, short story
writing and political activism.
Born in the small northern town of Correggio, Ligabue worked in factories, as a
farmhand and as an accountant after leaving school, but started pursuing music
with his first band Orazero in the mid-1980s. Things took off for them when they
won a prestigious talent show in 1988, and singer-songwriter Pierangelo Bertoli
b...