composer politician singer songwriter
Amodei began his musical career in 1958, founding the band Cantacronache. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer Georges Brassens. The singer Francesco Guccini cited Amodei in interviews and books as one of his principal influences as a composer.
One of Amodei"s most famous songs is Per i morti di Reggio Emilia (To the Dead of Reggio Emilia), dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest on July 7, 1960.
In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP titled their third European Parliament with the first verse of this ballad: Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani.
