Piero Pelù

Piero Pelù
Background information
Born	10 February 1962
Origin	Florence, Italy
Genres	Alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock, new wave, post-punk, Latin rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Sony BMG
Associated acts	Litfiba
Website	www.pieropelu.com

Pietro "Piero" Pelù (born 10 February 1962) is an Italian singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the Italian band Litfiba. He was born in Florence.

In July 1999, Pelù quit Litfiba. In 2000, he released his first solo album Né buoni né cattivi. In 2002, his duet with an Indonesian popstar, Anggun, entitled "L'amore immaginato" reached No.1 in the National Italian Airplay Charts for over two months. In 2009, Back in Litfiba with historical founder Ghigo Renzulli. In 2013, he appeared as one of the four judges on The Voice of Italy.

He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Gigante".^[1]

Discography

Litfiba

• Guerra (1982)
• Luna/La preda (1983)
• Eneide di Krypton (1983)
• Yassassin (1984)
• Desaparecido (1985)
• Transea (1986)
• 17 RE (1986)
• Live 12-5-87 (Aprite i vostri occhi) (1987, live)
• Litfiba 3 (1988)
• Pirata (1989)
• El Diablo (1990)
• Sogno Ribelle (1992)
• Terremoto (1993)
• Colpo di coda (1994)
• Spirito (1994)
• Lacio drom (1995)
• Mondi Sommersi (1997)
• Croce e delizia (1998)
• Infinito (1999)
• Litfiba Live '99 (2005)
• Stato libero di Litfiba (2010 live album +2 songs unpublished)
• Grande Nazione (2012)
• Trilogia 1983-1989 live 2013 (2013)

Solo

• Né buoni né cattivi (2000)
• U.D.S. - L'uomo della strada (2002)
• Soggetti smarriti (2004)
• Presente (2005)
• In faccia (2006)
• Storytellers (2007)
• Fenomeni (2008)
• Identikit (2013)
• Pugili fragili (2020)

Bibliography

• Perfetto difettoso (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2000) ISBN 88-04-48691-0
• Identikit di un ribelle, (Rizzoli Editore, 2014)

References