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Muro, a word meaning wall in Spanish, Portuguese Italian, Esperanto and Ido languages, may stand for:

Places[link]

France

• Muro, Haute-Corse, a commune in the département of Haute-Corse.

Italy

• Muro Leccese, a municipality of the Province of Lecce, Apulia
• Muro Lucano, a municipality of the Province of Potenza, Basilicata

Japan

• Muro, Nara, (室生村; Murō-mura), a village located in Uda District, Nara.

Portugal

• Muro, Trofa, a parish in the municipality of Trofa.

Spain

• Muro, Balearic Islands, a town in the Balearic Islands.
• Muro de Alcoy, a town in the province of Alicante.
• Muros, A Coruña, a town in the province of A Coruña.
• Muros (comarca), a comarca in the province of A Coruña.
• Muros de Nalón, a municipality in the province of Asturias.

People[link]

• Muro (DJ), a hip hop artist from Tokyo Japanese hip hop.
• José Antonio Fernández Muro, (1920 - ), an Argentinian painter.
• Il Muro, (1978 - ), the Italian nickname for Walter Samuel, an Argentinian soccer player.
• Muro, the primary antagonist of Oni (video game).

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• Murō-ji, a temple on a mountain southeast of Nara, Japan.
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Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez
Born	(1947-12-21) December 21, 1947 (age 64)
Origin	Algeciras, Andalusia Spain
Genres	Flamenco music, classical music, jazz
Occupations	Composer, Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1958–present
Associated acts	Joaquín Rodrigo, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, Paco de Lucía Sextet, Ricardo Modrego, Camaron de la Isla
Website	Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947), is a Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer. Author Dorien Ross claims in his book "Return to "A" that de Lucía is one of the finest guitarists in the world and the greatest guitarist of the flamenco genre.^[1][2] He is noted in particular for his dexterity, technique and strength in his right hand, capable of executing extremely fast and fluent picados.

He is a leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. He is the winner of the 2004 Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts and in 2010 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Berklee College of Music in Boston.^[3]

Biography[link]

Paco de Lucía was born Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras,^[4] a city in the province of Cádiz, at the southernmost tip of Spain directly in front of the Rock of Gibraltar. The youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras. In the documentary Paco de Lucía-Light and Shade: A Portrait he tells how, when he was playing in the streets as a young boy, there were many Pacos and Pablos so in order to distinguish them people would add the name of the boy's mother. This is how he came to have the name Paco de Lucia. (Paco de Lucía album)|Luzia]] .^[5]

Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla.

His father introduced him to the guitar at a very young age and was extremely strict in his upbringing, forcing him to practice up to 12 hours a day, every day.^[1] At one point his father took him out of school to concentrate solely on his guitar development. Combined with natural talent, he soon excelled and in 1958, at age 11, he made his first public appearance on Radio Algeciras. A year later he was awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition. In 1961, he toured with the flamenco troupe of dancer José Greco. In 1964, he met Madrileño guitarist Ricardo Modrego with whom he recorded three albums: Dos guitarras flamencas, Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo, and Doce canciones de Federico García Lorca para guitarra. Between 1968 and 1977, he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with fellow New Flamenco cantaor (Flamenco singer) Camarón de la Isla. The two recorded 10 albums together.

De Lucía made a cameo appearance, dressed as a Mexican guitarist, in the 1971 western Hannie Caulder, playing the melody of Ken Thorne's main theme over a string section.

His 1976 album Almoraima was a success and featured notable tracks such as "Almoraima" and "Río Ancho", the latter track of which has been covered by other guitarists such as Al Di Meola. In 1979, de Lucía, John McLaughlin, and Larry Coryell formed The Guitar Trio and together made a brief tour of Europe and released a video recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall entitled Meeting of the Spirits. Coryell was later replaced by Al Di Meola, and since 1981, the trio has recorded three albums. De Lucía's own band, the Paco de Lucía Sextet (which includes his brothers Ramón and Pepe) released the first of its three albums that same year. He has released several albums encompassing both traditional and modern flamenco styles.

L to R: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucía

In 1995, he recorded with Bryan Adams the hit song and video "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" on the soundtrack for the movie Don Juan DeMarco. Through his wide discography he has advanced the technical and musical boundaries of his instrument. The University of Cadiz recognized de Lucía's musical and cultural contributions by conferring on him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on March 23, 2007.

Until asked to perform and interpret Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in 1991, de Lucía was not proficient at reading musical notation. As a flamenco guitarist, he claimed in Paco de Lucía-Light and Shade: A Portrait that he gave greater emphasis to rhythmical accuracy in his interpretation of the Concierto at the expense of the perfect tone preferred by classical guitarists. Joaquín Rodrigo has apparently said that the performance was "beautiful, exotic and inspired".^[6]

Lucía performing in 1983

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo (1964) with Ricardo Modrego
• 12 canciones de García Lorca para guitarra (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
• 12 éxitos para 2 guitarras flamencas (1965) with Ricardo Modrego
• La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Lucía (1967)
• Canciones andaluzas para 2 guitarras (1967) with Ramón de Algeciras
• Dos guitarras flamencas en América Latina (1967) with Ramón de Algeciras
• Fantasía flamenca de Paco de Lucía (1969)
• Paco de Lucía y Ramón de Algeciras en Hispanoamérica (1969) with Ramón de Algeciras
• 12 Hits para 2 guitarras flamencas y orquesta de cuerda (1969) with Ramón de Algeciras
• El mundo del flamenco (1971)
• Recital de guitarra de Paco de Lucía (1971)
• El duende flamenco de Paco de Lucía (1972)
• Fuente y caudal (1973)
• Almoraima (1976)
• Interpreta a Manuel de Falla (1978)
• Castro Marín (1981) with Larry Coryell and John McLaughlin
• Sólo quiero caminar (1981) The Paco de Lucía Sextet
• Passion, Grace and Fire (1983) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
• Siroco (1987)
• Zyryab (1990)
• Concierto de Aranjuez (1991)
• The Guitar Trio (1996) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
• Luzia (1998)
• Cositas buenas (2004)

Live albums[link]

• En vivo desde el Teatro Real (1975)
• Friday Night in San Francisco (1981) with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
• Live... One Summer Night (1984) The Paco de Lucía Sextet
• Live recordings (1987) with George Dalaras
• Live in América (1993) The Paco de Lucía Sextet

Compilations[link]

• Entre dos aguas (1975)
• Antología (1995) - 2 cd
• Integral (2003) 26 CD Limited Edition Box Set
• Por Descubrir (2003)

Other contributions[link]

• Composed or contributed to the soundtracks for
  • La Sabina
  • The Hit by Stephen Frears
  • Flamenco, Flamenco (2011), Carmen and Sevillanas by Carlos Saura
  • Montoyas y Tarantos
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• One song contributed to Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Soundtrack (La Nina de Puerta Oscura) (2004)

• Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola (1977) - de Lucía plays a duet with Di Meola on the track "Mediterranean Sundance".

• Shpongle sampled his track "Introduccion y Pantomima" in their song "Around the World in a Tea Daze" from the album Tales of the Inexpressible.

References[link]

External links[link]

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Peppino De Filippo (August 24, 1903 - January 27, 1980) was an Italian actor.

De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as Rome-Paris-Rome, Variety Lights, A Day in Court, Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Boccaccio '70. He is however most remembered for his several artistic partnerships with Totò, on movies such as Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina and La banda degli onesti.

He died in Rome.

Biography[link]

Son of playwright Eduardo Scarpetta and brother of Eduardo e Titina, he debuted still in his childhood.

After several attempts with different acting companies, as a utility player, in 1931 he and his siblings founded the Compagnia Teatro Umoristico: i De Filippo. It was a very successful experience, featuring tours all over Italy, new comedies, enthusiastics ratings by critics, and sold out in theaters.

However, in 1944, due to a controversy with his brother, Peppino abandoned the company. The separation would allow him to find his own stylistic footprint as an author, being easily distinguishable from Eduardo's: Peppino's comedies are usually easier and more brilliant.

Peppino repeatedly showed his extraordinary versatility; particularly noteworthy are his performance in Il Guardiano by Harold Pinter and in The Miser by Molière (as Harpagon), where he proved to be a skillful actor whose ability had grown beyond brilliant and dialect plays.

Peppino should be defined an actor as well as a popular TV and cinema star. His partnership with Totò in many films has been one among the most interesting collaborations in the Italian comical cinema genre. Their movies obtained an outstanding success, despite being snubbed by critics. Worth a mention are Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina, Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge, and La banda degli onesti. He worked with Federico Fellini as well, for instance in Boccaccio '70), and with Alberto Lattuada.

He also invented Pappagone, a character for a TV show. He represented a humble servant of Cummendatore Peppino De Filippo (the title of Commendatore is a public honour of the Italian Republic). He performed as a sort of usher, a typical character of the neapolitan theatre, and coined many funny phrases and an own jargon, that would transform into popular sayings. He married three times, and his first wife Adele Carloni gave him Luigi, who is successfully carrying on his father's work.

Filmography[link]

with Totò, Titina De Filippo in Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)

• Tre uomini in frack (1933)
• Il cappello a tre punte (1934)
• Quei due (1935)
• Sono stato io! (1937)
• L'amor mio non muore... (1938)
• Il marchese di Ruvolito (1939)
• In campagna è caduta una stella (1939)
• Il sogno di tutti (1940)
• Notte di fortuna (1941)
• L'ultimo combattimento (1941)
• A che servono questi quattrini? (1942)
• Le signorine della villa accanto (1942)
• Non ti pago! (1942)
• Casanova farebbe così! (1942)
• Campo de' fiori (1943)
• Non mi muovo! (1943)
• Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943)
• Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli (1946)
• Natale al campo 119 (1948)
• Vivere a sbafo (1949)
• Biancaneve e i sette ladri (1949)
• Bellezze in bicicletta (1950)
• La bisarca (1950)
• Luci del varietà (1950)
• Signori, in carrozza! (1951)
• La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
• Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951)
• Totò e le donne (1952)
• Ragazze da marito (1952)
• Non è vero... ma ci credo (1952)
• Una di quelle (1953)
• Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
• Il più comico spettacolo del mondo (1953)
• Martin Toccaferro (1953)
• Via Padova 46 (1954)
• Peppino e la nobile dama (1954)
• Un giorno in pretura (1954)
• Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
• Piccola posta (1955)
• Motivo in maschera (1955)
• Io piaccio (1955)
• I due compari (1955)
• Il segno di Venere (1955)
• Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955)
• Accadde al penitenziario (1955)
• Cortile (1955)
• I pappagalli (1955)
• Un po' di cielo (1955)
• Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina (1956)
• Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)
• Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956)
• La banda degli onesti(1956)
• Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
• La nonna Sabella (1957)
• Vacanze a Ischia (1957)
• Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958)
• La nipote Sabella (1958)
• Tuppe, tuppe Maresciallo (1958)
• Anna di Brooklyn (1958)
• La cambiale (1959)
• Arrangiatevi! (1959)
• Pane, amore e Andalusía (1959)
• Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
• Ferdinando I re di Napoli (1959)
• Signori si nasce (1960)
• Letto a tre piazze (1960)
• Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
• A noi piace freddo...! (1960)
• I genitori in Blue-Jeans (1960)
• Il mattatore (1960)
• Gli incensurati
• Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961)
• Totò, Peppino e la dolce vita (1961)
• Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962)
• I quattro monaci (1962)
• Il mio amico Benito (1962)
• Il giorno più corto (1962)
• Boccaccio '70 (1962)
• Totò contro i 4 (1963)
• I quattro moschettieri (1963)
• Gli onorevoli (1963)
• Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963)
• La vedovella (1964)
• Made in Italy (1965)
• Rita la zanzara (1966)
• Ischia operazione amore (1966)
• La fabbrica dei soldi (1966)
• Soldati e capelloni (1967)
• Non stuzzicate la zanzara (1967)
• Zum zum zum (1968)
• Zum, zum, zum n° 2 (1969)
• Lisa dagli occhi blu (1969)
• Gli infermieri della mutua (1969)
• Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
• Giallo napoletano (1978)

Theater Works[link]

• Trampoli e cilindri, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1927)
• Un ragazzo di campagna, (Farsa in due parti) (1931)
• Don Raffaele il trombone, (Commedia in un atto) (1931)
• Spacca il centesimo, (Commedia in un atto) (1931)
• Miseria bella, (Farsa in un atto) (1931)
• Cupido scherza...e spazza, (Farsa in un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1931)
• Una persona fidata, (Farsa in un atto) (1931)
• Aria paesana, (Storia vecchia uguale per tutti in un atto) (1931)
• Quale onore!, (Farsa in un atto) (1931)
• Amori...e balestre!, (Farsa in un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1931)
• Caccia grossa!, (Un atto ironico romantico) (1932)
• A Coperchia è caduta una stella, (Farsa campestre in due parti) (1933)
• La lettera di mammà, (Farsa in due parti) (1933)
• Quaranta...ma non li dimostra, (Commedia in due parti in collaborazione con Titina De Filippo) (1933)
• Il ramoscello d'olivo, (Farsa in un atto) (1933)
• I brutti amano di più, (Commedia romantica in tre parti) (1933)
• Un povero ragazzo!, (Commedia in tre atti e quattro quadri) (1936)
• Il compagno di lavoro!, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1936)
• Bragalà paga per tutti!, (Un atto in dialetto napoletano) (1939)
• Il grande attore!, (Commedia in un atto) (1940)
• Una donna romantica e un medico omeopatico, (Da una commedia -parodia in cinque atti di Riccardo di Castelvecchio. Riduzione in tre atti in dialetto napoletano) (1940)
• Non è vero...ma ci credo!, (Commedia in tre atti) (1942)
• Quel bandito sono io!, (Farsa in tre atti e quattro quadri) (1947)
• L'ospite gradito!, (Tre atti comici) (1948)
• Quel piccolo campo..., (Commedia in tre atti) (1948)
• Per me come se fosse!, (Commedia in due parti e quattro quadri) (1949)
• Carnevalata, (Un atto) (1950)
• Gennarino ha fatto il voto, (Farsa in tre atti) (1950)
• I migliori sono così, (Farsa in due parti e otto quadri) (1950)
• Pronti? Si gira!, (Satira buffa in un atto) (1952)
• Pranziamo insieme!, (Farsa in un atto) (1952)
• Io sono suo padre!, (Commedia in due parti e quattro quadri) (1952)
• Pater familias, (Commedia in un atto) (1955)
• Noi due!, (Commedia in un atto) (1955)
• Un pomeriggio intellettuale, (Commedia in un atto) (1955)
• Dietro la facciata, (Commedia in un atto) (1956)
• Le metamorfosi di un suonatore ambulante, (Farsa all'antica in un prologo, due parti e cinque quadri. Con appendice e musiche di Peppino De Filippo) (1956)
• Il talismano della felicità, (Farsa in un atto) (1956)
• La collana di cento noccioline, (Commedia in un atto) (1957)
• Omaggio a Plauto, (Un atto) (1963)
• Tutti i diavoli in corpo, (Un atto) (1965)
• L'amico del diavolo, (Commedia in tre atti) (1965)

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Renato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini (born September 30, 1950), an Italian singer-songwriter and showman whose career spans a full 6 decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s, with 40 million records sold^[1]. Zero was born Renato Fiacchini in downtown Rome, in Via di Ripetta, next to the famed Via del Corso. He quit his studies early to devote himself to his true passion, the arts, more specifically playing music and singing - though initially with little success. From an early age, he would wear make-up and cross-dress. He replied to the criticisms he received (including the recurring insult Sei uno zero! - "You're a zero!") by taking on the pseudonym Renato Zero. He recorded his first songs in 1965: "Tu, sì", "Il deserto", "La solitudine", which were never issued. His first published single, "Non basta sai/In mezzo ai guai" (1967), sold a total of 20 copies and was quickly forgotten. He had several different jobs, including an appearance in an advertisement for ice-cream, work as a dancer in a TV show, playing and dancing in two musicals and a couple minor roles in two Fellini movies.

In the late 1960s/early 1970s Zero's career was given a boost by the glam-rock movement, from which he benefited with his sexual ambiguity and androgynous appearance. At the same time, this led him to being accused of emulating other celebrities like David Bowie and, in particular, other British singer Marc Bolan whom he looked a whole lot like. In 1973 he issued his first LP, No! Mamma, no! (recorded live), but still with little success. The follow-up Invenzioni met the same fate.

Birth of the "Zeromania"[link]

It was not until 1976 that he scored his first hit with the single "Madame", a collaboration with songwriter Franca Evangelisti and composer Piero Pintucci, with whom Zero continued to work in the years that followed. "Madame" and the album including it, Trapezio, established a regular and loyal audience for Zero. This was to increase exponentially in the following years, until he could boast a huge following of die-hard fans that he dubbed Sorcini ("Little Mice"). His greatest hits at the time, all of them topping and breaking the Italian charts for quite some time, were lurid, only partly veiled recounts of extreme life in the sex-crazed 1970s: "Mi vendo" (a transvestite hooker's anthem), "Il triangolo" (a threesome's tale), and "SessoOEsse" (S.O.S. spelled like "Sex-or-S"), all set to a Bee Gees-like disco beat that was trendy at the time, were, and still are, really popular in Italy, and were among all disco clubs playlists. He also became friends at the time with french chanteuse and disco-queen Amanda Lear,Gay French icon.

The late 1970s were indeed years of great success for Zero's character, with the LPs Zerofobia ("Zerophobia", 1977), Zerolandia (1978) and Erozero (1979) topping the Italian charts. At this time Renato Zero was amongst the two or three most popular singers in Italy and his song "Il Carrozzone" was already regarded, also by critics, as one of the best Italian songs ever.

The name Zerolandia referred also to the moving theatre (a circus tent with a capacity of 5,000) in which he gave shows throughout Italy. On numerous occasions fans would participate in the gigs, made-up like Zero and dressed in his typical bird-like and strass-decorated costumes.

In 1979 Zero played as himself in the movie Ciao Nì (his usual greeting to his fans, which can be roughly translated as "Hi pal!"). In Italy this film grossed more than the American blockbuster Superman.

The 1980s: career dip[link]

In the 1980s he began to abandon make-up and greasepaint, but this did not rid Zero of his mania for grandeur: in the 1980 tour, for example, he entered the scene riding a white horse. In 1982 he began a collaboration with the opera director Renato Serio, who was to write the string arrangements for almost all of Zero's following LPs. In late 1983 he took part in RAI's Fantastico 3, then the most popular Italian TV show.

His career continued to be successful until 1984, with top-charts songs like "Amico" ("Friend") and "Spiagge" ("Beaches"). That year, however, his album Leoni si nasce and the tour of the same name, in which he appeared disguised as a lion and escorted by four aborigines, were commercial failures. The album Zero of 1987 marked the lowest point of his career: instead of playing in arenas and stadiums, Zero had to sing almost for free in the piazzas and discos of Italy's minor cities.

1990s: The comeback[link]

In 1991 Renato Zero participated to the Sanremo Music Festival with "Spalle al muro", and from that moment on his career began to rise again. In 1993 he ranked #1 on the Italian charts with the LP Quando non sei più nessuno. The following year Imperfetto repeated this success. During his tour concerts would regularly sell out, and he returned to his famous dress changes during the spectacles, although in a more balanced style.

In the mid-90s Zero dubbed the character of Jack Skellington and sang the songs in the Italian release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.^[2]

In 1999, he sang at Pavarotti and Friends his hit song Il cielo together with tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and later the same year, Italian diva Mina paid him a tribute with her album Mina n° 0, containing nine Zero's songs, including one sung in duet with him.

2000s: the Emperor's Reign[link]

In 2004 his tour "Cattura il sogno/Il sogno continua" (Catch the dream/The dream continues) was awarded from Pollstar magazine as the most successful of the year in Italy and as well as one of the most successful worldwide (#30). The recording of the Roman concerts, held at Olimpico Stadium in June, was the best sold musical DVD of 2004.

In 2005 he took part to the Italian stage of Live 8, in the Circo Massimo. In November his new album Il dono ("The Gift") topped the charts and maintained #1 until the end of the year. In December 2005 he performed in the Vatican with a song dedicated to Pope John Paul II. Renato Zero's 2006 tour was entitled Zero movimento and involved 25 concerts. After 40 years of musical career, in February 2006 he refused the Career Award of the national Festival of San Remo, stating that should be for artists at an old age.

During some concerts held at the time of the campaign for the April 2006 elections, he declared himself against (right-wing) former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

In 2007 he toured again in major Italian cities, filling the biggest sports stadiums. The tour was called MpZerO, and attracted 270,000 spectators on 7 dates, of which 120,000 filled the Olympic Stadium of Rome, his hometown. He's often called the Emperor of Rome.

"Presente", his 30th album, released in Europe, South America and North America March 20, 2009, caused him to gain 5 discs of platinum in Italy and 80,000 copies sold out by Italy. Following Presente release, Renato toured again in autumn 2009: "Zeronove tour" collected 30 sold-out dates, most successful gig of the year in Italy. On December 10, "Ancora qui", the first single from the album "Presente", won the best Italian video of the year. In September 2010 "Presente" (cd edition + special cd+dvd edition) was certified by FIMI as the highest selling album in Italy during 2009–2010 years.

Zero's accomplishments[link]

Renato Zero is still the only Italian artist to have reached the number one charts position of singles in 4 different decades (70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's). He had no fewer than 26 albums in the Top 10.

He likes to work with other artists, and wrote songs for numerous other singers as well. With his particular approach in performances, shows and tours, he is a leading live performer in his country and obtained a unique spot in the Italian musical scene. Throughout his career, Renato Zero has been a crusader against drug abuse. His grand force is regarded to be having shown the normality of the diverse, convincing the public that diversity feeds our human abilities to feel and act with love, respect, solidarity and faith.

Personal life[link]

Zero has never either admitted nor denied being gay and he avoids the subject although the general consesus is that he is gay, albeit a conservative one, who fancies no outings and no public displays of it except in his art. His image has changed thru the decades, from the flamboyant, make-up wearing transvestite of the mid 1970s, reminiscent of Marc Bolan or Rocky Horror Picture Show's Frank'n'Furter, to today's somber, blue suit-clad icon of no specific gender and unspecified age, his only allowance to fancifulness, a casque of jet-black hair and a thin veil of foundation and lipgloss.

Discography[link]

References[link]

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• Official website (Italian and English)
• Zeromania, fan site
• Renato Zero, tribute space