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Franz Di Cioccio

real name Franz Renzo Di Cioccio

Pratola Peligna, Italy

Franz Di Cioccio is credited on 551 releases across 92 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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551

Credits

92

Albums

6

Decades active

44

In collections

Biography

Drummer and vocalist in the Italian progressive rock cult band Premiata Forneria Marconi, born in Pratola Peligna [AQ] (Abruzzo, central Italy) on 21st january 1946, but raised in Milan.
He released his only solo work in 1992, titled Lupus In Fabula.
He is the co-founder, together with Patrick Djivas, of Aerostella, a musical production company for cinema, TV and theatral productions. He wrote several soundtracks for TV shows and Italian movies, appearing also as an actor in many of them; he also fronted a lot of music-oriented TV shows.
As a journalist he contributed with his reviews to many newspapers and magazines.

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Credited work

551 releases · 92 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Performance · 1,251
  • Other credits · 67
  • Production · 41
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: Fonorama Studios · Command Studios · Advision Studios · Ricordi Studios

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