Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) is an Italian progressive rock band that achieved a high level of popularity in the 1970's, with success in both the British and American charts. They were the first Italian band to have success abroad. Between 1973 and 1977 they released 5 albums with English lyrics for the international market. They also had several successful European and American tours, even playing at the popular Reading Festival in England and appearing on a very popular national television program in the U.S.A. History Early History 1967-1971 The original core members of PFM (Mussida, Di Cioccio, Premoli, and Piazza) came together in the late 1960's while playing together as backup musicians for many different Italian pop, rock and folk singers such as Lucio Battisti, Mina, Adriano Celentano and Fabrizio De André. They appeared on many recordings for other artists during this period and quickly established themselves as top pla

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