Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (English: Bank of Mutual Relief) is an Italian rock band. A popular progressive‑rock group in the 1970s, they continued making music throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They remained active into the 2000s, performing live at NEARfest in 2001 and 2008. Their charismatic frontman, Francesco Di Giacomo, passed away in 2014. Inspired by English progressive‑rock acts—particularly Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer—keyboardists Vittorio Nocenzi and his brother Gianni founded Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in Rome. In 1972, together with other musicians from the Roman progressive scene, they recorded their self‑titled debut album. Featuring tracks such as “R.I.P. (Requiescant in pace)”, “Il giardino del mago”, and “Metamorfosi”, the album quickly attracted attention within Italy’s emerging progressive‑rock movement. Its cover design was also notable, shaped like a terracotta piggy bank. Later that same year, the band released Darwin!, their first concept album, with all songs connected to the central theme of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. In 1973, Io sono nato libero further increased their popularity, supported by the single “Non mi rompete”, an acoustic ballad with poetic, dreamlike lyrics. The most distinctive elements of their sound are the complex arrangements built around piano, Hammond organ, and synthesizers performed by the Nocenzi brothers, combined with the expressive vocals of Francesco Di Giacomo.
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L’Evoluzione
Outside
I ruderi del gulag
Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico
Traccia II
Terramadre
NON MI rompete
Michele E Il Treno
la danza dei grandi rettili
Metamorfosi
R.I.P.
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