<p>Uncomfortable, brilliant, invisible. And for those reasons, eternal. </p><p>With the launch of “Per sempre Squallor, fenomenologia di una ghost band italiana”, the Picentia Books series explores one of the most irreverent, free, and unusual chapters in Italian pop culture and music history.</p><p>Squallor were a unique phenomenon: four top record industry insiders who, without ever showing their faces, performing live, or receiving radio airplay due to heavy censorship, sold millions of records. A “ghost band” that dissected Italian society in the 1970s and 80s using paradox, sharp satire, and surreal humor.</p><p>Edited by Alfonso Amendola and Carlo Pecoraro, this book reexamines their extraordinary artistic journey through a cultural, linguistic, and sociological lens, decoding a group that redefined the boundaries of political incorrectness.</p>