Elio e le Storie Tese

Sarcastic, irreverent, excessive, vulgar, exaggerated, sexist, misogynistic, trivial: all true, but some of their songs literally make me piss myself laughing. As musicians, I don't think they can be debated: each member of the group is brilliant at the sound of their respective instrument; they're almost tightrope walkers. Since 1999, they've declined a bit in terms of inventiveness and creativity, but I think that's mainly due to the death of one of their members in 1998, the fantastic multi-instrumentalist Paolo Panigada, aka Feiez: obviously, it was a tough blow for all the other "survivors," even though they tried not to show it too much.