I Vincisgrassi is an Italian comedy rock

Comedy rock

Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.-History:Early USA examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley whose "Purple People Eater" reached No...

 band from Macerata

Macerata

Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...

, formed in 1993, whose music is inspired to the style of Elio e le Storie Tese

Elio e le Storie Tese

Elio e le Storie Tese , often abbreviated EelST, is an Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980, whose music is clearly inspired to the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics...

 and Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

. The band has not got a particular leader.

The band's name has its origins in a traditional food from Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

, just called vincisgrassi. Songs are generally sung in the dialect of Macerata

Marchigiano

Marchigiano is a Romance language spoken in the region of Marche, in Italy, in a zone which includes the provinces of Ancona, the Macerata's one and the Fermo's one. It is one of the Central Italian dialects, and considered connected to Umbrian dialects and Tuscan much more in the northern part...

 and they are a mixture of music and sketches. The band's members are acute observers, sharp folk singers and great connoisseurs of the social reality in their province and sometimes write songs about social problems.

The original members of the band are Maurizio Serafini, Luciano Monceri and Paolo Mencoboni. In 2006 Paolo Mencoboni left the band and he was replaced by Roberto Marcucci. In 2007 Marcucci left the band too and Simone Cicconi took his place.

On their last CD Marducati, Maurizio Serafini and Luciano Monceri appear with the pseudonyms of Mario Vinci and Neno Sgrassi.

Discography

• Sindi che bbotta (1993)
• Bum
  Bum
  -Slang:* Buttocks* A term which is frequently, but not exclusively, pejorative, referring to a lazy person. By extension, extended to beggar. See also slacker, a generally ironic and humorous variant.-Places:* Bum, Afghanistan, the name of several locales...
  
  (1994)
• Teleciuccio (1998)
• De bestibus Vincisgrassorum (2001)
• Marducati (2006)

Most famous songs

• Macerata Posse
• Cossè vene da fora (She is from abroad)
• Il blues de lu scarpà (The blues of the shoemaker)
• Terra mia (Land of mine)
• Io ciolu (cellulare) (I've got a mobile phone)
• Lu pidocchiusu (The stingy man)
• Cuba
• Lu scopaliziu (The wedding)
• Ouagodougou
• Caccia ssi sordi (Don't be stingy)
• Forum