[citation needed] In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year.
[citation needed] In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian Nuova canzone politica and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano.
As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist.
With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for Il Grandevetro, and worked at l'Unità and Liberazione.