During the so-called "Anni di Piombo" or Lead Years he became involved in various violent episodes and is thought to have possibly been a member of the neofascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari.
After the Bologna massacre of 2 August 1980, Massimo Morsello, Roberto Fiore, leader of Terza Posizione and seven other people were accused of subversive association.
This rapidly made Morsello and Fiore wealthy (the profits being around 15 million euros), but the society was more of a fundraising tool to help various far-right organizations in Italy.
He played a concert entitled Scusate, ma non-posso venire ("Sorry, but I can't come") that was transmitted to Italy by satellite on 22 July 1996.
While most Italian right-wing musicians are influenced by Celtic music or Oi!, Morsello instead put far-right political themes into a more traditional acoustic, folk guitar-based songwriting.
His lyrics focused on themes like revolution, nationalism, Fascism, abortion and European Union, all from an unambiguously far-right point of view.
The songs of Morsello are often of good quality and can be safely compared to those Italian political left-wing songwriters like Francesco Guccini or Claudio Lolli.
Morsello took advantage of the low profile he had in the mainstream to play a prank on the Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto.