Raw Power is an Italian hardcore punk band from Reggio Emilia, formed in 1981 and still active.

[2] Raw Power was formed in 1981 in Poviglio, in the Italian province of Reggio Emilia, by brothers Mauro (vocals) and Giuseppe Codeluppi (guitar).

Other members in Raw Power's first line-up were Silvio (guitar and vocals), bassist Maurizio Dodi (who came from punk band Chelsea Hotel) and teenager drummer Helder Stefanini.

[3] In 1983 they recorded a 19-track demo (sometimes referred as Brown Studio Tape) and two songs appeared in the Italian punk compilation, Raptus.

The tape also included the song "Fuck Authority", which appeared in Maximumrocknroll's international punk and hardcore compilation, Welcome to 1984.

The band signed a record deal with Bill, which resulted in the album Screams From the Gutter, which sold more than 40,000 copies strictly through independent distribution and shops.

Raw Power have shared the stage with the Circle Jerks, Adolescents, D.O.A., Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, among many others.

In 2000 Alessandro Ronchini replaced Marco Massarenti and Raw Power released their next album "Trust Me" on Hello Records, a label that Patino, their American booking agent had started.

This time, the tour support was a radical band from Los Angeles called Tongue, featuring a female vocalist/artist named Liz Mcgrath.

The tour started in Los Angeles rather than New York, and the West coast welcomed the band with open arms.

The tour started in Atlanta and ended in Denver, and was the last time founding member Giuseppe would ever see the United States.

In 2002, Raw Power went back into the studio to record Still Screaming After 20 Years, a celebration of their two decades as a band.

Shortly after finishing it, on October 6, guitarist and founding member Giuseppe Codeluppi suffered a heart attack while playing soccer, and died.

April 13, 2010 Beer City Records released the first 'Raw Power' box set entitled 'The Reagan Years'.

Also included is a full DVD sized lyric book with liner notes by Mauro the singer and co-founder of Raw Power.

It features 24 new song, plus two The Stooges covers ("I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "Raw Power") and a remake of the band's 1988 classic "Mine to Kill" as ghost track.

Records started reprinting all of the classic albums of Raw Power, starting with the first demo tape printed for the first time on vinyl, entitled Birth, passing through the first four records, and adding for the first time totally new audio material, including the discovery of a totally unknown demo dating back to 1982.

In 2017 Indiebox Records released the new album "Inferno" and Raw Power played the biggest Italian punk rock festivals.