it's not about enrico gatti the violinist, it's enrico gatti the robber, who 18000 Lira is about
"Another scrapped idea would have turned the album into a rock opera about the Gatti Gang, a bumbling cell of Italian guerrillas. "They were the Milan-based cell of the Red Brigades in the 80s," according to Argos. "They were just really, really inept as terrorists. And 18,000 lira was the one bank robbery they managed to do-- about £4.83." Hence the album closer, "18 000 Lira". The Gatti Gang concept also survives in two other songs, "Stand Down" and "Rusted Guns of Milan"."
it's not about enrico gatti the violinist, it's enrico gatti the robber, who 18000 Lira is about
"Another scrapped idea would have turned the album into a rock opera about the Gatti Gang, a bumbling cell of Italian guerrillas. "They were the Milan-based cell of the Red Brigades in the 80s," according to Argos. "They were just really, really inept as terrorists. And 18,000 lira was the one bank robbery they managed to do-- about £4.83." Hence the album closer, "18 000 Lira". The Gatti Gang concept also survives in two other songs, "Stand Down" and "Rusted Guns of Milan"."