Birth of Negazione, the band that will play a crucial role not only for the punk scene in Torino and Piemonte, but also for the Italian hard-core. In the same year another band emerges, Statuto, named after the square where the Mods usually gather. They are expression of the youth culture based on a refined look, African-American music, beat, rhythm and blues, the Italian outfits of the ’60s, the use of Vespa and Lambretta.