Born Maurizio Pisciottu in the Sardinian town of Olbia, rapper and producer Salmo recorded with Premeditazione and Dolo prior to making his own Under Skin in 2004. His first official album, however, was 2011's The Island Chainsaw Massacre, which was followed by Death U.S.B. in 2012 and Midnite in 2013. The latter would become Salmo's first number one album in Italy. Recorded while on tour in support of Midnite, Sony Music issued the live album S.A.