Savage

• Name — Roberto Zanetti • Alias — Savage, Robyx • Born — 28 November 1956 • Birthplace — Massa, Tuscany, Italy • Genre — Eurodance, Italo disco, electropop • Occupation — Singer, record producer • Years Active — 1979–present • Label — Discomagic, DWA

At the age of fourteen, he began studying piano, quickly developing a passion for music that would shape his future career. During his high school years, he played in a band. While in college, Zanetti's formed a band called Taxi, which included Zucchero Fornaciari on guitar. During this period, he started composing songs, initially in a melodic and commercial style before transitioning to a dance music style. In 1983, Taxi released their first single, "To Miami", which became a local hit in central Italy. This success was followed by another track, "Angelica", released under the pseudonym Joey Moon.

In 1983, Zanetti collaborated with Giorgio Dolce to produce G.A.N.G.'s "Incantation", a cover of a Mike Oldfield song, which performed well in Italy. This marked the beginning of his partnership with Discomagic Records, a key distributor for his future work. Between October and November 1983, he produced several tracks, including "Buenas Noches" by Kamillo, "Starman" by Claudio Mingardi, "Magic Carillon" by Rose, and his breakthrough hit "Don't Cry Tonight" under the stage name Savage. This song marked his rise to prominence and led him to adopt the professional pseudonym Robyx, inspired by a cartoon character he created with a friend during school.

From 1984 to 1986, Zanetti focused on his Savage project, releasing the successful album Tonight and singles such as "Only You", "Celebrate", "Radio", "A Love Again", "Love Is Death", "Loosing You", and "Goodbye". During this time, he also produced "Live Is Life" by Stargo, a dance cover of Opus's hit, which topped the French charts and earned a gold record for 250,000 copies sold. As the lead singer of Savage, Zanetti began performing live shows and tours across Europe, gaining popularity in Eastern European countries like Poland and Russia.

In 1986, Zanetti founded his own recording studio, Casablanca Recordings, which also served as the headquarters for his production company, Robyx. In 1989, he recorded "I Just Died in Your Arms" (a hi-NRG remake of the Cutting Crew song), as well as a greatest hits album. In 1994, he released another album, Strangelove, containing a number of remixes of his older songs and four mixes of the song "Strangelove" (by Depeche Mode). The last single which was released by Savage was "Don't You Want Me", which appeared on his own label, Dance World Attack Records (DWA) in 1994. This track does not appear on the Strangelove album. As Robyx, he mainly worked as a songwriter and producer for other artists in the eurodance and euro house genres, working with Ice MC, Double You, Wilson Ferguson (Maurizio Felici - "I'm Singing Again", 1988), and Alexia. At the beginning of 2019, Zanetti started recording Love and Rain, his first studio album following Tonight (1984). He worked with multiple European labels to release the album, including Polish MagicRecords and Russian RDS Records, as he was living in Poland at that time. The album was released at the beginning of 2020 and includes 14 new songs.

• Title — Format — Year — Label • Tonight — LP — 1984 — Discomagic • Greatest Hits — LP — 1989 — Euroenergy • Don't Cry – Greatest Hits — LP — 1994 — DWA Records • Tonight (remastered) — LP — 2010 — DWA Records • Ten Years Ago (remastered) — LP — 2010 — DWA Records • Love and Rain — LP / CD — 2020 — MagicRecords • Before (1983–1986 Demo Collection) — CD — 2020 — MagicRecords • Love and Rain Remixes — CD — 2020 — Maschina Records • Maxisingles — LP — 1987 — Discomagic • Greatest Hits and More — CD — 1990 — Inter Sonus • More Greatest Hits & Remixes — CD — 1992 — Sonic Records • Strangelove — CD — 1994 — Sonic Records • The Original Maxi-Singles Collection — CD — 2014 — Pokorny Music Solutions • Greatest Hits & Remixes — CD — 2016 — ZYX Music • Italodisco – Maxisingles — CD — 2020 — MagicRecords • Eternity — CD — 2026 — Warner Music Italy

• Title — Format — Year — Label • "Don't Cry Tonight" — 12" — 1983 — Discomagic • "Only You" — 12" — 1984 — Discomagic • "Radio" / "A Love Again" — 12" — 1984 — Discomagic • "A Love Again" (Special Remix) / "Fugitive" — 12" — 1985 — Discomagic • "Time" — 12" — 1985 — Discomagic • "Celebrate" — 12" — 1986 — Emergent • "Love Is Death" — 12" — 1986 — Discomagic • "So Close" — 12" — 1988 — Discomagic • "I'm Losing You" (Remix) — 12" — 1988 — Discomagic • "I'm Losing You" — 12" — 1988 — Discomagic • "I Just Died in Your Arms" — 12" — 1989 — Euroenergy • "Goodbye" — 12" — 1989 — Discomagic • "Don't Cry Tonight" ('89 Version) — 12" — 1989 — Discomagic • "Don't Leave Me" — 12" — 1990 — Euroenergy • "Something" / "Strangelove" — 12" — 1993 — Dwa Records • "12" Remix Vol. 1" — 12" — 1994 — Dwa Records • "Don't You Want Me" — 12" — 1994 — Dwa Records • "12" Remix Vol. 2" — 12" — 1994 — Dwa Records • "Twothousandnine" — 12" — 2009 — Dwa Records • "I Love You" (12" vinyl maxi single) — 12" — 2020 — Dwa Records • "Don't Cry Tonight" — 7" — 1983 — Discomagic • "Radio" / "A Love Again" — 7" — 1984 — Discomagic • "Only You" — 7" — 1984 — Discomagic • "Time" — 7" — 1985 — Discomagic • "Love Is Death" — 7" — 1986 — Cgd • "Celebrate" — 7" — 1986 — Ricordi • "I'm Loosing You" — 7" — 1988 — Emi • "Don't You Want Me" — CD — 1994 — Dwa Records • "Dancing In The Dark" — Stream — 2025 — Warner Music Italy • "Eternity" — 12" — 2026 — Warner Music Italy