Talco (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Talco

| image = 2024 Save the Core - Talco - by 2eight - 9SC1313.jpg

| caption = Talco performing in 2024

| image_size = 250

| origin = Marghera, Italy

| genre = Ska punk, folk punk, Patchanka

| years_active = 2001–present

| label =

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL| http://www.talco-punkchanka.com}}

| past_members = Dema (Tommaso De Mattia)-guitar and vocals
Jesus (Emanuele Randon)-guitar
Ketto (Marco Salvatici)-bass
Nick (Nicola Marangon)-drums
Cioro (Enrico Marchioro)-saxophone
Turborizia (Andrea Barin)-trumpet

}}

Talco is an Italian ska punk band and alternative band from Marghera, Venice. Musically the group combines the horns and rhythms of ska-punk with Italian folk music. Their lyrics reflect the band's support for left-wing politics and often include anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist themes. Musical influences include The Clash, Ska-P, Modena City Ramblers and especially Mano Negra, often describing their sound as "patchanka" after Mano Negra's first album.{{cite web |url=http://www.talco-punkchanka.com/ |title=Home |website=talco-punkchanka.com}}

In 2009 the group wrote the song "St. Pauli" about the cult German football club FC St. Pauli. The team has since used the song as an anthem and Talco has played a number of concerts at Millerntor-Stadion in Hamburg, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?menuid=57&topmenu=112&artikel=5429 |title=Offizielle Homepage des FC St. Pauli von 1910 e. V. - TALCO on Tour |website=www.fcstpauli.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003061039/http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?menuid=57&topmenu=112&artikel=5429 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}