Founded in Sicily in 1971 and later relocating to Rome, this Italian group adopted an unusual promotional strategy: they released three albums with the same line-up but under three different names. The line-up of this quartet consisted of Carlo Pennisi (g, mand, voc), the brothers Antonio Marangolo (voc, harp, p, harm) and Agostino Marangolo (dr, vib, perc), as well as Elio Volpini (b, sax, voc). Initially still rooted in the psychedelic rock of the 1960s as Flea on the Honey, over the course of a year they developed a more diverse and complex sound through numerous live performances, establishing them as a significant progressive hard rock band in Italy.

As Flea, they recorded their second album, Topi o Uomini („Mice or Men“), in 1972, which was released that same year on the major Italian label Fonit. The four tracks, with their extended instrumental passages dominated by guitar and Italian vocals, present psychedelic hard rock with progressive elements as well as jazzy and Mediterranean influences. After their third album, Elio Volpini left the band to join Uovo di Colombo. This second work is regarded as one of Italy’s finest heavy-prog albums and is now a hard-to-find and expensive collector’s item.