Born in an area of Milan, at an early age he moved to another area of Milan, still in the suburbs. Then, after many years, he went to live outside Milan, yet not so far, in the suburb area he had left at an early age, as I said before. And he still lives there. Milan, the city where Elio was born, is also the city where he went to school, primary school, junior high school, Einstein high school, with Mangoni, engineering university (Politecnico) finished with no hurry, Civic School of Music where he plays the transverse flute and also graduated from the conservatory G. Verdi in Milan. Verdi was born in Busseto though, but there is no comparison, don't even joke about it. He also played soccer in the Milanese, Fatima and Corsico teams until the age of 18, then he played baseball in the Ares team, a sport he still enjoys today. Military duty from 1986 to 1988, since 1979 he has been trying to make the dream of Elio e le Storie Tese come true.