Rome, March 16 (LaPresse) – Fabio Testoni (stage name Dandy Bestia), guitarist of the Skiantos, has died at the age of 72. The family gave the news on Facebook: ‘With deep sorrow we announce that today, March 16, 2025, Fabio Testoni (Dandy bestia) guitarist and soul of the Skiantos, has left us. We will inform you later of the time and place for an appropriate remembrance,' reads the family's message. Born in Bologna on 2 July 1952, Testoni had founded the Skiantos after meeting Roberto ‘Freak’ Antoni at Dams in Bologna. After leaving the band in 1979 – which he would rejoin in 1984 – he had begun a series of collaborations with Orietta Berti, Lucio Dalla, the Stadio and others.