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Do we like Thomas Raggi?

Our score: 6 out of 10. A clean record with no harmful words or acts found, but not much on file about what he has actually done for others.

Thomas Raggi is the lead guitarist of Måneskin, the Rome rock band that went from Italian talent-show fame to global stadiums. In late 2025 he stepped out on his own with a solo album, Masquerade, produced by Tom Morello and due out on 5 December that year. Morello also played on it.

The record was cut in about a month at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with guests including Alex Kapranos, Serge Pizzorno, Nic Cester, Luke Spiller and drummers Chad Smith and Matt Sorum. Morello said it would bring new generations closer to rock, and called Raggi a true professional. That is a fair sign of how he treats the people he works with.

The best-known moment on the harm side is a good one. In June 2021, on Polish television, Raggi and singer Damiano David kissed on stage. David then backed equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community in his message and said everyone should be able to love without fear. The words were David's, not Raggi's, but Raggi was in the middle of it.

In 2023 the band cop some criticism: some accused David and Raggi of queerbaiting because of their gender-bending style. David denied it, and bassist Victoria De Angelis called the accusation stupid. That is criticism of the band's image, not anything Raggi said or did against anyone, and no direct quote from him appeared in the story.

On the harm test, this is where the file runs thin. Searches turned up no remarks from Raggi on trans people, women, migrants, vaccines or the climate, no court cases, and no allegations from established outlets. His collaborators, Morello and the guest list on the album, show nothing worrying. Nothing found is not the same as a long record of doing good, though, which is why he gets a sound pass rather than a gush.