But I never said a bad word about our Axis Allies! There's a saying in Germany according to which "Germans love Italians, but they don't respect them. With the Italians it's the other way around." 
But all my favorite Italian songs are somehow non-rock:
Most people here will know this from Laura Branigan, but he wrote it:
Now where's my assless chaps? Eric Adams ain't Luciano Pavarotti, but he does more than alright here:
All of Middle of the Road's early 70ies bubble gum hits (I have a soft spot for) were penned by an Italian songwriter team who had discovered the Scottish outfit on an Italian cruise liner as a Top 40 ballroom covers band (and obviously heard something):
I had been watching some rock videos of a singer from a country which will go unnamed. Because I'd rather not say anything negative about it. What I will say is that I actually know a lot about it. I've studied it a lot. Years ago I knew some people from there pretty well. For a while, I was even beginning to get somewhat of a grasp on the language. Long story short. The singer from Country X was really good. But once I started listening to her band, it became evident that they weren't so good. It was a case of people having some talent, but not able to get cohesion or any kind of groove. I began to realize that it was actually difficult to find any good rock music from that country. For the record, it is now just as hard to find good rock music in my own country. BTW, the unnamed country I mentioned is not European.
What happened is by coincidence I began getting You Tube suggestions from Italy. I've always liked Lacuna Coil. But these were rock bands I had never even heard of. Still, they were pretty good. It began to help give me a greater appreciation of Italian rock, even if that may not be their most recognized genre.
I had never heard of that saying about Italy and Germany. However, that fits in with what I know, even if World War II is not my specialty. If I have a specialty at all, it would be the American Civil War.
