Born in
Taranto, Tilgher began his career as a member of the neo-fascist
Italian Social Movement (
Movimento Sociale Italiano), although in his youth he was also associated with
National Vanguard (
Avanguardia Nazionale) and attempted to refound it in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.adrianotilgher.it/biografia.html|title=Biography |publisher=Adriano Tilgher|date=28 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725040300/http://adrianotilgher.it/biografia.html|archive-date=25 July 2013 == Career ==