What Is A Spaghetti Western?

Who doesn't like things a little more dark and gritty with a side of guns and outlaws? In the wake of the western films there was a code that these films had to adhere by making them feel slightly generic, until Italy decided to go outside those rules and make what we consider to be the genre all together. With a darker tone usually followed by anti-heroes, these are now the standards for the style. Today we ask you to listen in and murder an entire bandit squad while we ask, what is a spaghetti western?