Elio e le Storie Tese

The origins of Elio e le Storie Tese go back to the 1970s, when Stefano Belisari (Elio), Luca Mangoni and Marco Conforti (Sergio's brother and future manager of the group) were classmates in a high school in Milan. would have various roles, such as dancing and singing during live performances. On 17 October 2017, the band announced that they would disband at the end of the year, after their last concert in Milan on 19 December. On 16 December 2017, it was announced that the band would take part in the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song Arrivedorci, i.e. "Arrivederci", meaning "See you later" in Italian; the song title is misspelled in the same way in which it was intentionally mispronounced in the Italian versions of Laurel and Hardy films, with a fake and exaggerated American accent (mostly for comic effect). The song, a slow ballad with a lyric consisting in a half-comical, half-serious concise recapitulation of their history, came last in the final chart and it was called by journalist and music critic Mario Luzzatto Fegiz "the ugliest song [they] ever wrote"; Elio, replying to Fegiz in an ambiguous attitude, stated that the band had made a calculated effort to classify last. A follow-up "Tour D'Addio" ("Farewell Tour") was announced for the Spring of 2018 starting on April 20 and ending on June 29. Later on, during a June 30, 2018 meet-and-greet in Barolo, for the tenth edition of its Collisioni rock music festival, Elio clarified that the main reasons behind the band's break-up were Tanica's recurring and continued absence from their stage performances during the previous years, for health reasons – namely depression (although the keyboardist never gave up his official membership in the band, by continuing to play keyboards and synths on their studio albums) – and a general tiredness within the band after their long career. On 5 April 2022, Elio e le Storie Tese announced a reunion concert to be held in July of the same year. The purpose of the event is to raise funds to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 5 June 2023, the band announces, on Radio Deejay and on their own website, the resumption of live activities and an autumn tour in theaters with the show "Mi resta un solo dente e cerco di riavvitarlo" ("I have only one tooth left, and I'm trying to screw it back in") directed by Giorgio Gallione. ==Style==

The music of the group is openly inspired, among other sources, by the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics. Elio e le Storie Tese's musical work is characterized by eclecticism and competence, in the melodic, harmonic and orchestration (arrangement) aspects, augmented by the members' technical proficiency. They are usually joined by an "unofficial" member, Mangoni (a former schoolmate of Elio and actually an architect), whose role is to dance, make choreographies or even sing during live shows on stage. In their official discography, and in their gigs, EelST have covered many of the genres typified in popular music: rock, Latin, progressive rock, disco and soul, to name a few. but they have soared well past above that scene. ==Line–ups==

Members • Stefano Belisari a.k.a. Elio – backing vocals • Vittorio Cosma a.k.a. Clayderman Viganò – keyboards, backing vocals Past members • Paolo Panigada a.k.a. Feiez and formerly Mu Fogliasch (deceased in 1998) – backing vocals, saxophone, percussion, electric bass, guitar • Paolo Cortellino a.k.a. Cortellino – bass • Fabio Gianvecchio a.k.a. Chiosco – bass • Dario Mazzoli a.k.a. Scaffale – bass • Pier Luigi Zuffellato a.k.a. Zuffellato – drums • Roberto Sgorbati a.k.a. Cosma – drums ==Discography==

Studio albums • Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu (1989) • The Los Sri Lanka Parakramabahu Brothers Featuring Elio e le Storie Tese (1990) • İtalyan, rum casusu çikti (1992) • Esco dal mio corpo e ho molta paura: Gli inediti 1979–1986 (1993) • Eat the Phikis (1996) • Peerla (1998) • Craccracriccrecr (1999) • Cicciput (2003) • Studentessi (2008) • ''L'album biango'' (2013) • Figgatta de Blanc (2016) Live albums • Made in Japan (2001) • Il meglio di Ho fatto due etti e mezzo, lascio? (2004, box) • Il meglio di Grazie per la splendida serata (2005, box) • Coèsi se vi pare (2006) • Enlarge Your Penis - Live 2012 (2012) • Il meglio di Emozioni Fortissime Tour 2007 (2013) • Arrivedorci (2018) Soundtracks • Tutti gli uomini del deficiente (1999) Compilations • Del meglio del nostro meglio Vol. 1 (1997, greatest hits) • E.L.I.O. – The Artists Formerly Known as Elio e le Storie Tese (1997, promotional album with previous songs translated in English) • Baffo Natale Compilation – Le canzoni di Natale di Radio DeeJay (2005) • The Original Recordings 1990/2003 (2007, unauthorized by the band) • Gattini (2009, rerecorded versions with orchestra of previous tracks + 1 new song) • ''Yes, We Can't'' (2017) Singles • "Nubi di ieri sul nostro domani odierno (Abitudinario)" (1989) • "Born to Be Abramo" (1990) • "Born to Be Abramo (Saturday Night strage)" (1990) • "Servi della gleba" (1992) • "Pipppero®" (1992) • "Pipppero® (English version)" (1992) • "Not Unpreviously Unreleased'nt" (1993) • "Entra in Esco dal mio corpo e ho molta paura" (1993) • "(Gomito a gomito con l') Aborto / In te" (1993) • "Nessuno allo stadio" (1994) • "Nessuno allo stadio – Strike remix" (1994) • "Christmas with the Yours" (1995) • "La terra dei cachi" (1996) • "La terra dei cachi – Prezioso remix" (1996) • "La terra dei cachi (The Rimini Tapes)" (1996) • "T.V.U.M.D.B. / Mio cuggino" (1996) • "El Pube" (1996) • "Born to be Abramo (avec Patrick Hernandez)" (1997) • "L'eterna lotta tra il bene e il male" (1998) • "Evviva/La visione" (1999) • "Bis" (1999) • "Discomusic" (1999) • "La bella canzone di una volta" (1999) • "Presidance®" (1999) • "La gente vuole il gol" (2000) • "Fave Club" (2000) • "Che felicità" (2000) • "Tapparella" (2001) • "Fave strapazzate" (2002) • "Shpalman®" (2003) • "Shpalman® RMX" (2003) • "Fossi figo" (2003) • "Oratorium" (2004) • "Valzer transgenico" (2006) • "Banane giganti" (2006) • "Presepio imminente" (2006) • "Enrico va a scuola" (2007) • "Parco Sempione" (2008) • "Ignudi fra i nudisti" (2008) • "Storia di un bellimbusto" (2009) • "Pensiero stupesce" (2011) • "Sta arrivando la fine del mondo" (2012) • "Dannati forever" (2013) • "La canzone mononota" (2013) • "Complesso del primo maggio" (2013) • "Amore amorissimo" (2013) • "Il Musichione" (2014) • "Alcol snaturato (una serata speciale)" (2015) • "Il primo giorno di scuola" (2015) • "Vincere l'odio" (2016) • "Il mistero dei bulli" (2016) • "Vacanza alternativa/China disco bar/Bomba intelligente (2016) • "Licantropo vegano" (2017) • "Arrivedorci" (2018) ==References==