Elio (Italian singer)

Elio founded Elio e le Storie Tese in 1980.{{Cite web |url=http://elioelestorietese.it/bio/ |title=La band |website=ElioeleStorieTese.it |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713125838/http://elioelestorietese.it/bio/ |archive-date=13 July 2015 |access-date=24 August 2015}} He is the lead vocalist and occasionally plays the transverse flute (in which he is a graduate of the Milan Conservatory),{{Cite news |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/08/06/niente-storie-tese-elio-al-flauto.html |title=Niente Storie tese Elio è al flauto |date=6 August 2006 |work=la Repubblica |access-date=11 December 2019 |language=it}} the electric guitar and the electric bass.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockol.it/artista/elio/biografia |title=Biografia di Elio |website=Rockol |language=it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211183433/https://www.rockol.it/artista/elio/biografia |archive-date=11 December 2019 |access-date=11 December 2019}}

In 2002, Elio graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan with an MSc in electronic engineering.{{Cite web |url=https://www.corriere.it/scuola/universita/cards/da-mr-bean-chiellini-checco-zalone-quei-laureati-che-non-ti-aspetti/mr-bean_principale.shtml |title=Unesco, Banfi o Checco Zalone che ha la laurea? Da Mr. Bean a Chiellini, quei laureati che non-ti aspetti |last=Riva |first=Orsola |date=23 August 2016 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it |access-date=11 December 2019}} He had previously interrupted his studies following the success of his music career.{{Cite web |url=https://biografieonline.it/biografia.htm?BioID=2266&biografia=Stefano+Belisari |title=Stefano Belisari. Sottili genialità musicali |website=Biografieonline |date=7 September 2010 |language=it |access-date=11 December 2019}}

The texts of his songs are humorous and irreverent, and he listed Frank Zappa as a primary influence.{{cite web|last1=Lo Giudice|first1=Antonio|title=Elio e le Storie Tese. Tecniche di resistenza al nulla|url=http://www.ondarock.it/italia/elioelestorietese.htm|website=Ondarock.it|access-date=24 August 2015|language=it}}{{cite web|last1=Tricomi|first1=Antonio|title=La musica senza etichette dei militanti irriverenti|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/05/04/la-musica-senza-etichette-dei-militanti-irriverenti.html|website=la Repubblica|access-date=24 August 2015|language=it|date=4 May 2008}}{{cite web|last1=Giudici|first1=Luca|title=La vita tesa di Elio|url=http://www.bravonline.it/la-vita-tesa-di-elio-un-concerto-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/|website=Bravo! Online|access-date=24 August 2015|language=it|date=4 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214453/http://www.bravonline.it/la-vita-tesa-di-elio-un-concerto-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/|archive-date=11 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bergamonews.it/2013/03/29/umorismo-e-qualitaelio-e-le-storie-tesenon-deludono-mai/172753/ |title=Umorismo e qualità Elio e le Storie Tese non-deludono mai |date=29 March 2013 |website=BergamoNews.it |language=it |url-status=live |access-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211184527/https://www.bergamonews.it/2013/03/29/umorismo-e-qualitaelio-e-le-storie-tesenon-deludono-mai/172753/ |archive-date=11 December 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.laregione.ch/culture/1232390/alla-ricerca-del-sacro-umorismo-intervista-a-elio |title=Alla ricerca del Sacro Umorismo (intervista a Elio) |last=Donadio |first=Beppe |date=2 January 2019 |website=laRegione |language=it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904194534/https://www.laregione.ch/culture/1232390/alla-ricerca-del-sacro-umorismo-intervista-a-elio |archive-date=4 September 2019 |access-date=11 December 2019}}

He has been a judge on the panel of the Italian version of The X Factor for five seasons, winning two of them through acts he mentored, Nathalie (season 4, 2010){{Cite news |date=23 November 2010 |title=X Factor, vincono Nathalie ed Elio (ma anche Morgan) |language=it |work=Libero |url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/spettacoli/537988/x-factor-vincono-nathalie-ed-elio-ma-anche-morgan-guarda-le-foto.html |access-date=11 December 2019}} and Giò Sada (season 9, 2015).{{Cite news |last=Prisco |first=Francesco |date=11 December 2015 |title=X Factor, nella notte dei Coldplay vince Giosada, il rocker con l'inedito "meridionalista" |language=it |work=Il Sole 24 Ore |url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2015-12-11/x-factor-notte-coldplay-vince-giosada-rocker-l-inedito-meridionalista-073245.shtml?uuid=ACyR6GrB |access-date=11 December 2019}} He was also a judge at Italia's Got Talent in 2022.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=17 January 2022 |title=Italia's Got Talent 2022 al via con Elio, la new entry 'eliena' |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/tv-show/2022/01/17/italia-got-talent-2022-elio |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it}}

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Category:1961 births

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