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{{Short description|Italian comedy rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Elio e le Storie Tese
| image = Elio e Le Storie Tese.jpg
| caption = Elio e le Storie Tese in concert in 2008
| image_upright = 1.2
| background = group_or_band
| alias = EelST
| origin = [[Milan]], Italy
| genre = [[Comedy rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[pop rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[dance-rock]]
| years_active = {{hlist|1979–2018|2023–present}}
| label = Psycho, Hukapan, Aspirine
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|elioelestorietese.it}}
| current_members = [[Elio (Italian singer)|Stefano Belisari]] (Elio)<br/>Sergio Conforti (Rocco Tanica)<br/>Nicola Fasani (Faso)<br/>[[Cesareo|Davide Civaschi]] (Cesareo)<br/>Christian Meyer (Meyer)<br/>Antonello Aguzzi (Jantoman)<br/>Luca Mangoni (Mangoni)
| past_members = Paolo Panigada (Feiez)
}}
'''Elio e le Storie Tese''' ({{IPA|it|ˈɛːljo e lle ˈstɔːrje ˈteːze|lang}}; literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated '''EelST''', is an Italian [[comedy rock]] band from [[Milan]], formed in 1980.<ref name=treccani>{{cite web|title=Elio e le storie tese|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elio-e-le-storie-tese/|website=[[Treccani]]|access-date=22 August 2015|language=it}}</ref><ref name=stampa>{{cite web|last1=Amore|first1=Maurizio|title=Elio e Le Storie Tese|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2013/01/15/spettacoli/festival-di-sanremo/2013/artisti-in-gara/artisti-big/elio-e-le-storie-tese-fm1mhID8fy6000ULqce23M/pagina.html|website=[[La Stampa]]|access-date=22 August 2015|language=it|date=15 January 2013}}</ref> Their frontman is Stefano Belisari, better known as [[Elio (Italian singer)|Elio]].
Elio e le Storie Tese acquired national fame after their second-place finish at the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1996]] with the song "[[La terra dei cachi]]", a humorous take on Italian lifestyle.<ref name=treccani/><ref name=stampa/> They also won the [[Sanremo Music Festival#"Mia Martini" Critics Award|"Mia Martini" Critics Awards]] for their performance.<ref name=ansa>{{cite web|title=Sanremo: i vincitori del Premio della Critica|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2015/02/04/sanremo-i-vincitori-del-premio-della-critica_ff9c84a8-8cc1-4501-9d90-4b3ff17a2f66.html|website=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]]|access-date=22 August 2015|language=it|date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
In 1999, they were awarded as Best Italian Act at the [[1999 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Awards]], and in 2003 they won the Best Italian Videoclip award at the [[Italian Music Awards]] of [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] for "[[Shpalman®]]".<ref name=stampa/> In 2011, they were elected as the best group band of the 2001–2010 decade through a referendum announced by the website Rockol.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dieci! Il referendum della musica italiana del decennio|url=http://www.rockol.it/news-197174/dieci-il-referendum-sulla-musica-del-decennio-ecco-tutti-i-risultati|website=Rockol|access-date=22 August 2015|language=it|date=11 January 2011}}</ref> In 2012, the album ''[[Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu]]'' has been ranked the 15th best Italian album of all time by the magazine ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Il miglior disco italiano? Bollicine di Vasco Rossi|url=http://www.linkiesta.it/rolling-stone-dischi-italiani-piu-belli|website=Linkiesta.it|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312065013/http://www.linkiesta.it/rolling-stone-dischi-italiani-piu-belli|archive-date=12 March 2014|language=it}}</ref>
The group participated to the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] for the second time in the [[Sanremo Music Festival 2013|2013 edition]] with the song "[[La canzone mononota]]", achieving again the second place and winning the "Mia Martini" Critics Awards for the second time, the award for the best arrangement, and the Radio and TV Press-Room award.<ref name=sony>{{cite news|title=Sanremo 2013: tre premi ad Elio e le Storie Tese|url=http://www.sonymusic.it/news/sanremo-2013-tre-premi-ad-elio-e-le-storie-tese/|access-date=22 August 2015|work=[[Sony Music]]|language=it}}</ref>
==History==
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.<ref name=book />
The first line-up debuted in Milan in 1980. It consisted of Elio on guitar, Paolo Cortellino on bass and Pier Luigi Zuffellato on drums. Cortellino was then replaced firstly by Fabio Gianvecchio (Chiosco), later by Dario Mazzoli (Scaffale), and finally, in 1986, by Nicola Fasani (Faso). In the meantime, Zuffellato had left the group, and was replaced by [[Vittorio Cosma]] until 1982, when, after EelST were joined by the pianist Sergio Conforti (Rocco Tanica), the role of drummer was filled by a [[E-mu Drumulator|Drumulator]] operated by Rocco Tanica himself until 1988, when Swiss drummer Christian Meyer joined the group.<ref name=bio />
At the beginning, Elio was the singer and guitarist, but in 1983 the group hired rock guitarist Davide Civaschi (Cesareo). From that moment on, Elio could focus on being the front-man, and, sparingly, play the [[Western concert flute]], for which he had passed the music academy's examination.<ref name=bio /> In 1988, the group was also joined by the multi-instrumentalist Paolo Panigada (Feiez),<ref name=book /><ref name=bio /> who died ten years later of a brain hemorrhage during a concert.<ref name=bio />
In 1992, Elio decided to include architect and former classmate Mangoni in the band. Mangoni, described in the official website as "artist and architect",<ref name=biography>{{cite web|title=Biography |url=http://elioelestorietese.it/english-bio/ |website=ElioeleStorieTese.it |access-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825224720/http://elioelestorietese.it/english-bio/ |archive-date=25 August 2015 }}</ref> would have various roles, such as dancing and singing during live performances.<ref name=bio />
The first studio album, ''[[Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu]]'' was published in 1989, and it was followed by ''[[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) and ''[[L'album biango]]'' (2013). During their 35-year career, EelST have been awarded several prizes; they came second twice in the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] (in ([[Sanremo Music Festival 1996|1996]] and [[Sanremo Music Festival 2013|2013]]);<ref name=treccani /><ref name=stampa /> they also won two "Mia Martini" Critics' Awards.<ref name=ansa /><ref name=sony />
In March 2014, Elio e le Storie Tese presented six episodes of ''Il Musichione'', a comedy musical show on [[Rai 2]].<ref name=fq>{{cite news|last1=Gandus|first1=Valeria|title=Il Musichione, Elio e le Storie tese portano "bruttezza" (e molta musica) su Rai2|work=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]|date=5 March 2014|language=it}}</ref>
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.<ref name=split>{{Cite web |url=http://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2017/10/18/elio-storie-tese-annunciano-l-addio-il-18-dicembre-l-ultimo-concerto/54ca75f2-b3cc-11e7-b73f-b517701f3ad7.shtml |title=Elio e le storie tese si sciolgono: "Il 19 dicembre l'ultimo concerto" |last=Laffranchi |first=Andrea |date=18 October 2017 |website=[[Corriere della Sera]] |language=it |access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
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 [[Alberto Sordi]] intentionally mispronounced the word, with a fake and exaggerated American accent (mostly for comic effect), while dubbing [[Oliver Hardy]] in the Italian versions of [[Laurel and Hardy]] films, from 1939 to 1951).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ilgiorno.it/spettacoli/elio-sanremo-1.3610232 |title=Sorpresa Elio e le Storie Tese: sul palco di Sanremo 2018 con "Arrivedorci" |date=16 December 2017 |website=[[Il Giorno (newspaper)|Il Giorno]] |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111173422/http://www.ilgiorno.it/spettacoli/elio-sanremo-1.3610232 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite AV media  |date=7 February 2018 |title=DopoFestival – Puntata del 07/02/2018 |medium=Television production |language=it |url=https://www.raiplay.it/video/2018/01/Tanto-siamo-fra-amici-al-Dopofestival-prima-puntata-32054600-1948-407f-85da-3c87940ceee7.html |access-date=13 April 2019|publisher=[[RAI]]}}</ref> A follow-up "Tour D'Addio" ("Farewell Tour") was announced for the Spring of 2018 starting on April 20 and ending on June 29.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockol.it/news-682712/concerti-elio-e-storie-tese-tour-addio-primavera-2018 |title=Concerti, Elio e le Storie Tese: domani il concerto di addio, a primavera il tour di addio |website=Rockol |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111173829/http://www.rockol.it/news-682712/concerti-elio-e-storie-tese-tour-addio-primavera-2018 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> Later on, during a June 30, 2018 meet-and-greet in [[Barolo, Piedmont|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 [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] (although the keyboardist never gave up his official membership in the band, by continuing to play keyboards and synths on their studio albums)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/2102937/rocco-tanica-depressione-elio-storie-tese |title=Rocco Tanica "Sono stato male, ma non lascio Elio e le storie tese" |last=Sollazzo |first=Boris |date=17 May 2016 |website=Giornalettismo |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329111208/http://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/2102937/rocco-tanica-depressione-elio-storie-tese/ |archive-date=29 March 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ilpost.it/flashes/perche-rocco-tanica-non-suonera-piu-dal-vivo-con-gli-elio-e-le-storie-tese |title=Perché Rocco Tanica non suonerà più dal vivo con gli Elio e le Storie Tese |date=1 May 2016 |website=Il Post |language=it-IT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422071823/https://www.ilpost.it/flashes/perche-rocco-tanica-non-suonera-piu-dal-vivo-con-gli-elio-e-le-storie-tese/ |archive-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/04/30/spettacoli/rocco-tanica-abbandona-lattivit-live-con-elio-e-le-storie-tese-49UcUBIdAY3sH3PBIBtmZM/pagina.html |title=Rocco Tanica abbandona l'attività live con Elio e le Storie Tese |date=30 April 2016 |website=La Stampa |language=It}}</ref> – and a general tiredness within the band after their long career.<ref>{{cite AV media  |date=30 June 2018 |title=L'addio di Elio e le Storie Tese |language=it |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtwCedym2PQ  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/OtwCedym2PQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2019 |publisher= Marok.org }}{{cbignore}}
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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 [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elioelestorietese.it/blog/posts/il-concertozzo/|title=#insiemeperlamusica: Il Concertozzo!|website=Elioelestorietese.it|language=it|accessdate=2022-04-05|date=2022-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deejay.it/articoli/elio-e-le-storie-tese-annunciano-il-concertozzo-la-festa-di-fine-sfiga-a-bergamo-il-16-luglio/|title=Elio e le Storie Tese annunciano il "Concertozzo" a Bergamo: la festa di fine sfiga|website=Radio DeeJay|date=2022-04-05|language=it|accessdate=2022-04-05}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elioelestorietese.it/blog/posts/mi-resta-un-solo-dente-e-cerco-di-riavvitarlo/|title=Mi resta un solo dente e cerco di|website=elioelestorietese.it|date=2023-05-06|language=it|accessdate=2023-11-26}}</ref>
==Style==
[[File:Mangoni.jpg|thumb|left|Rocco Tanica, Mangoni and Elio]]
The music of the group is openly inspired, among other sources, by the style of [[Frank Zappa]], both in music and lyrics.<ref name="ondarock">{{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}}</ref><ref name="repubblica">{{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}}</ref><ref name="bravo">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ondarock" /><ref name="bravo" /> They are widely considered as some of the best musicians in Italy.<ref name=book /><ref name="bravo" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Villa|first1=Marco|title=Elio e le Storie Tese miglior gruppo italiano di sempre: il trollaggio perfetto?|url=http://www.rockit.it/news/elio-storie-tese-miglior-gruppo-italiano-sempre-trollaggio-perfetto|website=Rockit.it|access-date=24 August 2015|language=it|date=27 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=bottomup>{{cite web|last1=De Monte |first1=Guglielmo |title=Sundayup: Il ritorno di Elio e le Storie Tese |url=http://www.thebottomup.it/2013/06/the-sunday-up-il-ritorno-di-elio-e-le.html |website=The Bottom Up |access-date=24 August 2015 |language=it |date=2 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824154134/http://www.thebottomup.it/2013/06/the-sunday-up-il-ritorno-di-elio-e-le.html |archive-date=24 August 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Soundsblog Awards 2008 – Miglior Gruppo Italiano|url=http://www.soundsblog.it/post/5931/soundsblog-awards-2008-miglior-gruppo-italiano-2|website=Blogo|access-date=24 August 2015|language=it|date=18 December 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bio">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=E gli Elii lanciano "Mangoni candidato ideale"|url=http://www.vanityfair.it/show/musica/2011/05/05/mangoni-elio-e-le-storie-tese-candidato-elezioni-comunali-milano|access-date=24 August 2015|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=5 May 2011|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Milano, Mangoni di Elio e le Storie Tese si candida con Pisapia|url=http://www.blitzquotidiano.it/video/mangoni-candidato-milano-pisapia-elio-846150/|access-date=24 August 2015|work=Blitz quotidiano|date=6 May 2011|language=it}}</ref>
In their official discography, and in their gigs, EelST have covered many of the genres typified in popular music: rock, [[Latin music (genre)|Latin]], [[progressive rock]], [[disco]] and [[Soul music|soul]], to name a few.<ref name=book>{{cite book|last1=Di Mambro|first1=Angelo|title=L'importanza di chiamarsi Elio. Storia e gloria del più importante gruppo italiano|date=2004|publisher=Castelvecchi|language=it}}</ref><ref name="ondarock" /> A very strong attitude to affectionately mock and modify to their needs the clichès of Italian pop music has always been part of their musical career, and nonetheless many Italian pop artists have been proud guests in their recordings, acknowledging their value.
Their songs are typically interspersed by a rude, coarse humour which lies in stark contrast to their extreme varied and competent musical talent; once the band was considered part of the 'demential' rock underground spawned after the demise of [[punk rock|punk]] and cross-fertilized by situationist dadaism,<ref name="bravo" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Elio e le Storie Tese in concerto|url=http://www.trentinofamiglia.it/Attualita/Archivio-2012/Marzo/Elio-e-le-Storie-Tese-in-concerto|website=Trentinofamiglia.it|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> but they have soared well past above that scene.<ref name=book /> One of their favourite themes is adolescent life,<ref name="ondarock" /> seen as a golden period of fun, friendship, music and sexual discoveries.
The band has also been the first one, in 2004, to sell instant CDs of their live performances immediately after their end (which they dubbed ''CD brulé'', as they were 'burned' on the spot, like [[mulled wine]], in Italian "''vin brulé''").<ref>{{cite news|last1=Torelli|first1=Umberto|title=Elio e le Storie Tese lanciano l'instant cd|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2004/07_Luglio/03/elio.shtml|access-date=24 August 2015|work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=3 July 2004|language=it}}</ref>
==Line–ups==
===Members===
*Stefano Belisari a.k.a. ''[[Elio (Italian singer)|Elio]]''<ref name=bio /> – lead vocals, [[transverse flute]], electric guitar, electric bass
*Sergio Conforti a.k.a. ''Rocco Tanica''<ref name=bio /> – vocals, keyboards, [[electronic drum]]s, piano
*Nicola Fasani a.k.a. ''Faso''<ref name=bio /> – electric bass, backing vocals
*[[Davide Civaschi]] a.k.a. ''Cesareo''<ref name=bio /> – electric guitar, backing vocals
*Christian Meyer<ref name=bio /> – drums, percussion
*Antonello Aguzzi a.k.a. ''Jantoman''<ref name=bio /> – keyboards, backing vocals (member since 1999)
==="Unofficial" members===
*Luca Mangoni<ref name=bio /> – backing vocals, occasional lead vocals, onstage dancing
*Paola Folli<ref>{{cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.paolafolli.it/bio|website=PaolaFolli.it|access-date=24 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027232313/http://paolafolli.it/bio|archive-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> – backing vocals
*[[Vittorio Cosma]] a.k.a. ''Clayderman Viganò'' – keyboards, backing vocals
===Past members===
*Paolo Panigada a.k.a. ''Feiez'' or ''Mu Fogliasch''<ref name=bio /> (deceased in 1998) – backing vocals, saxophone, percussion, electric bass, guitar
==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 (Live at Parco Capello)|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)<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/elio-e-le-storie-tese-il-nuovo-album-e-arrivedorci/399699 |title= Elio e le storie tese, il nuovo album è 'Arrivedorci' |work= Rolling Stone Italia, Rollingstone.it |access-date= 22 June 2018 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
===Soundtracks===
*''[[Tutti gli uomini del deficiente (album)|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)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marok.org/Elio/Discog/ielaio.htm |title=E.L.I.O. – The Artists Formerly Known as Elio e le Storie Tese |website=Marok.org |date=16 January 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725140029/http://www.marok.org/Elio/Discog/ielaio.htm |archive-date=25 July 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>
*''Baffo Natale Compilation – Le canzoni di Natale di Radio DeeJay'' (2005)
*''The Original Recordings 1990/2003'' (2007, unauthorized by the band)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marok.org/Elio/Discog/tor.htm |title=The Original Recordings 1990/2003 - Compilation di Elio e le Storie Tese |website=Marok.org |date=9 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723213052/http://www.marok.org/Elio/Discog/tor.htm |archive-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>
*''[[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|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|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==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elio e le Storie Tese |encyclopedia=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana |year=2006 |publisher=Giunti |location=Florence |language=it|pages=173 }}
*{{cite book|last1=Di Mambro|first1=Angelo|title=L'importanza di chiamarsi Elio. Storia e gloria del più importante gruppo italiano|date=2004|publisher=Castelvecchi|language=it}}
*{{cite book|author=Elio e le Storie Tese|title=Vite bruciacchiate. Ricordi confusi di una carriera discutibile|date=2006|publisher=Bompiani|language=it}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Elio e le Storie Tese}}
*{{Official website|http://www.elioelestorietese.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
*[https://elioelestorietese.it/bio-en/ Elio e le Storie Tese's biography] at ElioeleStorieTese.it {{in lang|en}}
*{{YouTube|u=elioelestorietese}}
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