Tiromancino

Tiromancino
Frontman Federico Zampaglione performed in 2007
General information
origin	Rome , Italy
Genre (s)	Pop rock
founding	1989
Website	www.tiromancino.net
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Federico Zampaglione (since 1989)
guitar	Antonio Marcucci (since 2012)
Keyboard	Fabio Verdini (since 2015)
bass	Francesco Stoia (since 2012)
Drums	Marco Pisanelli (since 2013)
former members
bass	Lorenzo Feliciati (1989-1994)
Drums	Leonardo Cesari (1989-1995)
Keyboard	Franco Di Luca (1989-1995)
guitar	Cristiano Grillo (1993-1998)
bass	Laura Arzilli (1994-2001)
Drums	Alessandro Canini (1995-2001, 2006-2010)
Keyboard, guitar, sampler	Francesco Zampaglione (1995–2001, 2007–2010, 2013–2015)
Sampler	Riccardo Sinigallia (2000-2002)
bass	Emanuele Brignola (2001-2006, 2010-2012)
Drums	Piero Monterisi (2001-2006)
Keyboard	Andrea Pesce (2001-2010)
Sampler	Luigi Pulcinelli (2002-2006)
bass	Andrea "Mughen" Moscianese (2006-2010)
Drums	Ivo Parlati (2010-2013)
Keyboard	Stefano Cenci (2010-2013)

Tiromancino ( ital. Tiro mancino , roughly "lousy trick") is an Italian pop rock band around Federico Zampaglione (* 1968), which was founded in 1989 in Rome . After four relatively unsuccessful albums in the 1990s, the group became known after participating in the Sanremo Festival in 2000 and with the number one hit Per me è importante in 2002. Since it was founded, she has seen a number of line-up changes, which means that frontman Zampaglione is the only permanent member of the band to this day.

Band history

The band debuted in 1992 with the album Tiromancyno and released another three albums in the course of the 1990s, which, however, received little attention, probably also because of their relatively experimental style. In 1995 there was already a major line-up change, only frontman Zampaglione remained in the group. Among the new band members was his brother, Francesco Zampaglione. For the next album Tiromancino switched to Virgin Records ( EMI ) and worked with the musician and producer Riccardo Sinigallia . The band entered the race at the 2000 Sanremo Festival with the song Strade and came second in the newcomer category. This was followed by the album La descrizione di un attimo , which reached the top 10 of the Italian album charts.

The song Due destini found its way into the soundtrack of the film The Clueless by Ferzan Özpetek in 2001 and became the anthem of the Italian Gay Pride that year. In the same year there was again a complete line-up change around Federico Zampaglione. With a new line-up, the group recorded the new album In continuo movimento in 2002 . The first single from it, Per me è importante , was a great success and reached the top of the single charts. The album also featured a duet with last year's Sanremo winner Elisa . The following album Illusioni parallele , which was released in 2004, was also very successful. Then a duet with Manuel Agnelli could be heard. After the publication of a compilation in 2005, there was another line-up change.

In 2007 Federico Zampaglione made his debut as a director with the film Nero bifamiliare , while the soundtrack to it was published by Tiromancino under the title L'alba di domani . With Il rubacuori the band returned to the Sanremo Festival in 2008 without much success; However, controversies surrounding the song led to a break with EMI, which is why the live album Il suono dei chilometri was subsequently released on the independent label Edel . In 2009 Zampaglione presented his second directorial work with the film Shadow , followed in 2013 by Tulpa - Perdizioni mortali . In the meantime he released the album L'essenziale with the band (again with a new line-up) in late 2010 .

Only after a new record deal with a major label ( Sony ) and another line-up change (for example, Francesco Zampaglione returned briefly), Tiromancino was able to build on earlier successes with Indagine su un sentimento in 2014 . In 2015 Fabio Verdini replaced Francesco Zampaglione on keyboard and the band began working on a new studio album, which was released in 2016 under the title Nel respiro del mondo . Two years later the band presented the album Fino a qui , on which they presented older songs in a new way, in duets with u. a. Alessandra Amoroso , Tiziano Ferro or Luca Carboni .

occupation

Discography

Albums

• Tiromancyno (RCA, 1992)
• Insisto (BMG Ricordi, 1994)
• Alone alieno (BMG Ricordi, 1995)
• Rosa spinto (Polydor, 1997)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2000	La descrizione di un attimo	IT10 (44 weeks) IT	EMI
2002	In continuo movimento	IT2 (28 weeks) IT	EMI
2004	Illusioni parallel	IT3 (35 weeks) IT	EMI
2005	95-05	IT7 (28 weeks) IT	EMI compilation
2007	L'alba di domani	IT12 (30 weeks) IT	EMI
2008	Il suono dei chilometri	IT48 (11 weeks) IT	Noble live album
2010	L'essenziale	IT51 (3 weeks) IT	Artist first
2014	Indagine su un sentimento	IT8 (21 weeks) IT	Sony
2016	Nel respiro del mondo	IT10 (10 weeks) IT	Sony
2018	Fino a qui	IT3 (20 weeks) IT	Sony

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2002	Per me è importante In continuo movimento	IT1 gold (20 weeks)IT	Sales: + 25,000
2007	L'alba di domani L'alba di domani	-	16th place (9 weeks) on the download charts
	Angoli di cielo L'alba di domani	-	43rd place (6 weeks) on the download charts
2008	Il rubacuori Il suono dei chilometri	IT12 (5 weeks) IT
	Almost 40 Il suono dei chilometri	IT37 (3 weeks) IT
2011	Quanto ancora L'essenziale	IT75 (1 week) IT
2014	Liberi Indagine su un sentimento	IT20th gold (13 weeks)IT	Sales: + 25,000
	Immagini che lasciano il segno Indagine su un sentimento	IT32 gold (21 weeks)IT	Sales: + 25,000
2016	Piccoli miracoli Nel respiro del mondo	IT93 (2 weeks) IT
2018	Due destini (18th Anniversary) Fino a qui	IT45 (1 week) IT	feat. Alessandra Amoroso

• La descrizione di un attimo (2000) - 2018:  Platinum (50,000+)

Web links

• Official website (Italian)
• Tiromancino at Rockol.it (Italian)
• Tiromancino at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tiromancino . In: Enrico Deregibus (Ed.): Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana . Giunti, Milan 2010, ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0 , p. 442 .
2. ^ Gino Castaldo: "Io, censurato a Sanremo per la canzone sui licenziati". In: Repubblica.it . January 29, 2008, accessed December 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Chart sources (albums):
   • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 177 .
   • Albums by Tiromancino. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 13, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
   • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 153 .
   • Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed December 12, 2018 (Italian). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tiromancino, certificazioni. FIMI, accessed December 12, 2018 (Italian). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 182 .