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Iota's first album ''The Hip Bone Connection'' was released in 1999. This album was Iota labeled as an acoustic/blues/roots musician,<ref name="rave">[http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1935/30/ Rave magazine] Iota</ref> a label he does not like. His second, ''Big Grandfather'', was considered less accessible, more atmospheric and was not as successful as his first. His third, ''La Caravana'', "is about the nomadic life of a musician".<ref name="smh">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/28/1062050605549.html?from=storyrhs | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=One iOTA | date=29 August 2003}}</ref> His fourth and most recent is ''Beauty Queen of the Sea'' and uses a full electric band, moving towards rock and away from his previous roots label.<ref name="rave"/> |
Iota's first album ''The Hip Bone Connection'' was released in 1999. This album was Iota labeled as an acoustic/blues/roots musician,<ref name="rave">[http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1935/30/ Rave magazine] Iota</ref> a label he does not like. His second, ''Big Grandfather'', was considered less accessible, more atmospheric and was not as successful as his first. His third, ''La Caravana'', "is about the nomadic life of a musician".<ref name="smh">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/28/1062050605549.html?from=storyrhs | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=One iOTA | date=29 August 2003}}</ref> His fourth and most recent is ''Beauty Queen of the Sea'' and uses a full electric band, moving towards rock and away from his previous roots label.<ref name="rave"/> |
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== Discography == |
== Discography == |
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Iota is an ARIA nominated musician[1] and a Helpmann Award winning actor.[2]
Music
Iota's first album The Hip Bone Connection was released in 1999. This album was Iota labeled as an acoustic/blues/roots musician,[3] a label he does not like. His second, Big Grandfather, was considered less accessible, more atmospheric and was not as successful as his first. His third, La Caravana, "is about the nomadic life of a musician".[4] His fourth and most recent is Beauty Queen of the Sea and uses a full electric band, moving towards rock and away from his previous roots label.[3] iOTA was the singer in one of Perths best pub rock bands ever...LOOSE GOOSE...Along with Ori Rossi
Discography
Albums:
- The Hip Bone Connection (1999)
- Big Grandfather (2001)
- One Of Life's Simple Pleasures (Live) (2002)
- La Caravana (2003)
- Beauty Queen of the Sea (2006)
Singles / EPs:
- Iota (EP) (1998)
- Little Carlos (EP) (2000)
- Struttin' Rock Rooster (2001)
- Million Miles (2001)
- Wooden Skeletons (2002)
- Scars (2002)
- Pockets (2002)
- Pigs (2003)
- I Want It Again (2004)
- Handle On It (2006)
- Come Back For Me (2006)
Acting
As an actor Iota has performed on stage as an angel in Sydney Dance Company's Berlin, as Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show and as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His acting has won him a Helpmann Award as the Best Male Actor In A Musical, beating Hugh Jackman.[5] [6] He has said he learned to act by necessity: "In the country, poofters are there to be bashed, or ridiculed. So I put on a mask, and became tough and rowdy: the long hair, the slouching, the spitting, lots of drinking piss."[7]
References
- ^ Aria Awards, Iota's award history
- ^ Sunday Arts Iota
- ^ a b Rave magazine Iota
- ^ "One iOTA". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 August 2003.
- ^ Courier Mail Iota looks beyond Berlin
- ^ "Star iOTA on a Rocky road". The Daily Telegraph. 16 August 2007.
- ^ http://www.stevedow.com.au/Default.aspx?id=353
External links
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