Matia Bazar

Italian pop band

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Pop rock
synth-pop
new wave

Years active1975–presentLabels

Ariston
CGD

Members

Fabio Perversi
Silvia Dragonieri
Silvio Melloni
Gino Zandonà
Piercarlo Tanzi

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Matia Bazar (Italian: [maˈtiːa badˈdzar; baˈzar]) is an Italian pop band formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group were Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo Marrale (guitar, vocals), Giancarlo Golzi (drums) and Antonella Ruggiero (vocals). They represented Italy in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called "Raggio di luna". They are known for the quality of their female vocalists: after Antonella Ruggiero, Laura Valente, Silvia Mezzanotte, Roberta Faccani and currently Luna Dragonieri. Their major hits were Solo tu (1978), Vacanze Romane (1982), Souvenir (1985) and Ti Sento (1985), which peaked on the charts in Belgium, Netherlands and Italy.

The group achieved several major successes, amongst which the win of two Sanremo Music Festivals, in 1978^[1] and in 2002.^[2]

Ruggiero and Marrale, the two main vocalists of the original line-up, left respectively in 1989 and 1994 to pursue solo careers. Main lyricist and bassist Stellita died in 1998 and drummer/writer and founding member Golzi in 2015. Cassano, the last original member, left in May 2017. The band is currently led by Fabio Perversi, keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist since 1998, who has been indicated by Cassano and Golzi as the right person to carry on the new era of the band, which in their idea "should survive to their original members".^[3] To date (2024), thus, none of the current members of the group belongs to its original lineup.

Personnel

Current members

Fabio Perversi – vocals, keyboards, violin (1998–)
Silvia Dragonieri – vocals (2017–)
Silvio Melloni – bass (2021–)
Gino Zandonà – guitars (2021–)
Piercarlo Tanzi – drums (2021–)

Past members

Piero Cassano – vocals, guitars, keyboards (founder, 1975–1981, 1999–2017)
Giancarlo Golzi – drums (founder, 1975–2015)
Carlo Marrale – guitars, vocals (founder, 1975–1994)
Antonella Ruggiero – vocals (founder, 1975–1989)
Aldo Stellita – bass (founder, 1975–1998)
Mauro Sabbione – keyboards (1981–1984)
Sergio Cossu – keyboards (1984–1998)
Laura Valente – vocals (1990–1998)
Silvia Mezzanotte – vocals (1999–2004, 2010–2016)
Roberta Faccani – vocals (2005–2010)
Piero Marras – guitars (2017–2021)
Paola Zadra – bass (2017–2021)
Fiamma Cardani – drums (2017–2021)

Discography

Matia Bazar 1 (1976)
Granbazar (1977)
Semplicità (1978)
Tournée (1979)
Il tempo del sole (1980)
Berlino, Parigi, Londra (1982)
Tango (1983)
Aristocratica (1984)
Melanchólia (1985)
Melò (1987)
Red Corner (1989)
Anime pigre (1991)
Dove le canzoni si avverano (1993)
Radiomatia (1995)
Benvenuti a Sausalito (1997)
Brivido caldo (2000)
Dolce canto (2001)
Profili svelati (2005)
One1 Two2 Three3 Four4 (2007)
One1 Two2 Three3 Four4 - Volume due (2008)
Conseguenza logica (2011)

Citations

^ Francesco Fornari (29 January 1978). "Hanno vinto i Matia Bazar" [Matia Bazar won]. La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ Ernesto Assante (10 March 2002). "Vittoria annunciata per i Matia Bazar. Seconda Alexia, terzo Gino Paoli" [A foreseen victory for Matia Bazar. Alexia is runner-up, third place for Gino Paoli]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Rome. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "Piero Cassano lascia i Matia Bazar" [Piero Cassano leaves Matia Bazar]. ANSA (in Italian). Rome. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

External links

Official website
Matia Bazar discography at Discogs
Matia Bazar at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Homo Sapiens with "Bella da morire"	Sanremo Music Festival Winner 1978	Succeeded by Mino Vergnaghi with "Amare"
Preceded by Ricchi e Poveri with "Questo amore"	Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979	Succeeded by Alan Sorrenti with "Non so che darei"
Preceded by Elisa with "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)"	Sanremo Music Festival Winner 2002	Succeeded by Alexia with "Per dire di no"

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

Songs

"Addio, addio"
"Al di là"
"Amami se vuoi"
"L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"
"L'amore è un attimo"
"Aprite le finestre"
"Avrei voluto"
"Brividi"
"Chi sarà con te"
"Comme è ddoce 'o mare"
"Corde della mia chitarra"
"Dio, come ti amo"
"Due grosse lacrime bianche"
"Due vite"
"Era"
"L'essenziale"
~~"Fai rumore"~~
"Fiumi di parole"
"Gente di mare"
"I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
"Grande amore"
"Insieme: 1992"
"Libera"
"Madness of Love"
"Magic Oh Magic"
"Marianne"
"La mia città"
"La noia"
"Nel blu, dipinto di blu"
"No Degree of Separation"
"Non andare più lontano"
"Non ho l'età"
"Non mi avete fatto niente"
"Non so che darei"
"Occhi di ragazza"
"Occidentali's Karma"
"Per Lucia"
"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
"Questo amore"
"Raggio di luna"
"Rapsodia"
"Romantica"
"Se piangi, se ridi"
"Sì"
"Soldi"
"Sole d'Europa"
"I treni di Tozeur"
"Uno per tutte"
"Vivo (Ti scrivo)"
"We'll Live It All Again"
"Zitti e buoni"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Withdrawn	Turkey

Artists

Final	Black Lace Manuela Bravo Anne-Marie David Dschinghis Khan Cathal Dunne Elpida Ted Gärdestad Katri Helena Micha Marah Matia Bazar Jeane Manson Milk and Honey Betty Missiego Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri Tommy Seebach Christina Simon Anita Skorgan Laurent Vaguener Xandra
Withdrawn	Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron

Songs

Final	"Colorado" "Disco Tango" "Dschinghis Khan" "Hallelujah" "Happy Man" "Heute in Jerusalem" "Hey Nana" "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" "Je suis l'enfant soleil" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Mary Ann" "Notre vie c'est la musique" "Oliver" "Raggio di luna" "Satellit" "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" "Sokrati" "Su canción" "Trödler und Co"
Withdrawn	"Seviyorum"

v t e Sanremo Music Festival winners
Discography
1950s	Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre") Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)")
1960s	Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica") Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là") Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio") Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte") Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età") Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi") Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo") Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te") Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara")
1970s	Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro") Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno") Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire") Matia Bazar ("...e dirsi ciao") Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare")
1980s	Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi") Alice ("Per Elisa") Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni") Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà") Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro") Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu") Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più") Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore") Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò")
1990s	Pooh ("Uomini soli") Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme") Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare") Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") Giorgia ("Come saprei") Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni") Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole") Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà")
2000s	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento") Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)") Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") Alexia ("Per dire di no") Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante") Francesco Renga ("Angelo") Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco") Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa") Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine") Marco Carta ("La forza mia")
2010s	Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...") Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore") Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno") Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale") Arisa ("Controvento") Il Volo ("Grande amore") Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai") Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma") Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente") Mahmood ("Soldi")
2020s	Diodato ("Fai rumore") Måneskin ("Zitti e buoni") Mahmood and Blanco ("Brividi") Marco Mengoni ("Due vite") Angelina Mango ("La noia")