Timoria were an Italian rock group, active between 1985 and 2003.

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Personnel
* 3 Discography
* 4 Further reading
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Career[edit]

The group formed in Brescia in 1985 with the name Precious Time.[1][2][3] In 1986 they adopted the name Timoria ("Vengeance" in Ancient Greek) and took part at Descomusic, a festival organized by the newspaper Giornale di Brescia, winning the competition.[1] After winning another festival, "Rock Targato Italia", they were put under contract by PolyGram and released their first single, "Signornò".[1][2]

Produced by former Litfiba member Gianni Moroccolo, in 1990 the band released their first album, Colori che esplodono, which was both a critical and commercial success.[1] In 1991 they entered the Newcomers competition at the 41st edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "L'uomo che ride", winning the Critics' Award.[1][2][3]

In 1997, after the release of the album Eta Beta, following irreconcilable conflicts with the songwriter of the group Omar Pedrini, the lead singer Francesco Renga left the band and started a successful solo career, being replaced as lead singer by the same Pedrini and by newcomer Sasha Torrisi.[2][3]

In 2002 the band came back to the Sanremo Music Festival, entering the main competition with the song "CasaMia".[2][3] In 2003, following the release of the live album Timoria live: generazione senza vento, they announced a five-years hiatus which eventually resulted in the dissolution of the band, with Pedrini pursuing a solo career and Diego Galeri and Enrico Ghedi founding a new band, I Miura.[2][3] In 2017 Marimbo published its first American book of Enrico Ghedi: his poems are translated in English by the poet Jack Hirschman.[4]

## Personnel[edit]

* Omar Pedrini - vocals, guitars
* Diego Galeri - drums
* Enrico Ghedi - keyboards, vocals
* Carlo Alberto 'Illorca' Pellegrini - bass guitar, vocals
* Pippo Ummarino - drums (from 1998)
* Sasha Torrisi - vocals, guitars (from 1998)
* Francesco Renga \- vocals (1985 - 1998)
* Davide Cavallaro - bass guitar (1985 - 1988)
* Pietro Paolo Pettenadu - bass guitar (1985 - 1987)

## Discography[edit]

Albums

* 1986 - The Precious Time Demo (EP)
* 1988 - Macchine e dollari (EP)
* 1990 - Colori che esplodono
* 1991 - Ritmo e dolore
* 1992 - Storie per vivere
* 1993 - Viaggio senza vento
* 1995 - 2020 SpeedBall
* 1997 - Eta Beta
* 1999 - 1999
* 2001 - El Topo Grand Hotel
* 2002 - Un Aldo qualunque sul treno magico
* 2003 - Timoria live: generazione senza vento

## Further reading[edit]

* Pippo Piarulli. TIMORIA - Frammenti Rock. Arcana editrice, 1996. ISBN 8879660713.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Giancarlo Susanna. "Timoria". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
2. ^ a b c d e f Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
3. ^ a b c d e Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
4. ^ "Le poesie dell'ex Timoria Ghedi sbarcano negli Usa con Hirschman". BsNews.it. 4 June 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Timoria at AllMusic
* Timoria discography at Discogs

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