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'''Tom Ugly''' (born 1991) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and producer. The self-titled debut ''Tom Ugly'' EP reached No.&nbsp;3 on the AIR Singles Chart and No.&nbsp;23 on the ARIA Physical Singles Chart, remaining on both charts for 11 consecutive weeks.
'''Tommaso Parisi<!-- do not remove without reliable source -->''' (born 1991), is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and producer. He formed the band '''[is]''', which was later renamed, '''Tom Ugly'''. By 2009 he adopted the performance name, Tom Ugly, for himself. He issued a self-titled debut extended play in August 2009, which reached No.&nbsp;23 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Commercial success began when Tom Ugly, at the age of sixteen, and his band (formerly [is]) took out the inaugural spot as winner of the [[triple j]] [[Unearthed (talent contest)#Unearthed High (2008– )|Unearthed High]] competition in 2008. The first radio single ''Cult Romance'' went on to receive high rotation airplay, becoming one of triple j's most-played songs of the year and was released as a free MP3 (receiving over 35,000 downloads).


Tommaso Parisi<!-- do not remove without reliable source -->,<ref name="APRA Cult">{{cite web | publisher = [[APRA AMCOS]] (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) | title = 'Cult Romance' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=cult+romance | access-date = 3 October 2020 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> grew up in Sydney. He first earned attention at the age of sixteen, when his band, [is], won the inaugural Triple J [[Unearthed (talent contest)#Unearthed High (2008– )|Unearthed High]] competition in 2008. Their first radio-single, "Cult Romance", which he wrote,<ref name="APRA Cult"/> went on to receive high rotation airplay and became one of Triple J's most-played songs, over the next year. It was later released as an [[MP3]] with over 35,000 downloads.
As time went on, a number of articles were written about the talent of this emerging artist. Most notably, the Sydney Morning Herald printed a full page article on their daily issue, posing the question of whether this act might become Australia's "next Silverchair?".<ref name="SMH">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-touch/band-scores-a-for-ambition/2008/06/26/121472669465.html |title=Band scores A+ for ambition|publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|author = Emily Dunn and Elicia Murray|date=27 June 2008}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> A few months later Tom Ugly was selected as one of triple j's feature artists for "Next Crop" with another radio single, ''Roll Again''.


He was selected as one of Triple J's feature artists for "Next Crop" in October 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s2430565.htm |access-date=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107130420/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/ausmusicmonth_08/next_crop/tom_ugly.htm |title=triple j's "Next Crop"|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |archive-date=7 January 2010 }}</ref> for the single "Roll Again". ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' printed a full page article on their daily issue, posing the question of whether his act might become Australia's "next [[Silverchair]]".<ref name="SMH">{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/band-scores-a-for-ambition-20080627-gdsjqd.html|title=Band scores A+ for ambition|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Emily Dunn and Elicia Murray|date=27 June 2008|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625233647/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/band-scores-a-for-ambition-20080627-gdsjqd.html|archive-date=25 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The self-titled debut ''Tom Ugly'' [[Extended play|EP]], released independently on 18 November 2011, featured four high rotation radio singles, ''Cult Romance'', ''Roll Again'', ''Bad With Love'' and ''All I Wanna Know''. It peaked at No.&nbsp;23 on the ARIA Singles Chart and No.&nbsp;3 on the AIR Singles Chart.<ref name="PA">{{cite web|url=http://www.premierartists.com.au/uploads/artists/54/bio.pdf |format=PDF|title=Tom Ugly |publisher=Premier Artists |accessdate=2009-01-05}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


The self-titled debut [[extended play]], ''Tom Ugly'', was released via [[Shock Records]] on 24 August 2009.<ref name="ARIA Report 1027">{{cite journal | date = 2 November 2009 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091104130048/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/Issue1027.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 2nd November 2009 ~ Issue #1027 | last = Wallace | first = Ian | journal = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 1027 | pages = 6, 13 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1027.pdf | archive-date = 4 November 2009 | access-date = 3 October 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Four of its tracks were given high rotation on radio: "Cult Romance", "Roll Again", "Bad with Love", and "All I Wanna Know". It peaked at No.&nbsp;23 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles Chart]].<ref name="ARIA Report 1027"/> It also No.&nbsp;3 on the AIR Singles Chart, and received high praise from critics alike <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/tom-ugly/|title = Tom Ugly|date = 30 September 2009}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=Citation is an interview with the artist, which may not be entirely objective.|date=October 2020}} By September 2009, the band's line-up comprised Tom Ugly as vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Mahli-Ann Butt on bass guitar, Peter Gabrielides on guitar, and [[Adrian Griffin (drummer)|Adrian Griffin]] (ex-[[28 Days (band)|28 Days]]) on drums.<ref name="Beichert">{{cite web | url = http://www.bmamag.com/articles/features/20090915-tom-ugly/index.html | title = ''BMA'' :: Features: Tom Ugly – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | author = Beichert, Kahlia | website = BMA Magazine | date = 15 September 2009 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20101101042702/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/115061/20101027-0850/www.bmamag.com/articles/features/20090915-tom-ugly/index.html | archive-date = 1 November 2010 | access-date = 3 October 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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With the release of the EP, Tom Ugly toured around Australia, playing festivals and supporting headline acts such as [[Groove Armada]] at the [[Hordern Pavilion]] and [[Sia Furler]] at the [[Enmore Theatre]] as well as other acts including Simian Mobile Disco, Grinspoon, The Grates, Children Collide, Art vs. Science, Evermore, etc. He has also performed an exclusive performance at Sydney's Apple Store, released a collaborative single with [[Australian hip hop]] artist [[Pez (musician)|Pez]] and most released a new [[Single (music)|Single]] / [[Music Video]] ''Slowly'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VH4g0o2qGg]] done during of the time of recording his debut [[LP record|LP]].

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With the release of the EP, Tom Ugly toured Australia, playing festivals and supporting headline acts such as [[Groove Armada]] at the [[Hordern Pavilion]] and [[Sia]] at the [[Enmore Theatre]], as well as Simian Mobile Disco, Grinspoon, The Grates, Children Collide, Art vs. Science, and Evermore. In 2012, he performed and recorded an exclusive show at Sydney's [[Apple Store]] soon after releasing singles "California" and "I Was Somebody Else", a collaborative single with [[Australian hip hop]] artist [[Pez (musician)|Pez]]. In 2014, he released the single and music video, "Slowly", which catalogues his time in Byron Bay recording of a large collection of upcoming, unreleased music. In 2018, he released singles "Villain" and "Elegant Flesh" and performed live at [[Supanova Expo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supanova.com.au/guests/tom-ugly/|title = Tom Ugly}}</ref> in [[Brisbane]] and [[Adelaide]]. In June, 2019, he released the single "They".


==Discography==
==Discography==
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===Extended plays===

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* ''I Was Somebody Else'' feat. [[Pez (musician)|Pez]] [http://itunes.apple.com/album/id452653472]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS<br />Physical]]<br /><ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=282}}</ref>
* ''Slowly'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VH4g0o2qGg] [http://itunes.apple.com/album/id912865515]
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* Released: August 2009
* Label: Shock <small>(ZIA09001)</small>
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==Accolades==
==Accolades==
* Winner of the 2006 [[JAllans Music|Billy Hyde]] Drum Championships
* Winner of the 2006 [[JAllans Music|Billy Hyde]] Drum Championships
* 2x Winner at the 2007 [[JB Hi-Fi]] Awards, Best [[Alternative Rock]] [[Song]] - "Someone Sued Superman" and Best [[Music artist (occupation)|Artist]] - Tom Ugly.
* 2× Winner at the 2007 [[JB Hi-Fi]] Awards, Best [[Alternative Rock]] Song – "Someone Sued Superman" and Best [[Music artist (occupation)|Artist]] – Tom Ugly
*Winner of 2008 [[triple j]] inaugural [[Unearthed (talent contest)|Unearthed High]] Competition
*Winner of 2008 [[triple j]] inaugural [[Unearthed (talent contest)|Unearthed High]] Competition
* 2009 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] - Bad With Love
* 2009 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] – Bad With Love
* 2009 Finalist at the [[Vanda & Young|Vanda & Young Songwriting Awards]] and;
* 2009 Finalist at the [[Vanda & Young]] Songwriting Awards
* 2009 [[Qantas|Qantas SOYA]] Awards - Finalist (Music)
* 2009 [[Qantas]] SOYA Awards – Finalist (Music)
* 2011 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] - I Was Somebody Else - ft. Pez
* 2011 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] – "I Was Somebody Else" ft. Pez
* 2011 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] - Don't Clone Me EP (soon to be released)
* 2011 Finalist of the [[Songwriting competition|International Songwriting Competition]] – ''Don't Clone Me'' EP (soon to be released)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* Tom Ugly Website [http://www.tomugly.com]
* {{Official website|tomugly.com}}
* triple j "Next Crop" [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/ausmusicmonth_08/next_crop/tom_ugly.htm]


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Latest revision as of 05:29, 12 December 2024

Tom Ugly
Background information
Birth nameTommaso Parisi
Also known as[is]
Born1991 (age 32–33)
OriginSydney, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • producer
Instruments
Years active2008–present
Websitetomugly.com

Tommaso Parisi (born 1991), is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and producer. He formed the band [is], which was later renamed, Tom Ugly. By 2009 he adopted the performance name, Tom Ugly, for himself. He issued a self-titled debut extended play in August 2009, which reached No. 23 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Biography

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Tommaso Parisi,[1] grew up in Sydney. He first earned attention at the age of sixteen, when his band, [is], won the inaugural Triple J Unearthed High competition in 2008. Their first radio-single, "Cult Romance", which he wrote,[1] went on to receive high rotation airplay and became one of Triple J's most-played songs, over the next year. It was later released as an MP3 with over 35,000 downloads.

He was selected as one of Triple J's feature artists for "Next Crop" in October 2008,[2] for the single "Roll Again". The Sydney Morning Herald printed a full page article on their daily issue, posing the question of whether his act might become Australia's "next Silverchair".[3]

The self-titled debut extended play, Tom Ugly, was released via Shock Records on 24 August 2009.[4] Four of its tracks were given high rotation on radio: "Cult Romance", "Roll Again", "Bad with Love", and "All I Wanna Know". It peaked at No. 23 on the ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles Chart.[4] It also No. 3 on the AIR Singles Chart, and received high praise from critics alike [5][better source needed] By September 2009, the band's line-up comprised Tom Ugly as vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Mahli-Ann Butt on bass guitar, Peter Gabrielides on guitar, and Adrian Griffin (ex-28 Days) on drums.[6]

With the release of the EP, Tom Ugly toured Australia, playing festivals and supporting headline acts such as Groove Armada at the Hordern Pavilion and Sia at the Enmore Theatre, as well as Simian Mobile Disco, Grinspoon, The Grates, Children Collide, Art vs. Science, and Evermore. In 2012, he performed and recorded an exclusive show at Sydney's Apple Store soon after releasing singles "California" and "I Was Somebody Else", a collaborative single with Australian hip hop artist Pez. In 2014, he released the single and music video, "Slowly", which catalogues his time in Byron Bay recording of a large collection of upcoming, unreleased music. In 2018, he released singles "Villain" and "Elegant Flesh" and performed live at Supanova Expo[7] in Brisbane and Adelaide. In June, 2019, he released the single "They".

Discography

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Extended plays

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Extended play with selected details and chart position
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
Physical
[8]
Tom Ugly
  • Released: August 2009
  • Label: Shock (ZIA09001)
  • Format: CD, digital download
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Accolades

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References

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  1. ^ a b "'Cult Romance' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 3 October 2020. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  2. ^ "triple j's "Next Crop"". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ^ Emily Dunn and Elicia Murray (27 June 2008). "Band scores A+ for ambition". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b Wallace, Ian (2 November 2009). "Week Commencing ~ 2nd November 2009 ~ Issue #1027" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1027). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 6, 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Tom Ugly". 30 September 2009.
  6. ^ Beichert, Kahlia (15 September 2009). "BMA :: Features: Tom Ugly – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". BMA Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Tom Ugly".
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
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