Iota entertainer movie#

However, in fact, it was spiritual cousins of Queen that were his major childhood heroes. So he and they have always been a part of my life.вЂќ Kiss and make-up

Iota entertainer movie#

вЂњI first saw them when вЂBohemian RhapsodyвЂ™ (the song, not the movie вЂ“ Ed.) came out and I was eight or nine or something вЂ¦ watching Freddie play the piano with his black fingernails вЂ“ I mean that was enough to get my attention! And obviously the song is just crazy вЂ“ and very inspiring. It was all grist to the mill of an impressionable young mind. Queen вЂ“ and artists like them вЂ“ loomed large in his life when he was growing up in Pinjarra, an unassuming country town located 83km south of Perth. вЂњI will be swanning around somewhere between parody and authenticity,вЂќ he concludes, before adding wryly, вЂњHey, thatвЂ™s my life.вЂќ

вЂњEven if that does mean you decide to put on the moustache вЂ“ whatever it is that gives you joy, then just do it вЂ“ because the audience is going to feed off your excitement and your joy.вЂќ iOTA, sans moustache, performing as part of the Bohemian Symphony in January.

вЂњItвЂ™s about trying not to overthink it and just enjoying the song as you would,вЂќ he says. What does it take to sing such legendary songs? And one originally sung by such a ludicrously talented вЂ“ and defiantly ludicrous вЂ“ performer? ItвЂ™s actually the second time heвЂ™ll do so вЂ“ the first, held in January, eliciting demand for a repeat showing. He now finds himself lending his formidable pipes to an evening of Queen backed by a 24 Piece Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Ellis. IOTA has drawn on said fun things in an eclectic range of artistic pursuits: from roots rock to cabaret to painting.ДЄlong the way, heвЂ™s won praise and plaudits, including a number of Helpmann Awards: Best Male Actor in a Musical (for Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in 2007 and Best Cabaret Performer (for Smoke and Mirrors) in 2010 вЂ“ a production which (by the way) also netted him Best New Australian Work and Best Original Score. вЂњSuzi Quatro and Bowie, and The Sweet and Queen, Rocky Horror and Mad Max live to me in the same universe of rock вЂnвЂ™ roll and leather and black and makeup and chaos and violence and catharsis вЂ¦ you know, all those fun things.вЂќ вЂњFor me itвЂ™s all connected,вЂќ says the singer/songwriter/actor/visual artist, on his formative influences. The out-sized thrills that, iOTA explains, heвЂ™s loved since he was a kid. Have guitar, will travel вЂ“ iOTA as the Doof Warrior.