Dom Mariani | |
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_(7172052445).jpg) Mariani on guitar with Fighter Plane at the WAMi Awards, Northbridge in June 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Domenic Desio Mariani |
| Born | 27 July 1958 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Garage rock, power pop, alternative rock, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, architectural designer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Citadel, White, Mushroom, Shock, Bomp!, Head, Off the Hip, Butterfly |
| Website | www |
Dom Mariani is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Mariani has been a member of several bands since the early 1980s, including The Stems, The Someloves, DM3, Datura4 and instrumental side project The Majestic Kelp. The Stems is the best-known and most successful of Mariani's projects. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described the power pop group as "one of the best live bands on the Australian scene".
In 2005 Mariani was inducted into the West Australian Music Industry Awards Hall of Fame. In August of that year he curated a double-CD compilation album, Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984–2004, which included material from several of his bands. In 2007 United States writer John M. Borack rated Mariani as "one of the top five pop titans of the past couple of decades".