Shannon Noll

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Recent Role:
on Top Gear Australia
Gender:
Male
Born:
12-16-1975
Birthplace:
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Birth Name:
Shannon Noll
Shannon first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has gone on to release two number one, multi-platinum albums, That's What I'm Talking About and Lift and numerous top five singles. Shannon's style of music is melodic pop-rock, and heavily influenced by the likes of Bryan Adams.

Shannon was born in the Australian town of Orange, New South Wales and grew up in the small town of Condobolin in central western New South Wales. He is the third and youngest of three children to parents Sharon

… More and Neil Noll and along with brothers Damian and Adam, spent the entire of their childhood and teenage years living on the family farm which ran sheep and cattle and grew cereal crops. During his school years, Shannon enjoyed drama s and performed in a number of school productions. Shannon has since expressed a desire to continue his acting work.

During his adult years, Shannon began working on other farms and properties shearing sheep amongst other tasks. It was during this time, Noll and his brothers formed the band called Cypress (named for the fact that they rehearsed in a timber mill), of which Shannon provided vocals and played guitar. The band played numerous small gigs around the Australian outback, playing in country pubs gaining a solid live reputation. Although the majority of songs performed by the band were cover versions of popular songs, the group enjoyed writing original music and would often perform these originals as part of their set.

Shannon's father, Neil, was tragically killed during a farming accident in 2001, which led to Shannon and his brothers to take over the running of the family farm. Following the death and two years of extreme drought, the brothers sold the farm and settled in Condobolin with their mother. Shannon often cites the death of his father as a major inspiration in his musical career, and has penned a song on his latest album Lift titled Now I Run in memorium of his late father.

It was in Condobolin where Shannon met his now wife, Rochelle Ogsten. The pair dated for 8 years before they wed in October 2005 and welcomed the arrival of sons Cody in 2001 and Blake in 2002, and daughter Sienna in 2006.

By 2003, Shannon was in debt and out of work following the sale of his family farm due to extreme drought. It was his brothers who encouraged him to travel to Sydney and audition for the 2003 debut seasion of Australian Idol. Shannon impressed the judges Mark Holden, Marcia Hines and Ian Dickson with his audition in which he performed the Southern Sons' c Hold Me In Your Arms. After his audition, Marcia Hines praised Shannon and told him that she had just discovered "a voice" and Ian Dickson informed Shannon that "...Australia will love you"

Following his initial audition, Shannon made his way into the Top 32 semi-final where he performed a rendition of Robbie Williams' hit Better Man, which impressed the viewing audience enough to vote him in as part of the Top 12. Over the 8 weeks of performance shows, Shannon found himself in the bottom 3 only once, following his performance of Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer during The 80's theme night. Throughout the show, Shannon impressed both the judges and audience with performances of songs as diverse as Powderfinger's Already Gone, to The Beatles Hey Jude to Jimmy Barnes Working Man.

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    I don't know how often people actually come here but I was just wondering if anyone has his new CD? I bought it a few days ago and it is awesome!! I love his voice and his choice of songs. Thought i'd also add that even though he didn't win Australian Idol (and should have) I think… More he is doing way better than Guy!

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    Shannon Noll is a very good singer. However, mate, Guy Sebastian has over 30 of his own songs on over 10 albums, and atm 2008 has 4 albums out, the last going 3P (2P in just over 6 weeks). He also has a 5th out as part of a DVD/CD set. He also figures on the stats sites (Amazon, and others) sometimes in the top 100,000 in THE WORLD. I think thats not bad for someone who is not doing well according to you. So check out where YOUR fella gets whose had so many US show cases over the years & specials he should be up there with Elvis

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    Laver1 Added Aug 27, 2008 All my reviews
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    Shannon Noll is an awesome Aussie singing icon! hide show

    I've always been a fan of Shannon during Australian Idol - he's the 'typical' aussie bloke from a small country town destined to make it big. I love his unique voice as well. His first album was ok but i became an even bigger fan with the release of 'Shine' it is by far my most favourite song. and i went to see him at the Yallah roadhouse which had an awesome atmosphere especially as we were so close to him! it was fantastic. so that concert has just made me fall in love with shannon so much more. Now he has a 3rd album out, i'm so excited - it means he has to come on tour again!! I do have to mention that i'm kinda glad he isn't a massive star - that he plays in little local clubs and stuff, it makes it so much more intimate than a huge stadium. I do wish him all the success in the world but i don't want him to get too big that he'd forget about us little people - tho i am sure the small town country boy would never do that!

    "All the world has stopped to watch him shine!!"

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    Hayley4Naley Added Aug 25, 2007 All my reviews
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    Shannon Noll's fame came from the very first Australian Idol years ago where he was runnner up losing to Guy Sebastion. I always supported him to win and I was hoping he did and it was only months after the finals when the rest of the Australian public realised that he should have won. He released his second hit album in late 2005 and he is doing so much better than Guy Sebastion. His music is superb and I hope that his unames third album which will be released in September 2007 will be just as good!

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    alexlips Added Feb 24, 2007 All my reviews
 
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