Foreign Bands

Alanis Morrissette

Personal Information:

Name: Alanis Nadine Morissette
Birthdate: June 1, 1974
Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada
Current residence: Brentwood, CA

Albums:

"Fate Stay With Me": Alanis's first single at age 11 on an independent label
Alanis : Alanis's first CD, released in 1991 when Alanis was 17 Awards: Juno Award for Most Promising Female

Now is the Time: Alanis's second CD, released in 1992
when Alanis was 18

Jagged Little Pill: Alanis's third CD, released in 1995
when Alanis was 21
Awards: Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best
Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Song and
Best Rock Album; Juno Awards for Album of the Year,
Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album, plus two others;
MTV Video Music Awards: Best Editing, Best Female
Video and Best New Artist in a Video

Link: http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/9052/

E-mail: FYIAM@aol.com

Send mail:
Alanis Morissette
c/o MSO
14724 Ventura Blvd., Suite 410
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

My Favourite song: Not the Doctor, Ironic

Natalie Imbruglia

Personal Information:

Name: Natalie Jane Imbruglia

Birthdate: 4th of Februrary 1975

Born Place: Sydney, Australia

Link : http://www.imbruglia.com/

Record Lebel: RCA Records

Singles - "Torn" ( UK ) Released 13 October 97
- "Big mistake" ( UK ) Released 2 March 98

Albums - "Left of the Middle" ( UK ) Released 24 November 97
- "Left of the Middle" ( US ) Released 10 March 98

My Favourite Song: Torn

Jamiroquai

Members: JK-Vocals, TOBY SMITH-Keyboards, STUART ZENDER - Bass, DERRICK McKENZIE-Drums, SIMON KATZ-Guitar, WALLIS -Didge

Link: http://www.jamiroquai.co.uk/

Started from 1992

Brief:

UK Top 3 hit "Virtual Insanity" kicks off the album and encapsulates
Jamiroquai: great rnelodies and thought provoking state-of-the-world
lyrics. Drugs are tackled also on "High Times" and love is there in
abundance, as on the R&B inflected 'Everyday" and the heartrending
ballad "Spend A Lifetime". The trademark didgeridoo is back also, with
didge-meister Wallis Buchannan checking in on two of the 12 tracks.

My Favourite Song: Virtual Insanity

Garbage

Members: Shirley Manson( vocals, guitar), Steve Marker(guitar, bass, samples, loops), Duke Erikson(guitars, keyboards, bass)

Brief:

Garbage's voice is Shirley Manson of Edinburgh, Scotland, who Vig says "sometimes sounds scary, sometimes dreamy, sometimes sexy, sometimes psychotic. What more could you ask for?" Answers Shirley, "It makes me feel good when someone says I sing my heart out. That's what music's about -- freedom."

Garbage was a similar project begun in 1993, yet only when Manson was imported the following year did it develop beyond its seminal idea: songs of sonic extravagance that wouldn't seem possible for a four-piece to play, but if all you had was an acoustic guitar, they'd sound like pop songs with memorable melodies and dark lyrics that maybe you shouldn't sing too loudly.

Mailto: Subhuman@garbage.com
Link: http://www.almosounds.com/garbage/

Garbages Snail Mail address:

P.O. Box 3282
Madison, WI, 53704

Cranberries

Members:

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan Burton: vocals, guitar, keyboards

Noel Hogan: guitars, mandolin, background vocals

Mike Hogan: bass guitar

Fergal Lawler: drums and percussion

Started From: 1989

Brief:

Originally formed in 1989, under the name "the cranberry-saw-us", with noel hogan on guitars, mike hogan on bass, fergal on drums, and a singer named niall quinn. the rest of the band unhappy with niall decided to change gears in 1990 and held auditions where they met dolores. their first song written was linger. in 1991 they made an ep, uncertain, which contained four tracks. in 1992 they released everybody else is doing it so why can't we, with linger and dreams as singles. in 1994 they went back to the studio and recored their follow up album, no need to argue, with zombie, ode to my family, i can't be with you, and ridiculous thoughts as singles. in 1996 they released to the faithful departed (their best album to date), with salvation, free to decide, when you're gone, and hollywood as
singles. with a lot of hard work and constant touring the cranberries have earned their way to success.

Albums:

Everybody Else Is Doing It ,So Why Can't We? === 22-Feb-1994

No Need To Argue === 27-Sep-1994

To The Faithful Departed === 29-Apr-1996
and more singles...

Link: http://www.cranberries.ie

Official Fan Club: http://www.fanemporium.com/

If you want to mail the Band : mailto:fnemporium@aol.com

Or send mails to here:

THE CRANBERRIES,
P.O. BOX 180
LIMERICK, IRELAND.

My Favourite Song: No need to argue, Zombie

Radiohead

Members: Thom Yorke: singing/guitar, Jonny Greenwood: Guitars/keyboards, Phil Selway:drums,
Colin Greenwood:bass, Ed O'Brien: guitars

Links:

http://www.radiohead.co.uk -- the official Radiohead Page
http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Club/3821/radiohead.html --- page that contains a number of audio and mp3 files of Radiohead

Brief:

Radiohead: Band of the Year
(Spin Magazine, December 1997)

Interview with Radiohead frontman Thomas Edward Yorke
(NME Magazine, December 1995)

Albums: Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer

Singles: Creep, Anyone can play guitar, Pop is dead, Stop whispering, My iron lung, Street spirit, [fade out], just, fake plastic trees, high & dry, the bends, paranoid android, karma police, no surprises, let down, lucky

My Favourite Song: Creep, High & Dry

Suede

Members: Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Matt Osman, Simon Gilbert and Neil Codling

Links: http://www.suede.co.uk/
http://www.nuderecords.com

Brief: Suede are Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Matt Osman, Simon Gilbert and (here's a new
one) Neil Codling, but it hasn't always been like this. Before that there was this:
Anderson and Osman were brought up in Haywards Heath, some 40 miles away from
London, remained friends for years and formed a band as long ago as 1989. They finally
met up with their guitarist (until 1994) Bernard Butler after he answered an advert in the
Melody Maker and initially existed as a trio using a drum machine. Sometime later they
met Gilbert - selling gig tickets at London's ULU, if you really want to know - and asked
him to be their drummer. Later too, Justine Frischman(future Elastic-ette) joined as 2nd
guitarist and the line-up was complete. The Suede story had begun.

Various reasons for the name SUEDE :

There is a song on Morrissey's album, "Viva Hate" track called "suedehead".
It had to do with the tragedy of beauty - comes from dead animals.
Justine chose it because Brett had a nice suede jacket.
Brett liked the way U and E went together.

Albums: 03/93 Suede, 10/94 Dog Man Star, 08/96 Coming Up, NEXT: Sci-Fi Lullabies

Singles: 05/92 The Drowners, 09/92 Metal Mickey, 02/93 Animal Nitrate, 05/93 So Young, 02/94 Stay Together, 09/94 We Are The Pigs, 11/94 The Wild Ones, 01/94 New Generation, 07/96 Trash
10/96 Beautiful Ones, 01/97 Saturday Night, 04/97 Lazy, 08/97 Filmstar

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