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She is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of the Britpop band Elastica. [1] Holland had an Elastica song titled in her honour. "Annie" was written by guitarist Donna Matthews and her friend Jane Oliver and is about going down to Brighton to visit Holland, which is where she spent most of the time when the band were not working. [2]
Elastica is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Elastica. It was released in March 1995 through Deceptive Records in the UK and DCG/Geffen Records internationally. [ 2 ] The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize . [ 3 ]
Hewlett had recently broken up with Olliver and Albarn was at the end of his highly publicised relationship with Justine Frischmann of Elastica. [3] The idea to create Gorillaz came about when Albarn and Hewlett were watching MTV. Hewlett said, "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there.
Elastica's first LP, Elastica, was released in March 1995, and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1; [4] it became the fastest-selling debut album since Oasis' Definitely Maybe. [5] This record was held for over ten years, until it was surpassed by the Arctic Monkeys ' debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in 2006. [ 6 ]
In a 2013 interview, Frischmann would reveal her regrets over the album's worth by claiming Elastica should have been a "one-album project". [ 3 ] The cover photograph was taken by visual artist and musician Maya Arulpragasam , later to be known as M.I.A., who also directed the video for "Mad Dog God Dam" and designed the cover for the band's ...
Jane Olivor (born May 18, 1947) is an American singer. After releasing five albums from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, her stage fright, anxiety over her rapid success, and her husband's illness and death caused her to take a 10-year hiatus. She released five more albums from 1995 through 2004.
Pages in category "Elastica members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Justine Frischmann; H.
The shop, at 49 Rowlands Road, Worthing, was managed by girlfriend Jane Oliver, originally a member of Elastica, but this was a short-lived venture and closed within a year. [ 5 ] Hewlett was still involved with English bands of the mid-1990s, including illustrating a comic strip version of Pulp 's song " Common People ".