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Charlotte Hatherley is a British indie-pop solo artist from West London, UK and is also known as the former guitarist in the rock band Ash.
Before her days in Ash, Hatherley was playing in the obscure punk rock band, Nightnurse, from the age of 16. They received moderate success, and Ash frontman Tim Wheeler was present at one of their gigs. She was later recruited as the fourth and final member. Her first album with the group was 1998s Nu Clear Sounds where she provided lead guitar for all tracks and also wrote the songWildsurf which appears on the album.
Apart from this, Hatherley mainly contributed to Ash with soulful guitar and some backing vocals, co-writing the odd song with Wheeler. The title track from Hatherley’s first solo album, Grey Will Fade had previously been featured as a B-side to one of Ash’s singles. The rest of the band had liked the song, yet felt it wasn’t consistent with Ash’s sound, and supported Hatherley when she decided to record her own album. This debut album, relased in 2004, has more than proved her songwriting ability. The three singles,Bastardo, Kim Wilde and Summer all received high praise from critics, as well as the album itself.
The videos to the tracksBastardo and Summer were directed by her ex-boyfriend, Edgar Wright, who is best known as the director of the film “Shaun Of The Dead”, which incidentally featured two tracks from Ash’s fourth album proper Meltdown, the title track and Orpheus.
On January 20th 2006, she announced her departure from Ash, to pursue her solo career further.
Before her days in Ash, Hatherley was playing in the obscure punk rock band, Nightnurse, from the age of 16. They received moderate success, and Ash frontman Tim Wheeler was present at one of their gigs. She was later recruited as the fourth and final member. Her first album with the group was 1998s Nu Clear Sounds where she provided lead guitar for all tracks and also wrote the song
Wildsurf which appears on the album.
Apart from this, Hatherley mainly contributed to Ash with soulful guitar and some backing vocals, co-writing the odd song with Wheeler. The title track from Hatherley’s first solo album, Grey Will Fade had previously been featured as a B-side to one of Ash’s singles. The rest of the band had liked the song, yet felt it wasn’t consistent with Ash’s sound, and supported Hatherley when she decided to record her own album. This debut album, relased in 2004, has more than proved her songwriting ability. The three singles,
Bastardo, Kim Wilde and Summer all received high praise from critics, as well as the album itself. The videos to the tracks
Bastardo and Summer were directed by her ex-boyfriend, Edgar Wright, who is best known as the director of the film “Shaun Of The Dead”, which incidentally featured two tracks from Ash’s fourth album proper Meltdown, the title track and Orpheus.On January 20th 2006, she announced her departure from Ash, to pursue her solo career further.
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rhorewyn wrote:
Come on Charlotte, give us a new album! Dying for something new!
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pondrafi wrote:
after she left Ash, i more enjoy listening her album rather than Ash
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Nagsworth wrote:
as if the deep blue isn't in the top 4 records on here. unbelievably awesome record.
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jrbgeog wrote:
Actually, all three of her albums are terrific, for that matter.
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jrbgeog wrote:
The recent album is terrific. She is very talented and underrated.
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monkeektarr wrote:
She's too talented to be just a second guitarist...
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casederulez wrote:
omg she has amazing legs
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naytov wrote:
siberia =) love
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remora90 wrote:
'Ash' was too selfish to let this rock chick out of the band. Even she's more awesome than Tunstall.
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tardises wrote:
ridiculously underrated indeed. so glad to see her play live with kt tunstall, but i really really wish there were more people listening to her own stuff so she could do more solo touring. i cannot imagine how kickass she must be live.
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groov1k wrote:
If I could find my way I would never go back to you
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-karla- wrote:
I like iT.
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Ryantalope wrote:
So underrated it pisses me off. She deserves much more success that she has had.
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PMaz wrote:
Totally agree...."Straight Lines" is great!
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LANjackal wrote:
LOVE "Straight Lines"
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PartySanCTG wrote:
Well, it's not like Ash actually ever realised what they obtained and bothered to use Charlotte to full capacity, so good on her for going solo instead. :)
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lesliedahlink wrote:
Love the album "New Worlds."
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VitorMach wrote:
Nice find, thanks to Bat for Lashes. =D
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Skotopes wrote:
"New Worlds" sick! awesome work. Thanks...... :)
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rhorewyn wrote:
finally feeling the new album... wasn't insta-love like The Deep Blue.. Straight Lines is phenomenal and I could do without Firebird but great all the same in its own way!
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