Charlotte Hatherley

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London, England (2004 – present)

Charlotte Hatherley (born 20 June 1979, London, England) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. She is also known as the former guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band Ash. Currently she’s performing under the alias Sylver Tongue.

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.

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  • brownieboy

    Saw her "Grey will Fade" album in a cheap pile and had to get it.

    16 Feb 9:57pm Reply
  • Skog-1

    Charlotte Hatherley <3 (2)

    8 Jan 3:39am Reply
  • shiningalone

    Charlotte Hatherley <3

    10 Dec 2012 Reply
  • trackaghost

    Here's the link to her page as Sylver Tongue http://www.last.fm/music/Sylver+Tongue

    24 Jul 2012 Reply
  • rob-mcfc

    Ta - I'd have missed that otherwise.

    7 Jun 2012 Reply
  • theshadowsea

    Guys, she's now performing under the name of Sylver Tongue - sounding really great. Could be on the verge of finally getting the deserved recognition. Fingers crossed.

    21 Mar 2012 Reply
  • Beat_C

    So underrated it pisses me off. She deserves much more success that she has had. [2]

    14 Mar 2012 Reply
  • rhorewyn

    Come on Charlotte, give us a new album! Dying for something new!

    20 Jan 2012 Reply
  • pondrafi

    after she left Ash, i more enjoy listening her album rather than Ash

    25 Dec 2011 Reply
  • Nagsworth

    as if the deep blue isn't in the top 4 records on here. unbelievably awesome record.

    22 Nov 2011 Reply
  • jrbgeog

    Actually, all three of her albums are terrific, for that matter.

    24 Sep 2011 Reply
  • jrbgeog

    The recent album is terrific. She is very talented and underrated.

    27 Aug 2011 Reply
  • monkeektarr

    She's too talented to be just a second guitarist...

    29 Jul 2011 Reply
  • casederulez

    omg she has amazing legs

    14 Jul 2011 Reply
  • naytov

    siberia =) love

    29 May 2011 Reply
  • remora90

    'Ash' was too selfish to let this rock chick out of the band. Even she's more awesome than Tunstall.

    14 Apr 2011 Reply
  • tardises

    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.

    21 Mar 2011 Reply
  • groov1k

    If I could find my way I would never go back to you

    28 Feb 2011 Reply
  • -karla-

    I like iT.

    31 Jan 2011 Reply
  • Ryantalope

    So underrated it pisses me off. She deserves much more success that she has had.

    29 Dec 2010 Reply
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