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Elastica
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London, United Kingdom (1992 – 2001)
Elastica were a Britpop band formed in London, England in 1992 and made up of: Justine Frischmann (vocals and guitar), Donna Matthews (guitar and vocals), Annie Holland (bass), and Justin Welch (drums). Later members included Shelia Chipperfield (bass), Dave Bush (keyboards), Paul Jones (guitar), and Mew (keyboards and vocals).
Their first single was 1993’s “Stutter”, which was a word-of-mouth hit largely due to the promotional efforts of Radio 1 DJ and Deceptive Records label boss Steve Lamacq. In spite of a period of relative quiet, Elastica’s fame grew throughout 1994 as Frischmann’s relationship with Blur’s Damon Albarn made tabloid headlines. Elastica’s first LP, Elastica, entered the charts at #1.
Further UK chart hit singles followed: “Connection” and “Waking Up”. In 1995 there was a lawsuit from Wire claiming that many of the band’s melodies were taken from Wire compositions. Notably, Wire’s “I Am the Fly” has a chorus similar to Elastica’s “Line Up”, and the intro of “Connection” is nearly identical to Wire’s “Three Girl Rhumba”. Indeed the band had originally intended to sample the intro of the song directly. The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica’s “Waking Up” bore a marked resemblance to their song “No More Heroes”. The band did not deny these accusations and were not ashamed by these similarities, stating that all pop bands have borrowed ideas and all music was eventually recycled.
Their first single was 1993’s “Stutter”, which was a word-of-mouth hit largely due to the promotional efforts of Radio 1 DJ and Deceptive Records label boss Steve Lamacq. In spite of a period of relative quiet, Elastica’s fame grew throughout 1994 as Frischmann’s relationship with Blur’s Damon Albarn made tabloid headlines. Elastica’s first LP, Elastica, entered the charts at #1.
Further UK chart hit singles followed: “Connection” and “Waking Up”. In 1995 there was a lawsuit from Wire claiming that many of the band’s melodies were taken from Wire compositions. Notably, Wire’s “I Am the Fly” has a chorus similar to Elastica’s “Line Up”, and the intro of “Connection” is nearly identical to Wire’s “Three Girl Rhumba”. Indeed the band had originally intended to sample the intro of the song directly. The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica’s “Waking Up” bore a marked resemblance to their song “No More Heroes”. The band did not deny these accusations and were not ashamed by these similarities, stating that all pop bands have borrowed ideas and all music was eventually recycled.
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Shoutbox
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TwirlyRed wrote:
"Car Song" is pretty dope. I expected "Connection" to have WAY more plays.
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newbie_cihuy wrote:
mad dogs is my pupolar song ...:)
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fogoverflames wrote:
I know wire is good, but can't you write your own songs?
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viva__hate wrote:
love BLUE !
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Daniel_Green wrote:
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tjms wrote:
Weird, don't know what I was expecting but this is a lot better than I thought it was going to be!
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chieftec1 wrote:
so much good songs, blue is my favorite
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Lord_Krichian wrote:
nice
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ThoseDamnTwins wrote:
Miss you!
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YesMother wrote:
Love.
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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
great sound!
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rsmorais wrote:
althought i prefer the first album, i love the second one, i can't see why so many people don't like it...
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pau-banana wrote:
Car Song is geniusss.
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Glamypunk wrote:
Can someone solve the mystery and tell me why the first album is so great and the second so worthless? It is often this way, that a 2nd album is not so good as the 1st one, but the difference in this case is brutal. Something must have happened.
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EvaN102010 wrote:
great band, fucking great band
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kitsched wrote:
Hmmm, I'm not listening to Elastica but Elastic the greek trance producer. Is there a way to avoid last.fm's autocorrection on this?
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rod_guinho wrote:
i love ok
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RachelAPP wrote:
I've created a Britpop crossword at http://www.cogitas.net/crosswowledge/home.php, check it out and let me know what you think!
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catfight1980 wrote:
Full of Wire goodness ;) I didn't think their 2nd album was crap, I liked it a lot, actually. Doesn't compare to the 1st one though- of course ;)
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AliveAmplified wrote:
I might go make a cup of tea... and put a record on
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