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Killing Heidi is an Australian rock band from Violet Town, Victoria. The band, which has been on hiatus since 2006, is most widely known for its multi-platinum album Reflector, released in 2000.
The nucleus of Killing Heidi is singer/songwriter Ella Hooper and her older brother guitarist Jesse Hooper. They grew up in Violet Town, a small Victorian country town, with a population of approximately 2,000 where their parents worked as music and drama teachers.
They started jamming together at home; Ella singing while Jesse played the guitar. They played an acoustic gig together at the Violet Town Arts Festival in 1996, when Ella was 13 years old. Bent Records label owner and local record studio owner, Jamie Durrant, offered them some time in a studio with a couple of schoolmates as the rhythm section. They submitted these recordings into the Triple J Unearthed competition in 1996 and the track “Kettle” won the competition for their area of rural Victoria. “Kettle” was written by Ella Hooper; Brian Walton and Jessie Hooper added some guitar parts later.
The name “Killing Heidi” came from the band members generating two lists before their first gig; one filled with “soft” words, one with “harsh” words. Killing was chosen as the harsh, Heidi the soft. According to the band, the name basically means “the end of innocence”.
The nucleus of Killing Heidi is singer/songwriter Ella Hooper and her older brother guitarist Jesse Hooper. They grew up in Violet Town, a small Victorian country town, with a population of approximately 2,000 where their parents worked as music and drama teachers.
They started jamming together at home; Ella singing while Jesse played the guitar. They played an acoustic gig together at the Violet Town Arts Festival in 1996, when Ella was 13 years old. Bent Records label owner and local record studio owner, Jamie Durrant, offered them some time in a studio with a couple of schoolmates as the rhythm section. They submitted these recordings into the Triple J Unearthed competition in 1996 and the track “Kettle” won the competition for their area of rural Victoria. “Kettle” was written by Ella Hooper; Brian Walton and Jessie Hooper added some guitar parts later.
The name “Killing Heidi” came from the band members generating two lists before their first gig; one filled with “soft” words, one with “harsh” words. Killing was chosen as the harsh, Heidi the soft. According to the band, the name basically means “the end of innocence”.
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creamsicklesky why is kettle not in the top tracks :( love it
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Jasminex I still love them so much.
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laugh8893 他们解散了吗 怎么好久不出新专辑了 有人知道吗
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laugh8893
one of my favourite pop rock band ~~Band broke up? How long time no new album ?? who can tell me ??? MSN laugh19880903@hotmail.com
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Tompac5 best female rock vocalist australia has ever had! Ella <3
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BritneyFanFeva I am, I am, I am NOT AFRIAD!
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Jamez182 Reflector <3
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timtoe i can't believe i forgot about them!
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