Echobelly

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Echobelly
Genre(s)	Britpop
Years active	1993 – present
Website	http://www.echobelly.com/

Echobelly are an English alternative rock band. They were brought to prominence after much praise by singer Morrissey who asked them to be the opening act on his tour. Singer Sonya Madan's vocal style has also been compared to Morrissey's [citation needed]. They briefly peaked during the Britpop craze of the mid-1990s.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 UK singles
3 Lyrics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The original lineup consisted of:

Sonya Aurora Madan (vocals)
Glenn Johansson (guitar)
Debbie Smith (guitar)
Alex Keyser (bass)
Andy Henderson (drums)

After Echobelly's second album Keyser went on to join Dragstripper and was replaced by James Harris. Harris was soon swapped in for Ruth Owen, after their third album, when Debbie Smith left; Smith is now a well known DJ on London's alternative gay scene,^[1] and has also played in Snowpony, a supergroup containing members of My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab.

[edit] Discography

The band have released five albums:

Everyone's Got One (1994) UK #8
On (1995) UK #4
Lustra (1997) UK #47
People Are Expensive (2001)
Gravity Pulls (2004)

There is also a best-of album, I Can't Imagine The World Without Me.

[edit] UK singles

Bellyache (11/1993)
Insomniac (3/1994) UK #47
I Can't Imagine The World Without Me (6/1994) UK #39
Close… But (10/1994) UK #59
Great Things (8/1995) UK #13
King Of The Kerb (10/1995) UK #25
Dark Therapy (2/1996) UK #20
The World Is Flat (8/1997) UK #31
Here Comes The Big Rush (10/1997) UK #56
Digit (1/2001)
Tell Me Why (5/2001)
Kali Yuga (10/2001)

[edit] Lyrics

Lyrically, the band were very much a product of their time, using upbeat pop/rock as the backdrop for a lyrical intensity and diversity rarely seen in the British Charts since the Britpop era. Their first single, Bellyache, released in 1993, dealt with the emotional fall-out of abortion; their early songs typically dealt with issues of equality, particularly racial and sexual, and many songs appeared to rally against lad culture. This led the band, and especially Madan, to be closely associated with the British music press driven Riot Grrl sub-culture within the Britpop scene. Glen and Sonya now run a record label called Fry Up.