Discogs
Artist Biography
by Bryan Thomas
Led by vocalist/guitarists
Orenda Fink and
Maria Taylor,
Little Red Rocket have been compared variously to female-fronted guitar pop bands like
Belly,
that dog.,
Veruca Salt,
Lush, and
Elastica.
The two women met at a fine arts high school in Birmingham, AL, and
originally began performing as an acoustic duo before adding drummer
Louis Schefano and bassist Greg Nobles. Within a few months of gigging,
Little Red Rocket were signed first to Portland, OR-based Tim/Kerr Records, who issued their solid debut
Who Did You Pay
that same year. Soon afterwards, they were signed to Geffen Records,
but were dropped before they released anything, in part due to the
merger and folding of Geffen into the Universal Music company (Geffen
reneged on their agreement to issue a major-label debut within six
months of signing, causing much inner-strife for the band members).
Taylor and
Fink eventually parted ways with Schefano and
Nobles,
settling in the college hamlet of Athens, GA. The dynamic duo hooked up
with Huge & Jolly Management, consisting of husband and wife team
Carol and
Hugo Burnham (ex-drummer for
Gang of Four). Though they didn't have a record deal,
Little Red Rocket began recording what would eventually become
It's in the Sound,
their follow-up for Monolyth Records. The record, released in 2000,
featured a rhythm section of Big Atomic's Jacque Ferguson (sometimes
"Jackie," bass), and Japancakes/Runs drummer
Scott Sosebee.
They have occasionally added brass accompaniment, provided by various
Athens-area musicians, including Chris Sugiuchi of Prince Rondavel Apts.
on trombone.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Sick Of Pretty |
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| 2 |
Silver Girl |
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| 3 |
Wheels And Weather |
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| 4 |
I'm A Fake |
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| 5 |
Light Is Everywhere |
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| 6 |
Maybe |
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| 7 |
New Country |
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| 8 |
Same Old Feeling |
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| 9 |
Back To Where I Started |
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| 10 |
Goodbye |
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| 11 |
What I Don't Know |
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