Ednaswap
Encyclopedia
Ednaswap was an alternative rock
band from Los Angeles
, United States
, that existed between 1993 and 1998.
Over a span of five years, the band released four major label records on East West
, Elektra Records
and Island Records
. The band is known for their song "Torn
", which appeared on their debut album and was later covered by Trine Rein
and Natalie Imbruglia
.
and Anne Preven
invited Rusty Anderson
, Paul Bushnel and Carla Azar
to join their new band, Ednaswap. Frontwoman Anne Preven
came up with the band's name after she dreamed she was in a band of the same name that was so bad they were booed off-stage.
Soon after recording an acoustic demo, the band was signed with the EastWest label. Ednaswap's self-titled 1995 album was the band's only record for EastWest, and the album was never put into wide release. Ednaswap was released from their contract after the album was out. The band was immediately signed by Island Records
. During this time, they briefly called themselves Edna Swap rather than Ednaswap.
In 1997, Wacko Magneto was their first full-length album to be put into wide release, with an unquestionably grungy Hard rock
sound with some similarities to Veruca Salt
and Live Through This
-era Hole
. One of the tracks from Wacko Magneto, "Torn
", was covered by Natalie Imbruglia
, reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and number one on airplay around the world. It was number one on the Billboard Airplay chart for 14 weeks. The single went on to sell over a million copies in the United Kingdom alone.
However, Imbruglia's version of the song failed to stir up interest in the group's third (and final) LP, 1998's Wonderland Park
, and Ednaswap subsequently disbanded on April 12, 1999.
Like many bands, Ednaswap's sound evolved with nearly every release. Their self-titled debut could be best described as Post-grunge
, but Chicken and Wacko Magneto were unquestionably grungy Hard rock
with some similarities to Veruca Salt
and Live Through This
-era Hole
. Wacko was also described by one reviewer as a "Sex Pistols
, Mick Ronson
, Led Zeppelin
and Jimi Hendrix
smoothie". Wonderland Park further altered their sound. It was an extremely melodic Pop rock
album with some harder edges than most, again similar to Hole in both musical direction and timing. Before their dissolution, the band stated that they could have easily seen a return to the hardness of Wacko Magneto, and while no songs were ever recorded after Wonderland Park to back up this statement, Annetenna
's work showed an even more polished Pop sound than Wonderland Park
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, United States
United States
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, that existed between 1993 and 1998.
Over a span of five years, the band released four major label records on East West
East West
-Conceptual use:*East–West dichotomy, the contrast between Eastern and Western society or culture*East–West Schism, the division of Chalcedonian Christianity into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy-Books, journals and magazines:...
, Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
and Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
. The band is known for their song "Torn
Torn (Ednaswap song)
"Torn" is a song by the band Ednaswap from their debut album Ednaswap . It was their second single from that album, after "Glow". "Torn" was written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley during a demo session in 1993 before Ednaswap was formed. The lyrics were written by Preven....
", which appeared on their debut album and was later covered by Trine Rein
Trine Rein
Trine Rein is a Norwegian-American singer, who belongs to the exclusive group of Norwegian artists who have sold more than a million records. Trine was born in San Francisco in 1970, and therefore has both US and Norwegian citizenship.-Successful debut:...
and Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
.
History
In 1993, songwriters Scott CutlerScott Cutler
Scott M. Cutler is an American musician and music producer.-Personal life:He recently had his 1st son "Lane" and his 2nd son "Duke" with his wife Meredith Morton.-Career:...
and Anne Preven
Anne Preven
Anne Preven is an American songwriter and musician, originally from New York. She has co-written songs for Beyoncé , Katy Perry, Madonna, Natalie Imbruglia, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Sinéad O'Connor, Charice, The Hush Sound, Jordin Sparks, Miranda Cosgrove, Black Veil Brides, Pnau, Pixie Lott,...
invited Rusty Anderson
Rusty Anderson
Rusty Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as lead guitarist with Paul McCartney, though he has worked with an extensive list of artists in addition to his own solo career.-Early life:Rusty Anderson grew up in La Habra, California...
, Paul Bushnel and Carla Azar
Carla Azar
Carla Azar is a musician and a member of the band Autolux. Azar is a multi-instrumentalist but is known primarily for playing the drums. She also plays glockenspiel, xylophone, mellotron, piano, and bass guitar.-Career:...
to join their new band, Ednaswap. Frontwoman Anne Preven
Anne Preven
Anne Preven is an American songwriter and musician, originally from New York. She has co-written songs for Beyoncé , Katy Perry, Madonna, Natalie Imbruglia, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Sinéad O'Connor, Charice, The Hush Sound, Jordin Sparks, Miranda Cosgrove, Black Veil Brides, Pnau, Pixie Lott,...
came up with the band's name after she dreamed she was in a band of the same name that was so bad they were booed off-stage.
Soon after recording an acoustic demo, the band was signed with the EastWest label. Ednaswap's self-titled 1995 album was the band's only record for EastWest, and the album was never put into wide release. Ednaswap was released from their contract after the album was out. The band was immediately signed by Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
. During this time, they briefly called themselves Edna Swap rather than Ednaswap.
In 1997, Wacko Magneto was their first full-length album to be put into wide release, with an unquestionably grungy Hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
sound with some similarities to Veruca Salt
Veruca Salt (band)
Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band founded in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included vocalist-guitarist Louise Post. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick has been with the band since 1999 and drummer Kellii Scott has worked with the group on and off since 1999...
and Live Through This
Live Through This
Live Through This is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Hole. It was released by Geffen Records on April 12, 1994, just four days after frontwoman Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead in their home....
-era Hole
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
. One of the tracks from Wacko Magneto, "Torn
Torn
-Television:*"Torn" , an episode of the 2004 television series Battlestar Galactica*Torn , a 3-part television drama series which aired on ITV in 2007-Albums:*Torn , a 2008 album by Evergrey...
", was covered by Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
, reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and number one on airplay around the world. It was number one on the Billboard Airplay chart for 14 weeks. The single went on to sell over a million copies in the United Kingdom alone.
However, Imbruglia's version of the song failed to stir up interest in the group's third (and final) LP, 1998's Wonderland Park
Wonderland Park
Wonderland Park was the third and final album of Los Angeles band Ednaswap. It was much more pop-oriented than any of their other releases. It was released after the band's label, Island, underwent a reorganization that threatened Ednaswap's signed status....
, and Ednaswap subsequently disbanded on April 12, 1999.
Like many bands, Ednaswap's sound evolved with nearly every release. Their self-titled debut could be best described as Post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
, but Chicken and Wacko Magneto were unquestionably grungy Hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
with some similarities to Veruca Salt
Veruca Salt (band)
Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band founded in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included vocalist-guitarist Louise Post. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick has been with the band since 1999 and drummer Kellii Scott has worked with the group on and off since 1999...
and Live Through This
Live Through This
Live Through This is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Hole. It was released by Geffen Records on April 12, 1994, just four days after frontwoman Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead in their home....
-era Hole
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
. Wacko was also described by one reviewer as a "Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
, Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
smoothie". Wonderland Park further altered their sound. It was an extremely melodic Pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
album with some harder edges than most, again similar to Hole in both musical direction and timing. Before their dissolution, the band stated that they could have easily seen a return to the hardness of Wacko Magneto, and while no songs were ever recorded after Wonderland Park to back up this statement, Annetenna
Annetenna
Annetenna was a short-lived band that emerged from the ashes of Ednaswap. On formation, the band were immediately signed by Columbia Records and recorded a self-titled album, which was then shelved by the record label...
's work showed an even more polished Pop sound than Wonderland Park
Members
- Anne PrevenAnne PrevenAnne Preven is an American songwriter and musician, originally from New York. She has co-written songs for Beyoncé , Katy Perry, Madonna, Natalie Imbruglia, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Sinéad O'Connor, Charice, The Hush Sound, Jordin Sparks, Miranda Cosgrove, Black Veil Brides, Pnau, Pixie Lott,...
- Vocals - Rusty AndersonRusty AndersonRusty Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as lead guitarist with Paul McCartney, though he has worked with an extensive list of artists in addition to his own solo career.-Early life:Rusty Anderson grew up in La Habra, California...
- Guitar - Scott CutlerScott CutlerScott M. Cutler is an American musician and music producer.-Personal life:He recently had his 1st son "Lane" and his 2nd son "Duke" with his wife Meredith Morton.-Career:...
- Guitar - Paul Bushnell - Bass
- Carla AzarCarla AzarCarla Azar is a musician and a member of the band Autolux. Azar is a multi-instrumentalist but is known primarily for playing the drums. She also plays glockenspiel, xylophone, mellotron, piano, and bass guitar.-Career:...
(later replaced by Scot CooganScot CooganScot Coogan is an American session musician and touring drummer.-Career:Coogan has worked with groups such as Violets Demise, Ednaswap, Parade of Losers, Annetenna, Sinéad O'Connor, Peter Yorn, Vanilla Ice, and Otep...
) - Drums
Discography
| Release year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Ednaswap Ednaswap (album) Ednaswap is the first album by Los Angeles band Ednaswap, released in 1995 . It was the band's only record for the Eastwest record label. The album was never put into wide release and the band has said that it was a disappointing experience. They were released from their contract after the album... |
| 1997 | Wacko Magneto Wacko Magneto Wacko Magneto was the second album of Los Angeles band Ednaswap. It was their first full-length album to be put into wide release and was apparently very popular in Los Angeles and New York.... |
| 1998 | Wonderland Park Wonderland Park Wonderland Park was the third and final album of Los Angeles band Ednaswap. It was much more pop-oriented than any of their other releases. It was released after the band's label, Island, underwent a reorganization that threatened Ednaswap's signed status.... |