Spalding Rockwell is a band composed of Mary Louise "ML" Platt and Nicole "Nikki" Lombardi. They are primarily known for their collaboration with Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...

 entitled "Hear My Name

Hear My Name

"Hear My Name" was the first single from Armand Van Helden's fifth album, New York: A Mix Odessey, and his sixth album, Nympho. The track features vocals by duo Spalding Rockwell...

" and are featured in the music video. "Hear My Name

Hear My Name

"Hear My Name" was the first single from Armand Van Helden's fifth album, New York: A Mix Odessey, and his sixth album, Nympho. The track features vocals by duo Spalding Rockwell...

" reached number 7 on the Billboard dance chart, was top 30 on world and internet charts, made number 34 in the UK, and reached the top 40 in Australia. Spalding Rockwell is self-described as being "equal parts punk, electro and pop."http://www.spaldingrockwell.com/bio/bio.html

Biography

This group originally appeared in New York City as a punk-hybrid collective composed of Mike Linn (drums), Cezhan Ambrose (guitar), Joe Fiorentino (guitar), Nicole Lombardi (vocals, bass), and ML Platt (vocals). Spalding Rockwell continued on as female pop duo, composed of Nicole Lombardi (vocals, bass) and ML Platt (vocals, guitar, production). Nicole Lombardi grew up in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. ML Platt grew up in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. ML was primarily influenced by hip-hop, especially Black Sheep

Black Sheep (hip hop group)

Black Sheep is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, composed of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. The duo is from New York but met as teenagers in North Carolina, where both of their families relocated. The group was an affiliate of the Native Tongues, which...

, Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...

 and Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...

. Later she was inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

. Nikki was influenced by the DC punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 scene. The original punk-hybrid entity found its way to the record shelves renamed "DAUGHTER". "DAUGHTER" made one critically acclaimed record entitled "SKIN" which was distributed by AUM Fidelity Records. Despite the success of SKIN, ultimately, Spalding Rockwell was more successful as an electronica duo. Spalding Rockwell first gained attention as a featured act on Larry Tee

Larry Tee

Larry Tee is a New York City-based DJ, club promoter, and music producer who coined the musical genre term Electroclash and helped launch the careers of such artists as RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., and Avenue D, and has collaborated with Amanda Lepore and Princess...

’s electroclash

Electroclash

Electroclash is a style of music that fuses New Wave and electronic dance music. It emerged in New York and Detroit in the later 1990s, pioneered by acts including I-F and those associated with Gerald Donald, and is associated with acts including Peaches, Adult, and Fischerspooner...

 circuit and subsequently released "White Cotton Panties" on the 2002 Badd Inc. compilation. Their full-length LP Kate distributed by Defend Music in 2004 was entirely written, performed and produced by ML and Nikki. Most successful was their hit single collaboration with Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...

 entitled "Hear My Name" which appeared on Van Helden's record "New York: A Mix Odyssey" in 2004 (released by Southern Fried Records

Southern Fried Records

Southern Fried Records is a London-based independent electronic dance music record label founded and owned by Norman Cook, better known by his stage name, Fatboy Slim...

) and "Nympho" in 2005 (released by Ultra Records

Ultra Records

Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...

). Spalding Rockwell also collaborated with van Helden on "Jenny" another song that appeared on "Nympho" in 2005.

Singles/EPs

• "Hear My Name
  Hear My Name
  "Hear My Name" was the first single from Armand Van Helden's fifth album, New York: A Mix Odessey, and his sixth album, Nympho. The track features vocals by duo Spalding Rockwell...
  
  " (2004)
• "Jenny"
• "Je T'Appelle/Hear My Name" (2004)
• "White Cotton Panties" (2003)
• "Daughter" (2003)