Spinnerette
Encyclopedia
Spinnerette is an alternative rock
, indie rock
solo project of Australian musician Brody Dalle
. For this project she has collaborated with Tony Bevilacqua
(former member of The Distillers
), Jack Irons
(What Is This?
, Red Hot Chili Peppers
, Walk The Moon, Eleven
, and Pearl Jam
) and Alain Johannes
(What Is This?
, Walk The Moon, Eleven
, Queens of the Stone Age
and Them Crooked Vultures
). Dalle announced the emergence of the project in March 2007.
before Dalle negotiated out of the record contract. Initially she released one demo song on her website called "Case of the Swirls". She is now signed to Anthem Records
. In early January 2008, a 'mash-up' of material Dalle had been working on appeared on the official Spinnerette website and official MySpace page. A full album was released on June 17, 2009.
On August 8, 2008 a blog was posted on Spinnerette's MySpace announcing that fans can now hear the first song from the upcoming album via the official website. The song is called "Valium Knights". More recently, Brody played a live version of "Driving Song" with Queens Of The Stone Age
as a backing band for the Natasha Shneider
benefit concert. Lyrics for the song have been posted on Spinnerette's MySpace page.
Through the newsletter sent out to mailing list subscribers in October 2008, and later on the web site it was announced that Spinnerette was to perform several dates throughout October with the following lineup:
Dalle stated in an interview that there would be a different line-up when she tours the album. "Spinnerette isn't a band, it's me and whichever musicians I want to work with at the time." Although from this statement she later said that she was meaning that the touring band isnt a band. Not the Studio band.
The current lineup is unknown, as there is no mention of Alain Johannes
or Jack Irons
, supposedly considered bandmates, in recent interviews.
Spinnerette released a digital EP Ghetto Love, via their official website on December 11, 2008. It features four songs: "Ghetto Love", "Valium Knights", "Distorting a Code", "Bury My Heart" and a video of "Ghetto Love" directed by Liam Lynch
.
Two of these tracks, "Valium Knights" and "Ghetto Love", have been featured at Marc Jacobs
' 2009/2010 Fall ready-to-wear fashion show.
Brody posted a reply on her twitter that the video for "Baptized By Fire" would start shooting on May 23, 2009.
On May 27, 2009, the following was posted on the band's website: "We are stoked to announce that we’ll be joining the Leeds & Reading Festival line-up this year. Spinnerette are playing 28 August at Leeds and 29 August at Reading, on the same day as our friends the Arctic Monkeys
and Eagles of Death Metal
." They toured through 2009, with support coming from bands such as Little Fish
, Band of Skulls
and Fun Loving Criminals among others.
More recently, Spinnerette has just completed an Australian tour in March 2010 which featured dates in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The Spinnerette website mentioned that the tour's opening act for all shows were Mini Mansions.
Winner of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards
: Best Pop/Rock Album "Spinnerette" as well as winner of the IMA Vox Pop.
Spinnerette is currently working on their second album.
The Adam Freeland
song "Borderline" which has guest vocals by Dalle is featured in Grand Theft Auto IV
, on the "Radio Broker" station.
Touring Band
Singles
Music videos
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...
, indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
solo project of Australian musician Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
. For this project she has collaborated with Tony Bevilacqua
Tony Bevilacqua
Anthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
(former member of The Distillers
The Distillers
The Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong , a woman with a...
), Jack Irons
Jack Irons
Jack Steven Irons is an American musician who is best known as the original drummer of the American rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the former drummer for Eleven and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, Spinnerette...
(What Is This?
What Is This?
What Is This? was a rock band that originated in Fairfax High School in California and would play numerous shows along the coast of California. Originally named Chain Reaction when the band members were in junior high school, What Is This? were formed before and played around the same time as the...
, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
, Walk The Moon, Eleven
Eleven (band)
Eleven was a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1990 by Alain Johannes , Natasha Shneider , and Jack Irons .-History:...
, and Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
) and Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes Moschulski is a guitarist and, along with his late partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven...
(What Is This?
What Is This?
What Is This? was a rock band that originated in Fairfax High School in California and would play numerous shows along the coast of California. Originally named Chain Reaction when the band members were in junior high school, What Is This? were formed before and played around the same time as the...
, Walk The Moon, Eleven
Eleven (band)
Eleven was a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1990 by Alain Johannes , Natasha Shneider , and Jack Irons .-History:...
, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
and Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures is a rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2009 by John Paul Jones , Dave Grohl , and Josh Homme . The group also includes guitarist Alain Johannes during live performances...
). Dalle announced the emergence of the project in March 2007.
History
Spinnerette was signed to Sire RecordsSire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
before Dalle negotiated out of the record contract. Initially she released one demo song on her website called "Case of the Swirls". She is now signed to Anthem Records
Anthem Records
Anthem Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario. The company was formed in May 1977 by Ray Danniels and Vic Wilson with initial recording artists Rush, Max Webster, Liverpool and A Foot in Coldwater. The three members of Rush, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson became...
. In early January 2008, a 'mash-up' of material Dalle had been working on appeared on the official Spinnerette website and official MySpace page. A full album was released on June 17, 2009.
On August 8, 2008 a blog was posted on Spinnerette's MySpace announcing that fans can now hear the first song from the upcoming album via the official website. The song is called "Valium Knights". More recently, Brody played a live version of "Driving Song" with Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
as a backing band for the Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider
Natasha Shneider was a Russian musician. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, and was the partner of bandmate Alain Johannes...
benefit concert. Lyrics for the song have been posted on Spinnerette's MySpace page.
Through the newsletter sent out to mailing list subscribers in October 2008, and later on the web site it was announced that Spinnerette was to perform several dates throughout October with the following lineup:
- Brody DalleBrody DalleBrody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
on vocals and guitar - Tony BevilacquaTony BevilacquaAnthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
on guitar - Bryan Tulao on 'more guitar'
- Nicole FiorentinoNicole FiorentinoNicole Fiorentino is an American bass guitarist. Originally a touring member of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins , she became an official member in 2010...
on 'badass bass' and - Dave Hidalgo Jr. on drums
Dalle stated in an interview that there would be a different line-up when she tours the album. "Spinnerette isn't a band, it's me and whichever musicians I want to work with at the time." Although from this statement she later said that she was meaning that the touring band isnt a band. Not the Studio band.
The current lineup is unknown, as there is no mention of Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes
Alain Johannes Moschulski is a guitarist and, along with his late partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven...
or Jack Irons
Jack Irons
Jack Steven Irons is an American musician who is best known as the original drummer of the American rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the former drummer for Eleven and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, Spinnerette...
, supposedly considered bandmates, in recent interviews.
Spinnerette released a digital EP Ghetto Love, via their official website on December 11, 2008. It features four songs: "Ghetto Love", "Valium Knights", "Distorting a Code", "Bury My Heart" and a video of "Ghetto Love" directed by Liam Lynch
Liam Lynch (musician)
Liam Lynch is a musician, puppeteer, writer and director. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced MTV's Sifl and Olly Show....
.
Two of these tracks, "Valium Knights" and "Ghetto Love", have been featured at Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...
' 2009/2010 Fall ready-to-wear fashion show.
Brody posted a reply on her twitter that the video for "Baptized By Fire" would start shooting on May 23, 2009.
On May 27, 2009, the following was posted on the band's website: "We are stoked to announce that we’ll be joining the Leeds & Reading Festival line-up this year. Spinnerette are playing 28 August at Leeds and 29 August at Reading, on the same day as our friends the Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
and Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
." They toured through 2009, with support coming from bands such as Little Fish
Little Fish (band)
Little Fish are a British garage rock band from Oxford, United Kingdom, formed in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist Julia "Juju" Sophie Heslop and drummer Neil "Nez" Greenaway....
, Band of Skulls
Band of Skulls
Band of Skulls is an alternative rock band from Southampton, England, consisting of Russell Marsden , Emma Richardson , and Matt Hayward...
and Fun Loving Criminals among others.
More recently, Spinnerette has just completed an Australian tour in March 2010 which featured dates in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The Spinnerette website mentioned that the tour's opening act for all shows were Mini Mansions.
Winner of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
: Best Pop/Rock Album "Spinnerette" as well as winner of the IMA Vox Pop.
Spinnerette is currently working on their second album.
The Adam Freeland
Adam Freeland
Adam Freeland is an English DJ and producer associated with breakbeat based electronic music. He was a resident of Brighton, moved to Los Angeles where he recorded second album Cope™ but is now based back in Brighton...
song "Borderline" which has guest vocals by Dalle is featured in Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
, on the "Radio Broker" station.
Current lineup
- Brody DalleBrody DalleBrody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
- vocals, guitar - Tony BevilacquaTony BevilacquaAnthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
- guitar - Alain JohannesAlain JohannesAlain Johannes Moschulski is a guitarist and, along with his late partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven...
- guitar, bass - Jack IronsJack IronsJack Steven Irons is an American musician who is best known as the original drummer of the American rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as the former drummer for Eleven and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The Latino Rockabilly War, Redd Kross, Raging Slab, Spinnerette...
- drums
Touring Band
- Brody DalleBrody DalleBrody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
- vocals, guitar - Tony BevilacquaTony BevilacquaAnthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
- guitar - Bryan Tulao - guitar
- Vincent Hidalgo - bass
- Dave Hidalgo Jr. - drums
- Zach Dawes - bass (Australian 2010 Tour)
Discography
Studio albums- Ghetto Love EPGhetto Love EPGhetto Love EP is the debut musical release from Spinnerette. It was released digitally in late 2008 through their website and Topspin Media. The EP contains four main tracks as well as a teaser mix of Spinnerette material and the music video for "Ghetto Love"...
(2008) - SpinneretteSpinnerette (album)Spinnerette is the debut eponymous album from Spinnerette. It was released June 17, 2009 through Anthem Records. On June 9, Spinnerette made the entire album available for listening on their MySpace page.-Tracklisting:#"Ghetto Love" - 3:55...
(2009)
Singles
- "Ghetto Love"
- "Sex Bomb" (Backed with the Adam Freeland remix of the song.)
- Baptized by Fire (Backed with Devo cover "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise".)
- All Babes Are Wolves (Backed with PailheadPailheadPailhead was a short-lived side project of the industrial metal band Ministry, which featured Ian MacKaye on vocals...
cover "I Will Refuse".)
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Ghetto Love" | Liam Lynch Liam Lynch (musician) Liam Lynch is a musician, puppeteer, writer and director. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced MTV's Sifl and Olly Show.... |
| 2009 | "Baptized by Fire" | Chris Hopewell |