Suze DeMarchi
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Suze DeMarchi is an Australia
n singer/songwriter best known for fronting the band Baby Animals
(1989–1994).
, Western Australia
to Walter and Shirley DeMarchi and has three older siblings; her sister Denise is also a singer. DeMarchi began her singing career in the early 1980s when she was just 17, playing in local bands in Australia. In 1985, she moved to London
, England where she was signed to EMI
and had a fairly successful solo career in pop music, where she released a number of singles: "Young Hearts", "Big Wednesday" and "Dry Your Eyes".
During this time she dated Gavin Rossdale
, former lead singer and guitarist for the band Bush
. Bush's song "Comedown
" from 1994's Sixteen Stone
is about their relationship.
Disheartened by the record company's attempt to slide her into a pop career, along with missing working with a band, she returned to Australia in mid 1989, where she and fellow Perth musicians Frank Celenza, Eddie Parise and Dave Leslie formed the band Baby Animals
. The band met with success in their native Australia, releasing two albums, touring with Van Halen
, and winning various awards before permanently disbanding in 1996. This was mostly due to legal battles with their record label Imago and Suze having nodules in her throat - she even had to stop singing for a short while because of them - in 1993, which forced the band to cut short the tour for their second album.
During this time, DeMarchi met Nuno Bettencourt
, guitarist at that time for hard rock band Extreme
. They co-wrote and performed the song "Because I Can" for Baby Animals' second record Shaved and Dangerous. On 27 August 1994 the couple married in the Azores
, Portugal
where Bettencourt's family is from. On 2 February 1996 they had their first child, daughter Bebe Orleans.
After the demise of Baby Animals in 1994, DeMarchi pursued a solo career. Although living in Boston
with her husband and young daughter (apparently temporarily in her mother-in-law's basement at one point), she signed to Mushroom Records
Australia and released 1999's Telelove
, which featured the single "Satellite". DeMarchi supported the album with a May tour around Australia as the singles "Karma" and eventually, "Open Windows" hit the shelves. DeMarchi was also nominated for an ARIA in 1999 for Best Female Artist. A second national tour was pencilled in for September, but it never materialized.
In 2001 it was rumoured that DeMarchi to be joining INXS
as their new frontperson to replace Michael Hutchence
, who died in 1997, following her performance with them at a concert in December 2000 where she sang "Shine Like It Does", "Never Tear Us Apart", and dueted with Jon Stevens (frequent replacement frontman for INXS, and formerly of the band Noiseworks
) for "Good Times" and "Don't Change".
On 12 August 2002 DeMarchi and Bettencourt welcomed their second child, Lorenzo Aureolino in Los Angeles
, United States where they now reside.
In June 2004 DeMarchi was recognised by the West Australian Music Industry Association
and inducted as one of the inaugural inductees into the WAM Hall of Fame.
When asked about the Baby Animals
reunion rumours that started around 2004 with the sightings of all four members at a recording studio in Perth, Suze replied that the time was not yet right.
It was confirmed in 2007 that all the original members of Baby Animals have reunited.
2007 DeMarchi collaborated with husband Nuno Bettencourt to perform vocals on several songs for the soundtrack of the motion picture Smart People
, on which Bettencourt was credited for the musical score.
Records in 1986.
Records in 1987.
Records in 1988.
. It was released by Colourblind Records in 1995 as a one-track promotional single only. It can not be found on the soundtrack and is heard only on the US video release at the closing scene.
in December 1998. The single reached #90 on the Australian singles charts.
in March 1999. The acoustic live version of "Satellite" was recorded at Triple M
in Melbourne
during DeMarchi's promotional tour in October 1998.
in July 1999.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer/songwriter best known for fronting the band Baby Animals
Baby Animals
Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia.-Early history:The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 by singer Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie, and bassist Eddie Parise...
(1989–1994).
Biography
DeMarchi was born in PerthPerth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
to Walter and Shirley DeMarchi and has three older siblings; her sister Denise is also a singer. DeMarchi began her singing career in the early 1980s when she was just 17, playing in local bands in Australia. In 1985, she moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England where she was signed to EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
and had a fairly successful solo career in pop music, where she released a number of singles: "Young Hearts", "Big Wednesday" and "Dry Your Eyes".
During this time she dated Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin McGregor Rossdale is an English musician, known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush as well as an actor. Following Bush's separation in 2002, which lasted for eight years, he was the lead singer and guitarist for Institute, and later began a solo career. He...
, former lead singer and guitarist for the band Bush
Bush (band)
Bush are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met in a London nightclub. Realising they shared a love for such diverse artists as the Pixies, Bob Marley, The Jesus Lizard, MC5, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, and Big...
. Bush's song "Comedown
Comedown (song)
"Comedown" is a single by British rock band Bush from their first album Sixteen Stone. It was released as the third single from the album in 1995.-Music video:The music video was directed by Jake Scott from the 19th to 21 June 1995 in Los Angeles...
" from 1994's Sixteen Stone
Sixteen Stone
Sixteen Stone is the debut album of British rock band Bush. Released in 1994 through Trauma Records, it boasted numerous successful singles and is widely regarded as the band's most popular album.-Title:...
is about their relationship.
Disheartened by the record company's attempt to slide her into a pop career, along with missing working with a band, she returned to Australia in mid 1989, where she and fellow Perth musicians Frank Celenza, Eddie Parise and Dave Leslie formed the band Baby Animals
Baby Animals
Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia.-Early history:The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 by singer Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie, and bassist Eddie Parise...
. The band met with success in their native Australia, releasing two albums, touring with Van Halen
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
, and winning various awards before permanently disbanding in 1996. This was mostly due to legal battles with their record label Imago and Suze having nodules in her throat - she even had to stop singing for a short while because of them - in 1993, which forced the band to cut short the tour for their second album.
During this time, DeMarchi met Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt is a Portuguese guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his role as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme whose hits include the acoustic ballads "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted"...
, guitarist at that time for hard rock band Extreme
Extreme (band)
Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen...
. They co-wrote and performed the song "Because I Can" for Baby Animals' second record Shaved and Dangerous. On 27 August 1994 the couple married in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
where Bettencourt's family is from. On 2 February 1996 they had their first child, daughter Bebe Orleans.
After the demise of Baby Animals in 1994, DeMarchi pursued a solo career. Although living in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
with her husband and young daughter (apparently temporarily in her mother-in-law's basement at one point), she signed to Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
Australia and released 1999's Telelove
Telelove
Telelove is the debut album by Suze DeMarchi former lead singer of Australian band the Baby Animals, released in March, 1999. The album's original title was to be Messages Delayed but was changed prior to release.- Track listing :...
, which featured the single "Satellite". DeMarchi supported the album with a May tour around Australia as the singles "Karma" and eventually, "Open Windows" hit the shelves. DeMarchi was also nominated for an ARIA in 1999 for Best Female Artist. A second national tour was pencilled in for September, but it never materialized.
In 2001 it was rumoured that DeMarchi to be joining INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
as their new frontperson to replace Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...
, who died in 1997, following her performance with them at a concert in December 2000 where she sang "Shine Like It Does", "Never Tear Us Apart", and dueted with Jon Stevens (frequent replacement frontman for INXS, and formerly of the band Noiseworks
Noiseworks
Noiseworks is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1986 with bass guitarist Steve Balbi, guitarist Stuart Fraser, drummer Kevin Nicol, keyboardist Justin Stanley and lead vocalist Jon Stevens...
) for "Good Times" and "Don't Change".
On 12 August 2002 DeMarchi and Bettencourt welcomed their second child, Lorenzo Aureolino in 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 where they now reside.
In June 2004 DeMarchi was recognised by the West Australian Music Industry Association
West Australian Music Industry Awards
The Western Australian Music Industry Awards are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc...
and inducted as one of the inaugural inductees into the WAM Hall of Fame.
When asked about the Baby Animals
Baby Animals
Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia.-Early history:The Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 by singer Suze DeMarchi, drummer Frank Celenza, guitarist Dave Leslie, and bassist Eddie Parise...
reunion rumours that started around 2004 with the sightings of all four members at a recording studio in Perth, Suze replied that the time was not yet right.
It was confirmed in 2007 that all the original members of Baby Animals have reunited.
2007 DeMarchi collaborated with husband Nuno Bettencourt to perform vocals on several songs for the soundtrack of the motion picture Smart People
Smart People
Smart People is a 2008 American comedy-drama film starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church. The film was directed by Noam Murro, written by Mark Poirier and produced by Michael London, with Omar Amanat serving as executive producer.Smart People was filmed on...
, on which Bettencourt was credited for the musical score.
"Young Hearts"
"Young Hearts" is the debut single by Suze DeMarchi, released by EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Records in 1986.
Track listing
- "Young Hearts" (Extended mix) 5:52
- "Young Hearts" (7" version) 3:32
"Big Wednesday"
"Big Wednesday" is the second single by Suze DeMarchi, released by EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Records in 1987.
"Dry Your Eyes"
"Dry Your Eyes" is the third single by Suze DeMarchi, released by EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Records in 1988.
"God Took a Picture"
"God Took a Picture" is a promotional single by Suze DeMarchi from the film Highlander III: The Final DimensionHighlander III: The Final Dimension
Highlander III: The Sorcerer, also known as Highlander III, Highlander III: The Magician, Highlander III: The Final Dimension, Highlander: The Final Dimension and Highlander 3: The Final Conflict, is the third installment in the Highlander film series. It was first released on November 30, 1994...
. It was released by Colourblind Records in 1995 as a one-track promotional single only. It can not be found on the soundtrack and is heard only on the US video release at the closing scene.
Track listing
- "God Took a Picture" (Suze Demarchi/Nuno Bettencourt) - 4:24
"Satellite"
"Satellite" is the first single taken from Suze DeMarchi's album Telelove. It was released by Mushroom RecordsMushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
in December 1998. The single reached #90 on the Australian singles charts.
Track listing
- "Satellite"
- "Trapped in Amber"
- "Satellite" (Mothership) Longview Version
"Karma"
"Karma" is the second single taken from Suze DeMarchi's album Telelove. It was released by Mushroom RecordsMushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
in March 1999. The acoustic live version of "Satellite" was recorded at Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
during DeMarchi's promotional tour in October 1998.
"Open Windows"
"Open Windows" is the third single taken from Suze DeMarchi's album Telelove. It was released by Mushroom RecordsMushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
in July 1999.