Voice of the Beehive
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Voice of the Beehive is an Anglo-American
alternative
pop rock
band
formed in London
in 1986 by California
n sisters
Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, daughters of The Four Preps
singer, Bruce Belland.
band members Martin Brett (bass guitar), Daniel Woodgate
(drums) and Mike Jones (guitar). The band's initial success came in the UK, US
and Australia
. The band had five Top 40 singles
from two album
s in the UK.
Their biggest commercial success came with the singles, "Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels", "I Think I Love You
", "I Walk The Earth" and "I Say Nothing" from their first two albums Let It Bee
and Honey Lingers
. In 1996, the band released a third album Sex & Misery
. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour averaging 5,000 seats per night. Tracey Belland is a teacher in Laguna Beach, California
. Melissa Belland runs her own company "Made In Heaven", also in Laguna Beach. Martin Brett runs Brett Dempsey Music Productions in London and joined I, Ludicrous
on bass guitar in 2008. He also trained to become a facial hair specialist for Film, Theatre & TV in 2010. In 2011, he released his first solo single "Lover's Lane" under his original punk name Brett Martini. Daniel Woodgate still plays drums in Madness
. Mike Jones lives in Norwich
, England
and still plays guitar.
on Bill Drummond
's album, The Man (1986).
An early version of "Beat of Love" was featured on the London Records compilation Giant (1987).
Melissa and Tracey contributed a cover
of "Three Feet High and Rising" to the Johnny Cash
tribute album
Til Things Are Brighter (1988).
English American
English Americans are citizens or residents of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England....
alternative
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...
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...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
formed in London
London
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in 1986 by California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
n sisters
Sibling
Siblings are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister. In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood socializing with one another...
Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, daughters of The Four Preps
The Four Preps
The Four Preps are an American popular music male quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group amassed eight gold singles and three gold albums...
singer, Bruce Belland.
Career
Voice of the Beehive was formed in 1986 by sisters Tracey Belland (vocals/guitar) and Melissa Belland (vocals) with UKUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
band members Martin Brett (bass guitar), Daniel Woodgate
Daniel Woodgate
Dan Woodgate is the drummer of the band, Madness. More commonly known by his nickname Woody, he joined the band after being introduced at a rehearsal by bass player Mark Bedford. Woodgate is one of the less regular songwriters in the group, but is credited as co-writer on the hits 'Return of The...
(drums) and Mike Jones (guitar). The band's initial success came in the UK, US
United States
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and Australia
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...
. The band had five Top 40 singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
from two album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s in the UK.
Their biggest commercial success came with the singles, "Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels", "I Think I Love You
I Think I Love You
"I Think I Love You" is a 1970 single by The Partridge Family, featuring David Cassidy, composed by songwriter Tony Romeo. The song was released at the same time as the debut of the network television sitcom The Partridge Family. During the show's first season the song was featured on the show...
", "I Walk The Earth" and "I Say Nothing" from their first two albums Let It Bee
Let It Bee
Let It Bee is the debut album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1988 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music crititcs and was a success on U.S. college radio stations. In the UK, the album reached #13 on the album chart in its debut week ending 2...
and Honey Lingers
Honey Lingers
Honey Lingers is the second album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1991 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music critics and was a success on U.S. college radio stations....
. In 1996, the band released a third album Sex & Misery
Sex & Misery
Sex & Misery is the third studio album from UK-based alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive, which consisted at that point of founding members Melissa Brooke Belland and Tracey Bryn...
. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour averaging 5,000 seats per night. Tracey Belland is a teacher in Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach is a seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southwest of the county seat of Santa Ana...
. Melissa Belland runs her own company "Made In Heaven", also in Laguna Beach. Martin Brett runs Brett Dempsey Music Productions in London and joined I, Ludicrous
I, Ludicrous
I, Ludicrous is a three piece pop music ensemble, formed in South London in 1985, by John Procter and David Rippingale...
on bass guitar in 2008. He also trained to become a facial hair specialist for Film, Theatre & TV in 2010. In 2011, he released his first solo single "Lover's Lane" under his original punk name Brett Martini. Daniel Woodgate still plays drums in Madness
Madness (band)
In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
. Mike Jones lives in Norwich
Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and still plays guitar.
Band members
- Tracey Bryn - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- (born 17 May 1962, Encino, California) - Melissa Brooke Belland or "Missy Beehive" - vocals - (born 17 February 1966, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos ÁngelesLos 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...
) - Mike Jones - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Martin Brett (Brett Martini) - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Daniel "Woody" WoodgateDaniel WoodgateDan Woodgate is the drummer of the band, Madness. More commonly known by his nickname Woody, he joined the band after being introduced at a rehearsal by bass player Mark Bedford. Woodgate is one of the less regular songwriters in the group, but is credited as co-writer on the hits 'Return of The...
- drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Mark BedfordMark BedfordMark Bedford , nicknamed 'Bedders', is a bass guitarist and former member of the band Madness....
- bass guitar
Studio albums
- Let It BeeLet It BeeLet It Bee is the debut album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1988 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music crititcs and was a success on U.S. college radio stations. In the UK, the album reached #13 on the album chart in its debut week ending 2...
(June 1988) #13 UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... - Honey LingersHoney LingersHoney Lingers is the second album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1991 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music critics and was a success on U.S. college radio stations....
(June 1991) #17 UK - Sex & MiserySex & MiserySex & Misery is the third studio album from UK-based alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive, which consisted at that point of founding members Melissa Brooke Belland and Tracey Bryn...
(February 1996)
Compilation albums
- A PortraitA PortraitA Portrait is a compilation album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in Canada only, the album contained singles and tracks from the band's first two albums Let It Bee and Honey Lingers.-Track listing:...
(1991) (CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
only release) - Best OfBest Of (Voice of the Beehive album)Best Of is a compilation album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in the UK only, it was the second Voice of the Beehive hits collection...
(1997) (UK only release)
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Modern Rock | AUS | |||
| 1987 | "Just a City" | — | — | — | — | Let It Bee |
| "I Say Nothing" | 45 | — | — | 73 | ||
| 1988 | "I Walk the Earth" | 42 | — | — | — | |
| "Don't Call Me Baby" | 15 | — | — | 48 | ||
| "I Say Nothing" (re-issue) | 22 | — | 11 | — | ||
| "I Walk the Earth" (re-issue) | 46 | — | — | — | ||
| "Man in the Moon" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Monsters and Angels" | 17 | 74 | 8 | 72 | Honey Lingers |
| "I Think I Love You I Think I Love You "I Think I Love You" is a 1970 single by The Partridge Family, featuring David Cassidy, composed by songwriter Tony Romeo. The song was released at the same time as the debut of the network television sitcom The Partridge Family. During the show's first season the song was featured on the show... " |
25 | — | — | 12 | ||
| "Perfect Place" | 37 | — | — | 31 | ||
| 1995 | "Angel Come Down" | — | — | — | — | Sex & Misery |
| 1996 | "Scary Kisses" | — | 77 | — | — | |
| "Heavenly" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "So Hard" | — | — | — | — | ||
Other appearances
Voice of the Beehive provided harmoniesHarmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
on Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer and record producer. He was the co-founder of late 1980s avant-garde pop group The KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with which he burned a million pounds in 1994...
's album, The Man (1986).
An early version of "Beat of Love" was featured on the London Records compilation Giant (1987).
Melissa and Tracey contributed a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "Three Feet High and Rising" to the Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
Til Things Are Brighter (1988).
External links
- The Beehive—Voice of the Beehive Online
- Voice of the Beehive at MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Made in Heaven by Missy