- Echobelly【 6 albums 83 lyrics 】
- Echobelly are a British rock band, debuting in 1994 with their album Everyone's Got One. They were often compared to Blondie and were influenced by Morrissey, who himself was a fan of the group.
The most prominent part of Echobelly's success formula was vocalist Sonya Madan, who was also the group's primary lyricist. Born in Delhi, India, before moving to England at the age of two, Madan had an unusual background for a pop star. Her rigid upbringing made rock music taboo for her as a youngster and she did not attend her first rock concert until she was in college. In 1990 she met Glenn Johansson, a guitarist from Sweden. In a radio interview with Janice Long, on BBC Radio Wales, in December 2017, she admitted that her parents had initially found it hard to accept her choice of career.
Band members
Sonya Aurora Madan (vocals) – 1992—2004, 2009 – present
Glenn Johansson (guitar) – 1992 – 2004, 2009 – present
Debbie Smith (guitar) – 1994–1997
Alex Keyser (bass) – 1992–1996
James Harris (bass) – 1996–1998
Ruth Owen (bass) – 1998–2004
Oliver McKiernan (bass) – 2015–present
Andy Henderson (drums) 1992–2004
Ash Hall (drums) – 2015–present
After Echobelly's second album, Keyser went on to join Dragstripper and was replaced by James Harris. Harris was soon swapped in for Ruth Owen, after their third album, when Debbie Smith also left; Smith is now a DJ on London's gay scene, and has also played in Snowpony, a supergroup containing members of My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab. When the band reformed in 2009, only Madan and Johansson performed in the band under the name 'calm of zero'. In 2015, they reformed as Echobelly with Madan on vocals, Johansson on guitar, Oliver McKiernan on bass and Ash Hall on drums.
Discography
Albums
Everyone's Got One (1994) UK No. 8
On (1995) UK No. 4
Lustra (1997) UK No. 47
People Are Expensive (2001)
Gravity Pulls (2004)
Anarchy and Alchemy (2017)
Compilation albums
I Can't Imagine the World Without Me (2001)
The Best of Echobelly (2008)
Singles
'Bellyache' (November 1993)
'Insomniac' (March 1994) UK No. 47
'I Can't Imagine the World Without Me' (June 1994) UK No. 39
'Close… But' (October 1994) UK No. 59
'Great Things' (August 1995) UK No. 13
'King of the Kerb' (October 1995) UK No. 25
'Dark Therapy' (February 1996) UK No. 20
'The World Is Flat' (August 1997) UK No. 31
'Here Comes the Big Rush' (October 1997) UK No. 56
'Digit' (January 2001)
'Tell Me Why' (May 2001) UK No. 111
'Kali Yuga' (October 2001) UK No. 175 - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Gravity Pulls
2004-05
1.Gravity pulls
2.To get me through the good times
3.You started a fire in the heart of a wasted life
4.Djinn
5.Big sky mind6.Strangely drawn
7.A good day
8.What you deserve
9.One in a million
10.All tomorrow brings -
People Are Expensive
2001
1.Fear of flying
2.Tell me why
3.Down to earth
4.People are expensive (Provided)
5.Digit
6.Dying7.Kali yuga
8.Everything is all
9.A map is not the territory
10.Ondine
11.Point dume -
Lustra
1997
1.Angel B
2.Lustra
3.Wired On
4.Here Comes The Big Rush
5.The World Is Flat
6.Everyone Knows Better7.Paradise
8.O
9.Bulldog Baby
10.Iris Art
11.I'm Not A Saint
12.Bleed -
On
1995
1.Nobody Like You
2.Great Things
3.King Of The Kerb
4.Something Hot In A Cold Country
5.Four Letter Word
6.Pantyhose And Roses
7.In The Year8.Car Fiction
9.Dark Therapy
10.Natural Animal
11.Go Away
12.Worms And Angels
13.Great Thing -
Everybody's Got One
1994
1.Today Tomorrow Sometime Never
2.Insomniac
3.Scream
4.Father, Ruler, King, Computer
5.I Can't Imagine The World Without Me
6.Cold Feet Warm Heart
7.Give Her A Gun8.Close...But
9.Taste Of You
10.Call Me Names
11.BellyAche
12.Today Tomorrow Sometimes Never
13.Father Ruler King Computer
14.Close ... But -
Miscellaneous
1.To Get Me Thru The Good Times
2.Aloha lolita
3.Atom
4.Bunty
5.Centipede
6.Drive myself distracted
7.Fake
8.Falling flame
9.God's guest list
10.Here comes the scene
11.Holding the wire
12.I Don't Belong Here13.One after 5AM
14.On turn on
15.Sleeping hitler
16.Sober
17.So la di da
18.Talent
19.Venus wheel
20.We know better
21.ATOM (live From the BBC)
22.Mouth Almighty
23.Firefly
【Correction of errors in the album information】