Artist Lounge: Belly
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poebegone reminded me of how much i love tanya donelly, not that i tend to forget, but anyways...
this video makes me miss 120 minutes:
lucy.
Belly was one of the few true girl/alt/rock bands that caught my attention as a tween. Belly's Star that I discovered in the early nineties captured my youth and stayed imprinted there for quite sometime. so I recently recaptured some of the magic, like capturing fireflies in my backyard as a child, by getting Belly's follow up album "King" (1995). And it's quite good, and unique, and I guess not as "commercial" whatever that means as their previous album "Star." By "c... MORE
Gepetto. .Belly where formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the band consisted of Tanya Donelly on lead vocals, Fred Abong bass, Tom Gorman guitar, and Chris Gorman drums. The band had an alternative rock sound that was uniquely mixed with both a twist of pop-reminiscent haunted melodies (much like those of Julee Cruise and the Cocteau Twins) and an occasiona... MORE
BELLY: Tanya Donnelly started Belly in 1991 after being in Throwing Muses with her step-sister, Kirsten Hersh, and an earlier version of the Breeders with Kim Deal. The sound was alternative with ith a heavy pop-laden influence. The first album, Star, contained the college-radio heavy rotation song, Feed the Tree. Gail Greenwood joined the band when original bassist Fred Abong left. Greenwood's sound pushed Belly to a more rock sound. They released a second album, King... MORE
I have revisited my adoration for Belly this month what with all the nostalgic sounding new bands out presenting early 1990's "alternative college radio" sounds. Anyway, Tanya Donelly is literally flawless on this album (oops, I called it an album...can I still do that?). I found out that she harmonized with herself on all the tracks, which I love. I also noticed how downright twisted and haunted the lyrics for Dusted were. Yikes. Good old Internets lets me look up like ev... MORE







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