- Fluffy (band)
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Name = Fluffy
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Origin =London ,England ,United Kingdom
Genre =Punk rock
Years_active = 1994– 1998
Label = Hut
Virgin
Parkway
The Enclave
Associated_acts = HarlowJack Off Jill Thee Heavenly Music Association
Darling
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Current_members = Amanda E Rootes
Bridgette JonesHelen Storer
Angie Adams
Past_members = Pandora Ormsby-GoreFluffy was an all female punk band from London.
Origins
The band formed in 1994 after classmates, Amanda Rootes and Angie Adams were inspired by a
jazz -blues Singer in one ofOld Compton Street 's gay cafes. They were attending college in London at the time, studying Art and Design. Guitarist Bridgette Jones did her A levels before joining and the band began rehearsing in Amanda's living room with poor quaility amps and no microphone. Fluffy's original bassist PandoraOrmsby-Gore , a member of one of London's most celebrated demimonde families completed the initial picture. Ormsby-Gore's connections ensured the band to be labeled "" by the royals-obsessed, class-conscious Britishtabloids . Pandora left the band to become an actress, changing her name toPandora Colin . Shortly after, MancunianHelen Storer leftKingston University to join, the band began recording. [ Diehl, Matt [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8348/fluffy.html Rolling Stone Issue 746 October 31, 1996] ]Fluffy's first singles "Hypersonic" and "Husband" (both produced by Mal Campbell and Tony Wilson from
Freaks of Desire ) were released in 1995. The band frequently played shows in their early days at underground fetish balls and parties such asTorture Garden andSubmission and gained attention for their raucous shows, performing barefoot in slip dresses.
They were signed by Dave Stewart ofEurythmics to the publishing side of his labelAnxious Records . Dave Stewart threw a lavish party for the band's first single release, "Hypersonic". Although Fluffy were initially signed to Parkway Records, (owned by press agents Phill Savidge and John Best ofSavidge and Best ), it wasn't until A&R manTom Zutaut , (known for signingThe Stone Roses andGuns N' Roses when he worked forGeffen Records and havingthe Nymphs ' singerInger Lorre urinate on his desk) signed them to a two-album, GBP 500,000 deal with The Enclave/Hut/Virgin, that Fluffy gained world wide notoriety. The band appeared on theNME 's yearly bratbus tour in 1996 along withThe Bluetones ,The Cardigans , andHeavy Stereo . The band's debut album "Black Eye" was released in 1996 and the band got some prestigious support slots supporting theFoo Fighters andThe Sex Pistols They were the opening act for the entire Sex Pistols reunion tour of Japan as well as the Sex Pistol's first ever reunion show at Finsbury Park, London, along withIggy Pop and theBuzzcocks .
They were also the opening band during the European part ofMarilyn Manson 's "Anti-Christ Superstar" Tour. They toured the U.S. with theNeurotic Outsiders .
Their high-budget video "Black Eye" was shot in New Orleans byFloria Sigismondi and the making of the video was documented by MTV.
Their album "Black Eye" was produced byBill Price , who also recordedNever Mind the Bollocks .The band were press darlings in 1995 and 1996, being part of the
Britpop movement of Camden and were regularly featured in magazinesKerrang , (Storer and Adams were featured in their sexiest female musicians issue) Q, Select (who offered the band a front cover if they were to get naked) Melody Maker andNME , most memorably in the NME Christmas pub crawl / drinking competition issue in which vocalist Amanda E Rootes was sick. They also appeared on many UK television shows, includingTop of the Pops ,The Big Breakfast and Hotel Babylon.The band ceased to exist once founding member Amanda E Rootes and bassist Helen Storer moved to
Los Angeles in 1998.Descendants
*Amanda went on to form Harlow, who participated in the
VH1 reality TV show "Bands on the Run".
*Helen joinedJack Off Jill for a while, played inFireball Ministry and also played bass inDuff McKagan 's (from Guns n Roses/Velvet Revolver) solo band Loaded, but then formedThee Heavenly Music Association . She is a vocalist on the Twilight Singers album "She Loves You" with Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli.
*Angie and Bridget formed an all girl-band called Darling. They live in London.Links
* [http://www.daveuk.net/fluffy DaveUK's Fluffy Page]
*imdb name|id=0650284|name= Pandora ColinReferences
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