Salad (band)

Salad was a UK-based pop music group that included Dutch vocalist/keyboardist Marijne van der Vlugt, bassist Pete Brown, drummer Rob Wakeman (ex-Colenso Parade), and guitarist Paul Kennedy. In 1996, Charley Stone (later of Gay Dad) joined the band as a live guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist. Thanks to van der Vlugt's amiable, joyous stage presence (along with her notoriety as a video jockey for MTV Europe), Salad gained a reputation as an energetic power pop band comparable to other bouncy outfits like Sleeper and Elastica. They started performing as "The Merry Babes" but changed to Salad in 1992 when Pete Brown was recruited on bass. Salad released two full length albums, namely 1995's "Drink Me" and 1997's "Ice Cream" as well as an 11-track compilation of their first three singles titled "Singles Bar" before being dropped by Island Records and ultimately disbanding in 1998. Despite being bracketed as part of the Britpop scene in terms of sound, they never quite received the same amount of attention given to their peers.

Van der Vlugt now writes and sings with Cowboy Racer, whose song "Yellow Horse" recently featured on the hit U.S. television show, Grey's Anatomy. Rob Wakeman and Pete Brown now run the popular viral collection site, [http://www.boreme.com BoreMe] . Charley Stone now plays guitar with [http://www.spy51.co.uk Spy51] and did some live dates with Fosca in Sweden in March 2008.

Discography

Albums

*"Drink Me" - 1995, #16
*"Ice Cream" - 1997

ingles

*"Kent EP" - Jun 1993
*"Diminshed Clothes" - Nov 1993
*"On a Leash EP" - 1994
*"Your Ma" - 1994
*"Drink The Elixir" - Feb 1995 UK #66
*"Motorbike to Heaven" - May 1995 UK #42
*"Granite Statue" - Aug 1995 UK #50
*"I Want You" - Sep 1996 UK #60
*"Cardboy King" - Apr 1997 UK #65
*"Yeah Yeah" - Aug 1997

Compilations

*"Singles Bar" - May 1995 - The first three singles

External links

* [http://www.anthonypaynter.com/pito4 Planet in the Ocean] - a Salad fan site.
* [http://www.myspace.com/saladuk Salad B-sides and rarities MySpace page]
* [http://www.cowboyracer.com Cowboy Racer official website] - Marijne van der Vlugt's current band.
* [http://www.myspace.com/cowboyracermusic Cowboy Racer myspace]
* [http://www.boreme.com BoreMe] - Rob Wakeman and Pete Brown's current project.
* [http://www.spy51.co.uk Spy51 official website] - Charley Stone's current band.
* [http://www.myspace.com/spy51 Spy51 MySpace page]