Amy Blue
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Amy Blue are a British alternative rock band comprising of Simon Chatterton (guitar), JP Rutter (guitar), Danny Legg (bass guitar) and Lex Sampson (drums). The name of the group was taken from Gregg Araki's 1995 independent movie, The Doom Generation.
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[edit] History
Amy Blue was formed in February 2003 by Simon Chatterton and JP Rutter. Chatterton was previously known for performing solo shows while at university in Northampton under nom de plume Evol-I, and was a roadie for local hardcore band Jnr Loaded. He subsequently utilised a boiler-room in Soho as his base.
The band's first live shows comprised of Chatterton, Rutter and a laptop. December 2005 saw the release of their eponymous CD, which consisted of My Bloody Valentine-esque "The Language of Ghosts", post-hardcore "Won't You Follow Me", straight rock song "Silvery Sea", and the Chatterton penned closer, "Angel of Chaos". The sleeve was a manipulation of a Francis Bacon (painter) painting.
Bassist Danny Legg joined in June 2006, followed by drummer Lex Sampson in February 2007. The band are currently recording their first album.
[edit] Discography
- 2005: 'Eponymous': 1. The Language of Ghosts, 2. Won't You Follow Me, 3. Silvery Sea, 4. Angel of Chaos
- 2007: 'Red Headed Stepchild Records Sampler': UK indie-label compilation features Won't You Follow Me and The Language of Ghosts.
[edit] Trivia
- "The Language of Ghosts" was inspired by an early reading of Paul Auster's book "In the Country of Last Things".
- Rose McGowan's dialogue from The Doom Generation was used between songs at the band's early shows.
- In December 2006, the band leaked tracks from their EP as new demos by The Smashing Pumpkins. SPIN writer Billy Goodman interviewed Chatterton (referred in the final article as Simon Chatterman (sic)) to verify the facts. [1]
