Post by kg redhead on Dec 5, 2005 10:55:20 GMT -5
Shakespear's Sister was a band consisting of Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit. The band formed in 1988, the same year that Fahey left Bananarama, and are named after a song by The Smiths, though the term "Shakespeare's Sister" predates the song. Detroit exited the band in 1993, and Fahey admitted herself into a psychiatric unit with severe depression.
Detroit was tall, with a soprano voice, while Fahey was petite, with an alto voice; the opposite of what one might expect on seeing them, and it lent a novelty to their performances.
The term Shakespeare's Sister first appeared in a section of the Virginia Woolf work A Room of One's Own, a feminist essay that explores whether a woman has the same opportunities as a man to write and produce quality artistic work.
The band's single "Stay" is Sister's best known work, achieving #1 in both the UK (for eight weeks) and Ireland singles charts. It was their highest entry in the UK charts, being the only time they entered the top five. The single also became their biggest US hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
They released the albums Sacred Heart and Hormonally Yours, the latter recorded at Friar Park, in George Harrison's home studio.
Fahey recorded #3 as a solo album, but under pressure from London Records, it was to be issued as the third Shakespears Sister album. After the first single "I Can Drive" barely scraped the UK Top 30, the album was shelved by the label. After years of legal wrangling, Fahey was eventually given the rights to the album, and in 2004 it was finally given a proper release, exclusively through Fahey's website. Fans had circulated substandard bootleg copies of the recording for over a decade.
A greatest hits CD/DVD retrospective was also released in 2004, containing all of the group's singles and videos, as well as tracks intended for the #3 album.
The band will release before the end of the year 2005 a new compilation titled "Long Live The Queens !" features a tracklisting of rarities and unreleased material including remixes & b-sides.
Detroit was tall, with a soprano voice, while Fahey was petite, with an alto voice; the opposite of what one might expect on seeing them, and it lent a novelty to their performances.
The term Shakespeare's Sister first appeared in a section of the Virginia Woolf work A Room of One's Own, a feminist essay that explores whether a woman has the same opportunities as a man to write and produce quality artistic work.
The band's single "Stay" is Sister's best known work, achieving #1 in both the UK (for eight weeks) and Ireland singles charts. It was their highest entry in the UK charts, being the only time they entered the top five. The single also became their biggest US hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
They released the albums Sacred Heart and Hormonally Yours, the latter recorded at Friar Park, in George Harrison's home studio.
Fahey recorded #3 as a solo album, but under pressure from London Records, it was to be issued as the third Shakespears Sister album. After the first single "I Can Drive" barely scraped the UK Top 30, the album was shelved by the label. After years of legal wrangling, Fahey was eventually given the rights to the album, and in 2004 it was finally given a proper release, exclusively through Fahey's website. Fans had circulated substandard bootleg copies of the recording for over a decade.
A greatest hits CD/DVD retrospective was also released in 2004, containing all of the group's singles and videos, as well as tracks intended for the #3 album.
The band will release before the end of the year 2005 a new compilation titled "Long Live The Queens !" features a tracklisting of rarities and unreleased material including remixes & b-sides.
