Linda Strawberry
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Linda Michelle Rowberry |
| Born | September 9, 1981 |
| Genres | Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop |
| Occupations | Musician, Artist, Illustrator |
| Instruments | Keyboard, Vocals, Guitar, Bass |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Lovely Chaos |
| Associated acts | Smashing Pumpkins, Djali Zwan, Spirits in the Sky, The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, The Shadow Bureau, Bon Harris, Peter Murphy, Billy Corgan, Sarah Mclachlan, Filter |
| Website | lindastrawberry.com, Linda Strawberry on Myspace |
Linda Strawberry is the nom de plume of a Los Angeles artist, best known as Billy Corgan's long time collaborator and touring band mate as part of "the Fellowship of Broken Toys" with Brian Liesegang and Matt Walker of Filter for the Future Embrace Tour. [1] She was signed to Chrysalis Records with a publishing development deal from 2004 to 2006. [2][citation needed] She is also known for engineering Sarah McLachlan's "Afterglow" at the age of 21.[3] She also performed with Billy Corgan and Matt Sweeney under the name The Djali Zwan appearing on the soundtrack to the movie "Spun", directed by Jonas Ackerlund. She is the lead vocalist on the version of 'Love to Love' from that soundtrack. [4]
She has discussed her opinions on the turmoil going on in the music industry, and its collapse, frequently on her blog. She started her own label called Lovely Chaos Records and released The Lost Record EP in August 2007, and "Lip Distortion" in 2009. [5]
She has appeared on The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex album Life Begins Again, and on the soundtrack of 2002 movie Spun as well acting as an engineer on Sarah McLachlan's latest record. She has worked with Bjorn Thorsrud, Alan Moulder, Bon Harris. She sang a duet with David Coverdale on his 2001 solo record "Into the Light". She appeared with Billy Corgan on the very last Bozo the Clown Show. She was also active as a production assistant to the Zwan project.[6] [7]
She contributed artwork to the reissue of Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist. She appears in the Smashing Pumpkins videos for "That's the Way (My Love Is)" and "Superchrist". Linda has created the cover DVD art for Smashing Pumpkins Documentary "If All Goes Wrong", which was released in November 2008. She also created the Frowning Harlequin image for the Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour. She designed the spider shirt worn during that tour, and also the boxset artwork for the Livesmashingpumpkins.com release of the songs performed on that tour. Smashingpumpkins.com reports that she has been in the studio with Billy Corgan, Mark Tulin of Electric Prunes, Kerry Brown. She has worked with photographer creating artwork for Good Charlotte, and The Veronicas.
In March 2008 Strawberry was chosen to appear in a national Peta2 "Fur Is Dead" campaign.[8]
August 2009 Strawberry joined Billy Corgan, Dave Navarro, Mark Tulin Mike Byrne, Kerry Brown, Mark Weitz, Ysanne Spevack, and Kevin Dippold to do a tour under the band name Spirits in the Sky.[9] [10]
In 2011 she sang a duet with Curt Smith from Tears for Fears for a song by The Shadow Bureau titled "Don't Give Yourself Away". The Shadow Bureau is comprised of Bon Harris from Nitzer Ebb and composer Jeehun Hwang.
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[edit] Albums
- 2007: TheLostRecord
- 2009: LipDistortion
[edit] Collaborations
- 2000: I Know My Redeemer Lives (for Especially For Youth, credited as Linda Rowberry)
- 2001: Wherever You May Go (by David Coverdale of Whitesnake from his solo record Into The Light (David Coverdale) credited as Linda Rowberry)
- 2002: Spun soundtrack (by The Djali Zwan - comprised of Billy Corgan, Matt Sweeney, and Linda Strawberry)
- 2005: "In Still Love" "Jesus Mary and Jennifer Louise" "Silver Birds" (by Bon Harris band Maven, vocals and piano)
- 2009: "Astralplanes" "Widow Wake My Mind" (by Smashing Pumpkins Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. 1:Songs For a Sailor)
- 2011: "Don't Give Yourself Away" (The Shadow Bureau featuring Curt Smith)
[edit] References
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_Embrace
- ^ http://theshadowbureau.com/dossier-archive/linda-strawberry.html
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Sarah-McLachlan-Afterglow/release/1672469
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwan
- ^ "Linda Strawberry - Alternative / Rock / Indie". myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/strawberry. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ Zwan's Mary Star of the Sea
- ^ http://allmusic.com/artist/linda-strawberry-p627314/credits
- ^ "Peta2 blogs on Linda Strawberry". Peta2. http://blog.peta2.com/2008/03/linda_strawberry_fur_is_dead.html.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits_in_the_Sky
- ^ http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2009/08/corgan-navarro-spirits-sky/
