Tiny Monroe

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Tiny Monroe were an English indie britpop band of the 1990s.

The band were formed in London in 1993 by founder members Alex Culpin, Phil Spalding and NJ Wilow. The band quickly attracted press attention from the NME and the Melody Maker amongst other noted music publications. The band emerged as part of a perceived wave of female fronted bands influenced by the new wave sounds of the late 70s and early 80s. Other bands to emerge at the same time included Elastica, Sleeper, Echobelly and Salad.

They were distinguished by the lush vocals of the lead singer NJ. The band released their debut single 'VHF855V' on the Laurel record label in 1994, and released their first album 'Volcanoes' in 1996. Their most successful single 'Cream Bun' reached number 7 in the national indie chart in April 1994.

Early support tours with Curve and Swervedriver were followed by festival appearances at Glastonbury, Reading and T In The Park

in 1994.  Other festival appearances included Sweden's Hultsfred Festival and France's RouteRock festival in St.Malo.  The band undertook several headline tours and supported the Pretenders, Suede and Radiohead at the invitation of all three groups.

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[edit] Members

Original line-up:

  • NJ (vocals) (Now has a solo career as Norma Wilow)
  • Richard Davies (guitar)
  • Alex Culpin (bass)
  • Jon Solomon (drums)


Later line-up included:

  • Steven Walker (guitar)
  • Garry Becker (bass)
  • Dan Neumann (drums)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Album

"She"
"Cream Bun"
"Love Of the bottle"
"Open Invitation"
"Snake In The Grass"
"vhf 855v"
"Brittle Bones"
"Secret Place"
"Skin Beach"
"Women In Love"
"Bubble"

[edit] Singles

  • "vhf 855v"
  • Cream Bun EP (1. Cream Bun 2. Jealousy 3. Brittle Bones 4. Sonic Blue)1994 Laurel LAUREL 2CD
  • She (1. She 2. The Party's Over 3. Really Happy) 1996 Laurel LAUCD9
  • Open Invitation (1. Open Invitation 2. Another Station 3. Mirror) 1996 Laurel LAUCD10

[edit] External links

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