The Aquanettas: Difference between revisions

Debby Schwartz</ref> after spending 3 months in [[Los Angeles, California]] where she met guitarist Jill Richmond. The band played their first gig in [[Malibu, California]]{{Fact|date=September 2008}} with bassist Robin Barnette,{{Fact|date=September 2008}} a student of Matt Lee , Richmond's on and off boyfriend at the time.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} Schwartz began her career in NYC with the experimental/performance art group The Summit Ensemble<ref>[http://www.desktopstudio.net/saints/bios.html#DEBBIE The Saints of Festus]</ref> and when Richmond moved to NYC one year later she re-hooked up with Schwartz and together they formed The Aquanettas along with bassist Claudine Troise and drummer Stephanie Seymour. It is reported that the band took their name from a 1950s actress, Burnu [[Acquanetta]], who supposedly attended a Phoenix, Arizona show in 1990.

 

When the band played the New Music Seminar in NYC they signed a deal with [[Canada|Canadian]] record label [[Nettwerk Productions]]<ref>Parks, Trey [http://www.music-reviewer.com/07_98/debut12a.htm music-reviewer.com] review of Debby Schwartz solo CD and interview. July 1998</ref> (who distributed their albums through [[IRS Records]] in the United States) and toured nationally, including being a support act for [[Nine Inch Nails]]. Called ''a seminal all-female group from the early '90's'' by some writers, <ref> [http://www.globalinventure.com/pop/beatles-pop/birdy_supernominal_paraphernalia.html The Inventures] overview of the band '''''Birdy''''', drummer Stephanie Seymour's band after The Aquanettas.</ref> singer [[Joan Osborne]] has covered their songs in concert<ref>Farber, Jim [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/04/22/1996-04-22_a_night_of_full-blown_joan__.html NY Daily News] ''A Night of Full-Blown Joan in her New York Homecoming, Osborne sings Loud and Proud'' April 22, 1996</ref> and is a fan, so much so she would later make Deborah Schwartz her first signing on her ''Womanly Hips'' label.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5926309/joan_osborne_signs_artists_to_her_label Rolling Stone]''Joan Osborne Signs Artists To Her Label'' November 22, 1997</ref> After being dissatisfied with the lack of promotion that [[IRS Records]] was giving (not giving) the band they asked to be let go and toured Europe on their own in support of their Indy releases. Jill Richmond would later say she became fond of using a certain slang term used for describing female genitalia while on tour in [[Great Britain]].<ref>Goldman, Andrew [http://www.observer.com/node/41300?observer_most_read_tabs_tab=2 The New York Observer] ''No C-Word, Please, We're American! Brits Export Last Linguistic Taboo'' April 4, 1999</ref> Their single, "Mind Full of Worry" is included on the [[soundtrack]] of [[Hal Hartley]]'s 1994 film, [[Amateur]] and in 1996 a remix of their song "Beach Party" was included on the soundtrack for the feature film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116783/fullcredits Kissed], which was distributed by MGM in the United States.