BIOGRAPHY
“We want to be known as more
than ‘that band who fucked up on Top Of The Pops’
and for more than ‘the hit’ Martha’s
Harbour. We want people to stop asking us to go on those
‘100 shittiest moments on TV’ programmes to
talk about it. It’s soooooooo boring and there is
so much more to us than that. I refuse to be pumped full
of formaldehyde before my time”. Julianne
“Folk
is a four lettered word. I want to rock like a sea-sick
lunatic!” - Andy
“I miss Finland and I miss my pet huskies Twiggi
and Stippi. But it is a small sacrifice to be able to
be here in the UK and play my beloved Les Paul in this
band. Perhaps one day I will have my own island given
to me by the government like Iceland did with Bjork”
– Toni
“I’m a Cornish lad. An ex-skater boy…
and I ain’t going to wear eyeliner for anyone!!”
– Ben
All About Eve – Haunted by the past but focussed
on the future, and now finally settled on what they
and their fans consider to be the best ever line-up,
release a single Let
Me Go Home that is contemporary, knowing
and storming. They could have taken the easy way, gently
plucking acoustic strings around the silver larynx of
Julianne Regan, but instead they choose to burn their
laurels and give a hearty middle finger to the lazy
option.
This is a band that have developed, gone into an elliptical
orbit and gone back to their roots before spiralling
into darker tangents. Roots that were planted way before
any airy fairyness took over. There is still beauty
to be had but it is a grown-up thing, of substance,
of the time. All About Eve have come of age. A band
at its peak and not to be dismissed.
All About Eve split in 1992 but re-formed in late 1999,
and played three shows supporting old chums The Mission.
They then began to play acoustic shows at venues such
as Liverpool’s Neptune Theatre, The Leeds Varieties
Playhouse, and Ronnie Scotts.
Since 1999, they released two volumes of live acoustic
recordings, and also released a live electric album
from their sell-out Christmas 2000 show at London’s
Union Chapel. In December 2001, they repeated their
sell-out of the Union
Chapel. They will play the Union Chapel
again in December 2003.
They did an electric tour of the UK in May, showcasing
songs from which will appear on their first studio album
for a decade scheduled for release in 2004. Prior to
the tour, the band parted company with guitarist Marty
Willson-Piper due to the age-old adage of ‘musical
and personal differences’! Willson-Piper was replaced
by Toni Haimi who had been in NME-hopefuls ‘Malluka’
and also in Nozzle (with Dave Blomberg of New Model
Army and Dance on Glass) and prior to that, in Finland’s
cult band, ‘Lowdown Shakin’ Chills’.
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