16Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: Ella lives up to hype
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By Emma Kibble.
Killing Heidi Adelaide Uni Bar
I LOST count of the amount of times I heard "Is she really 16? She
can't be. Surely not ... is she really?" during Killing Heidi's
first concert at the Adelaide Uni Bar last Thursday.
But the astonishment was more than justified.
Ella Hooper, the dread-locked femme-fatale lead singer of the guitar-driven
outfit, was simply sensational, showing a maturity and vocal range
that was well beyond her tender years.
Like the rest of the sell-out crowd, I often found myself shaking
my head in disbelief at her awesome natural talent.
However, Ella wasn't the only highlight of the evening. The fluidity
of the band and the way all four members gelled together to re-create
their unique sound live on stage, was fantastic.
While the group got the expected enthusiastic response after performing
its recent smash-hits Weir and Mascara, the Victorian outfit also
won the crowd over with some of its lesser-known songs, cementing
it as one of Adelaide's favorite bands of the minute.
The only criticism that could be drawn from the night was that Killing
Heidi didn't perform its haunting melody Astroboy the B-side to
Weir. It would have made the evening perfect. - SECT-Features.
(C) 1999 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.
Source: ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) 16/12/1999 P50
09Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: Weir patient <return
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FERAL regional Victorian outfit Killing Heidi hit the top 10 with
their single Weir - 27 weeks after release. The single appeared
to be exiting the top 20, but in recent weeks has continued to rise,
now reaching its highest position. The turnaround comes in the face
of continued radio support for Weir, and promotion for their second
single, Mascara, which rises to No. 47 this week. The band release
their debut album Reflector early next year. Fuel are the only act
to have a longer-charting single. Shimmer/Sunburn has been in the
top 100 for 53 weeks. - SECT-Hit.
(C) 1999 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
Source: HERALD SUN 09/12/1999 P55
09Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: Killing competition
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By SARAH THOMAS.
OF all the people in this country with an interest in contemporary
Australian music, few would have escaped the hype surrounding emerging
band Killing Heidi. Just about every television variety show from
The Panel to the ARIA telecast has been privy to its distinctive
indie-pop sound, which has been a constant of radio waves across
the country recently.
"Television is a really good medium for us because it reaches so
many people," says co-founder Ella Hooper. "We're aiming at a really
diverse audience. We've got the commercial side of the coin and
the alternative one. We wanted to make our sound cross over and
reach wide and varied audiences."
Hooper's enthusiasm and outrageous hair is matched only by that
of her brother, Jesse.
While most siblings spend their early teens loathing each other,
this pair were busy penning music together. Now Ella, 16, and Jesse,
18, are reaping the rewards.
Hailing from Violet Town in rural Victoria, they entered Triple
J's Unearthed contest in 1996 and won.
"From there we knew this was for us," Ella says. "At first it was
just a fun past-time. Music was really our thing instead of football
or cricket or netball."
There are a few reasons for that, Ella says. Growing up in a country
town meant they weren't able to "zip off to the movies or to see
our friends". They also had very musical parents. "They had a big
love of music and a wicked record collection," Ella says. "It was
always being pumped into us. It was a really broad range. I was
into Hole and Veruca Salt but also old-school folk. Mum and Dad
were old hippies so I love Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell."
That diversity is reflected in their music and is what immediately
endeared them to audiences through the phenomenally successful debut
single Weir. It has been a No 1 song and still remains in the charts
after several months.
"It has been played so much," laughs Ella. "I dont' get sick of
it because of what it's done for us. But it does get a bit tiresome
hearing it all the time."
Killing Heidi is now a four-piece outfit and the second single,
Mascara, is out. Ella says it proves the band is far from a one-hit
wonder.
"I didn't know what people were expecting from us but I just hope
from this that they go out and have a look at the album," she says.
The album, titled Reflector, is due out in February but was finished
more than a year ago. "It's really diverse and shows our range at
the time, even though it's expanded more since then," says Ella.
"But there's lots of contrast, like the singles. It's very complex."
With recording and promotional duties and an upcoming tour, Ella
recently decided that school was not for her. With her parents'
blessing, she quit. "I thought about it for a long time. But my
career was never going to rest on my marks."
The only tuition that remains for her involves her powerful voice.
She has never undergone professional training. "I've never had singing
lessons but I'm going to get some soon just so I don't lose my voice,"
she says.
* Killing Heidi plays at Adelaide University tonight. - SECT-Features.
(C) 1999 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.
Source: ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) 09/12/1999 P64
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By Noel Mengel.
SEEING is believing. And you only had to see the punters packed
in the Waterloo Hotel on Tuesday night to know that Killing Heidi
are going to be a very big band indeed.
The audience at the Brisbane show must have topped 1000, a huge
crowd for a band yet to release its debut album.
But singer Ella Hooper, left, who is 16, and her 18-year-old brother
Jesse already patrol the stage as if they own it.
Earlier in the day they played a short acoustic set in the Queen
Street Mall and there was an immediate run on tickets for the concert
that night with hundreds sold.
The Hoopers emerged from the peaceful Victorian hamlet of Violet
Town via Triple J's Unearthed competition three years ago and been
groomed for success ever since.
It is paying dividends, with their debut single Weir in the top
20 for six months. Their album, Reflector, is out in February.
(c) 1999 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
Source: COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 09/12/1999 P21
08Dec1999
- TPA: Gig report 08.12.99 <return
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Killing Heidi @ Bay 33 Kings Cross Sydney Weir tour,
full house 7.30pm queue 100 yards down the road unreal gig
05Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: `Heidi' sells like
teen spirit <return
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By MICHAEL OWEN.
KILLING Heidi's teen singing sensation, Ella Hooper, is slowly getting
used to the heady world of pop music.
Ella, 16, admits she was forced to grow up quickly after being discovered
by Triple J radio three years ago, as part of the youth network's
Unearthed program.
At the time she was living in Violet Town, in country Victoria,
performing with older brother Jesse, then 15.
"It's really weird and so different to being a normal teenager,
you get treated differently," Ella says of pop success.
"We'd never had any experience in the music industry before we got
thrust into it. My friends and family still do a brilliant job of
helping me keep my feet on the ground."
But the real test is yet to come.
While Ella and Jesse received national radio exposure on Triple
J three years ago with the song Kettle, high rotation mainstream
commercial airplay only came in the past six months, with the smash
hit single, Weir.
And with their new permanent bandmates, bassist Warren Jenkin and
drummer Adam Pedretti, Ella and Jesse are undertaking their first
national tour, including their debut show in Adelaide this week.
The tour is being sold on the back of the huge chart success of
Weir, with the band's debut album, Reflector, not scheduled for
release until February.
Reflector is the culmination of a careful two-year development process
for Ella and Jesse, who worked intensely with producer Paul Kosky
(Crowded House, Rage Against The Machine, The Clouds).
Much of the recording took place in the Woodface studio used by
Crowded House, with the album featuring a range of styles, from
sneering punk to swinging rock and guitar-based pop.
"One of the reasons things have been taken so slowly with us was
my age - I was 13 when it all started," Ella says.
"It was good because we took our time to make the record and didn't
rush anything. Jesse and I also were doing school, so that made
it a slow process."
Jesse has now finished school, while Ella dropped out at the end
of Year 11.
"Getting out of school was the best thing for me, I'm not that academically
minded anyway, I might have done it even if I wasn't in a band,"
Ella says.
"I don't believe school is the only way to get an education."
As for growing up in the country, Ella, who is now based in Melbourne,
says she wouldn't have had it any other way. "The country has had
a big influence on my lyrics, hence the song Weir, which is about
what we used to do on the weekends - go and hang out at the local
weir and be normal teenagers," she says.
"Everyone in my town is really excellent about what I do. There
hasn't been any of that tall poppy syndrome stuff yet, which is
great. My friends are wicked, they know me as a person and are really
cool."
And she is lucky in love too, with her older Melbourne computer
programmer boyfriend having known her before the pop fame.
"The music industry is filled with w-ers," Ella says.
"I definitely like people who are very grounded and natural. My
boyfriend knew me before all the pop star stuff happened, so that's
good."
As for pop stardom, Ella is thankful she has not been consumed by
the hype.
"I'm so glad I don't have the mass teenage hysteria that silverchair
has," she says.
"But, like silverchair, we will undergo an amazing amount of maturing
and developing."
* Killing Heidi, with guests Crawl Space and Yakspit, perform at
Adelaide UniBar on Thursday. Tickets are $10 through Venue-Tix.
Killing Heidi also will perform and sign CDs at The Muses, Rundle
Mall at noon on Friday. - SECT-Features.
(C) 1999 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.
Source: SUNDAY MAIL (ADELAIDE) 05/12/1999 P93
05Dec1999
- TPA: Gig report 05.12.99 <return
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silverchair @ ROCK IT Joondalup WA w/ Powderfinger Jebediah Killing
Heidi 16100 punters great gig !
04Dec1999
- TPA: Gig report 04.12.99 <return
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Killing Heidi @ Gone South Festival Launceston Tasmania w silverchair,
Paul Kelly, Grinspoon, Alex lloyd 10500 punters
03Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: Set to make a killing
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By Noel Mengel.
BROTHER-and-sister songwriting team Jesse and Ella Hooper pushed
their band, Killing Heidi, into the spotlight by winning a Triple
J Unearthed competition with their song Kettle, recorded when they
were just 13 and 15.
Three years on, the sound of their debut single, Weir, is mature
way beyond their years with its effervescent mix of brash guitars
and a soaring chorus.
"I've always been singing," says Ella, above. "You couldn't shut
me up. My first performance was at an aunty's wedding when I was
seven. It was a Shirley Temple song."
Ella's musical tastes have changed since, but with Weir having already
gone gold Killing Heidi are sure to be leading the charge for a
new wave of Australian acts in 2000.
The band's debut album, Reflector, set for a February release, is
produced by Paul Kosky, who went to see them at one of their earliest
gigs and has been nurturing them since.
Ella says: "We really didn't want to rush this. We're just starting
to do heaps of live work and we played at the ARIA Awards show,
which was amazing."
How has she handled success at such a young age?
"Some things have had to give in my life because of it, like school."
Ella says. "I still like to hang out with my friends and do stupid
things. I think I'm still a pretty normal teenager."
Killing Heidi play the Waterloo Hotel, Newstead on Tuesday. They
make an appearance in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall at 12.30pm that
day. - SECT-Pulse.
(c) 1999 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
Source: COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 03/12/1999
02Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: Ella makes a killing
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By ARA JANSEN.
MUSIC POP ARTISTS REVIEWS WA
ELLA HOOPER is still too young to get into pubs but it hasn't stopped
the 16-year-old and her band, Killing Heidi, from becoming one of
the hottest new acts in Australia.
Their first single, the catchy Weir, has refused to die and has
paved the way for a second called Mascara.
"Everytime I think Weir is going to dip out of the top 20 it just
hangs in there," says Hooper, who has quit school to concentrate
full-time on music. "It's been a real word-of-mouth thing. We were
really happy about the buzz around it. Mascara is already doing
similar things: taking its time and hanging around."
In 1996 Hooper and her older brother Jesse, from country Victoria's
Violet Town, were Unearthed by Triple J with their single Kettle.
They eventually moved to Melbourne and started working on Weir and
the rest of their debut album.
Hooper, Killing Heidi's singer and lyric writer, can't remember
ever making music without Jesse, 18, who plays guitar in the four-piece
band.
"Our parents had a big love for music and Jesse has been playing
since he was five," Hooper said. "I was always just singing along
and instead of telling me to shut up he said, 'sing with me'. We
started writing songs, I was 13 and Jesse was 15. That was cool.
I loved it."
Hooper says she and her brother were a little unusual in a small
country town because they used to practise and play rather than
being involved in other popular activities like sports.
The pair were influenced by the grunge of Nirvana and Soundgarden
and the Smashing Pumpkins while their parents were listening to
folk music.
"I think it comes out in the sound," she says. "It makes an amalgam
which works great but it's still developing and growing. We're writing
new songs now and we can hear the difference.
"When I started writing my ditties at 12 they were often very folky
and like Joni Mitchell. Little peace and liberation songs. But I
now write the lyrics and Jesse writes music. Sometimes I will try
a bit of guitar but I'm not very good. I'd like to get better and
play in the band."
When Hooper was 13, she and Jesse started playing local fairs and
festivals until they finally scored their first show in Melbourne.
It led to more regular playing which they juggled in between school.
Eventually they found management and signed a recording deal.
"My writing is about my life, about being a teen in the country
and in the city, things about teen isolation and suicide and all
the things I am going through. I like writing about my friends doing
what we do. Weir was a perfect example of stuff we do - hang out
and go swimming."
The band, which also features bass player Warren Jenkins and former
Non Intentional Lifeform drummer Adam Pedretti, will release their
debut album early in the new year.
Killing Heidi join silverchair, Powderfinger, Jebediah, Beaverloop,
Testeagles, John Butler, Kenny Bartley, Fourstroke and DJs Betamax
and Dr Love at Rock-It at Joondalup Arena on Sunday from 1.45-10pm.
Killing Heidi also do an in-store set and signing at noon on Sunday
in the Murray Street Mall.
(c) 1999, West Australian Newspapers Limited.
Source: WEST AUSTRALIAN 02/12/1999
02Dec1999 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi more
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HE brother and sister combination from Killing Heidi provide proof
that family businesses are the most successful.
Ella Hooper, 16, and Jesse Hooper, 18, the latest sensations in
Australian music, make their Tasmanian debut at Gone South on Saturday.
They were discovered by Triple J in 1996 after having only played
together a few times.
"It was just Jesse and I playing around, one on guitar, one on vocals,"
Ella said.
"We had just played one or two gigs before and we thought `well
why not?' Through that we got the airplay for Kettle ... people
kept requesting it."
The family songwriting team, from Violet Town, Victoria, quickly
showed it could mix it with people twice the age.
Producer Paul Kosky approached the duo after seeing them perform
at their first major gig, at Melbourne's Push Over Festival.
Soon after, Ella decided to quit school to devote all her time to
music, a decision she says her music-loving parents supported.
"School was never going to be my thing - my future wasn't resting
on my school marks ... I don't believe school is the only way,"
she said. "To me it was a good decision."
Their debut album Reflector, not due out until next year, was recorded
in the past eight months.
The singles Weir and Mascara, already released from the album, have
made impressive debuts on the charts.
Weir gets high rotation on Triple J and has reached the top 15 on
the National ARIA Charts.
For Ella, bubbling over with enthusiasm for her blossoming career,
things can't happen fast enough.
"It looks quick to everyone else, but to us it hasn't been quick
at all," she said. "We made a record for a whole year and sat around
working out what we were going to do."
She and Jesse, bursting with song ideas, have already written most
of the material for their second album.
"Our music has developed heaps even since Weir and all those other
songs on the first album," she said.
"That's why we can't wait for its release so we can get the next
album out. I want to know how the next one will sound - it will
be interesting to see what the contrast is like."
Ella, who writes the lyrics, said she draws inspiration for her
songs from her life experiences, just as other writers do, but said
she has a different perspective.
"I can draw on things that happened to me when I was seven ... and
I can write about what is happening to me now.
"My songs are more like diary entries than memoirs ... they're about
being a teenager and how it feels. I think that's why our songs
are a bit different."
Jesse, who writes the music, is also a versatile artist, able to
swing between heavy pop songs and soothing lullabies, Ella said.
Ella puts her mature performances down to a naturally extroverted
character and her "take no prisoners" attitude to performing.
"I've just got to get out there and do what I can do and not feel
self-conscious about it.
"I try to do what any singer would do and make it sound interesting
and look interesting and visually appealing.
"You've got to make both sides of the coin work."
Ella said the band, which also includes Adam Pedretti (drums) and
Warren Jenkins (bass), is still experimenting with different sounds
and their music will continue to evolve.
"We never like to settle down on one style. Our second album will
be very different and will have evolved a lot."
One of the band's many performance highlights included playing at
the recent ARIA awards.
In typical brazen style, Ella blitzed the audience, not worried
about impressing the who's who of the music industry.
"They're just faces to me - I don't know who all the big bosses
are. It was an unreal experience: we got such a good reaction; the
mosh pit was going crazy." Killing Heidi will be on stage at Gone
South, at the Inveresk Railyards, from 3.35 to 4.25pm.
Harriet Binet.
(C) 1999 Davies Brothers Limited.
Source: THE MERCURY (TASMANIA) 02/12/1999 P28
01Dec1999
- AUSTRALIA: SIX AUSTRALIAN ACTS
TO WATCH <return
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* JOSH ABRAHAMS...
* VANESSA AMAROSI...
* KILLING HEIDI
Label: Wah Wah Music/Roadshow Music. Publisher: Wah Wah Music.
Local stablemates of Savage Garden, indie/pop act Killing Heidi
produce catchy yet haunting tunes which could, given the right conditions,
take the world by storm. The band were signed to Roadshow at the
beginning of 1999 through their manager Paul Kosky's Wah Wah Music
outfit, and their single, Weir, has sold 75,000 copies in Australia.
An album is expected in March or April 2000.
* BEN LEE...
* POWDERFINGER...
* TAXIRIDE...
Source: MUSIC BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL 12/1999 P25
xxDec1999 - AUSTRALIA: The Drum Interview Transcript
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Molly - From the country, and I'm saying the kids from the country
- Killing Heidi!
Ella - Thankyou very much
Molly - Hey, how are you? Boys, how are you?
Adam - Hello!
Molly - And it is 'kids from the country' really isn't it?
Ella - Well two of us, yeh
Molly - Yep
Ella - Country born and…semi bred
Molly - Tell us about Violet Town
Ella - oh god! Haha um
Jesse - It's a tiny, very tiny town, very. It's um about two and
a half hours up the Hume Highway. So a quite, sort of a rural atmosphere.
Molly - So you'll be going down the Hume right?
Jesse - Yeh
Molly - And you go through Seamore on your way to Benalla and you
see this thing - Violet town.
Ella - Haha well you don't really see it, it's like bejoom…bejoom!
Molly - Well there's this sign that says 'Violet Town' and I know
it very well because as I told you just a suburb of Violet Town
there's like one man, a donkey there, and the donkeys at that end.
Ella - Exactly!
Molly - No I'm only joking with my aunties and relatives there,
um no I just loved it there when I was a kid.
Ella - Yeah, yeh it's just beautiful, it's a very beautiful place,
but um, I think you can sort of out grow it pretty quickly.
Molly - Ok tell me how the four of you got together. How you two
from the country can get an act together, a group together, and
be so successful in such a short time
Ella - Um it's been a pretty, well not that long I guess compared
to some. But a long process so it seems to Jess and I because it
was about…three years ago when we started writing songs together
and formed what it Killing Heidi.
Jesse - Yeh but just as an acoustic duo. And then as we um got some
record interest then we obviously wanted to have a bigger sound
for recording so we wanted a drummer and bass player. This is where
Warren and Adam come in, so we sort of hooked up
Ella - Adfter we finally got our contract in and hooked up with
the right people who we wanted to work with and that was at least
one or two years down the track. And then, there was a year making
the album with these lads and, (sings) "it was so good"
hahaha, yeah it was so fun.
Molly - Ok so…you go to school in Benalla?
Ella - Yes I did, I did go to school in Benalla and then I quit
Molly - Um and Benalla's between…there's Shepparton over that
side of Violet Town and Benalla this side.
Ella - It's the Bermuda triangle! Violet Town, Shepparton, Benalla…just
you get lost!
Molly - And Seamore, and the Albury and all of that. What…where
you listening to what then? What were you listening to? What were
you going, were you going to clubs in Benalla, Shepparton, no?
Ella - Well I couldn't!
Waz - Was there clubs?
Molly + Jesse - There's one in Shepparton
Ella - Yeah there's one
Jesse - There's one in Benalla though, oh it's a pub but you know
it's sort of, I guess we just had a lot of time to kill and we just
wanted to write stuff so I guess that's sorta where we sorta started.
Ella - Yeah, time to kill is a big factor cos I know, after school
if your not doing sports or if your not going out to see your friends…
Jesse - And sort of, because of the commercial radio stations up
there its, sometimes we wanted something a little bit different.
So we went to our parents record collection, they had a really collective
range, and sorta through the 60's and stuff. So we did have a pretty
good…
Molly - They probably saw Countdown
Ella - Yeah, yeah absolutely. No they told me about it!
Molly - (sings) "Countdown!" They told you about it!!
haha, oh my dear. Lou my producer here's getting very worried because
he has seen Countdown. Right, lets go into the single that has gone
from 16 to 11, its called Weir. Now is it the Eildon Weir, the Nagambi
Weir, the Shepparton - which one is it?
Ella - It's the railway reservoir, its up um when you're going up
into Strathbogie, you might know it? You've been to Violet Town…sorta,
um its, its heated…
Molly - You've been to Violet Town what?
Ella - Well I was gonna say, well not really like a townie, but
you know that town haha. As you go to Strathbogie it's just off
the side of the road. It's just near one of my best friend's houses
so we always used to go there and swim, and we still do
Molly - Unreal
Ella - Yep
Molly - And I'll tell you what, those reservoirs and weirs and all
of that, are the best places to swim. In fact, I'll tell you like
we thought we were so naughty a long , long time ago, way before
you were born I might add. Um up in Shepparton Kiabram where we
used to go up to the weirs and one time, we thought we were so naughty
we actually took our pants off and swam nude! And we felt so embarrassed
that we done it for three minutes and we came back and put our pants
on.
Ella - Ahaha that's all you could handle!
Molly - Exactly
Ella - Oh god I wont tell you what I've done in the weir then!
Molly - Oh no for gods sake! Going with Wier
** Clip of Killing Heidi performing Weir at the ARIAs is shown **
Molly - Killing Heidi! And now we know it's not the Eildon, Nagambi
Ella - No
Molly it's just the local reservoir
Ella - Yep, the VT Weir
Molly - I tell you what, when you think about the time I've, I often
trace my memory back, but living in the country. And I was saying
to you the other day of how I used to love like swimming in places
like that um as night lying on the grass looking up as the sun set
and watching the stars. And it's beautiful up there isn't it?
Ella - Yeah it is gorgeous, like um yeah scenically it's beautiful.
Jesse - Especially when down here you can't even see half the stars
Waz - What stars?
Ella - Yeah! I freak out when I come to Melbourne, it's like what's
wrong with the sky? I'm so naive it's like this is weird, there's
some weird cloud thing happening.
Molly - I know well actually they've got a big problem down here
in Melbourne and Sydney because they say 'where are the stars?'
and you mean up there, and they go oh well um theres um over there,
he's there and she's over there.
Ella - Blocking cloud, hehe
Molly - With the future, what do you want?
Ella - um hehe what do we want? What do we want? Lets work it out
Jesse - World Domination sounds good I reckon
Ella - Yeah exactly, Adams got it there I think
Jesse - We're gonna take over the world
Ella - hahaha that's pretty rich isn't it? A bunch of teenagers
'yeah world domination that's all'!
Molly - Nonono I mean that's fair enough, the success you've had
already, and now internationally. I mean we're talking about when
I was in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago people were asking about
you as a band
Ella - Really?
Molly - And obviously its spreading now, that the word. What do
you seriously wanna do, you know?
Jesse - Well I would, I mean, personally I'm really looking forward
to going overseas cos I haven't traveled that much. So that's actually
something I'm looking forward to, doing some more touring and just
seeing how everything pans out.
Molly - Right
Ella - Yeah and definitely like and going sick in Australia too.
Like home town is home town but yeah definitely getting the record
when it comes out into as many lounge rooms as possible.
Molly - Now, dare I ask this, and it's not sounding like some grandparent
of parent or whatever, you being…
Ella - Oh? Hehe
Molly - Well it is sort of - being so young, and obviously you've
got a lot more to learn I mean, how are you taking this now? Cos
you are a very stunning young lady and you've got a great personality,
you're a great singer, you've got a great band now and you write
fantastic songs. How, no, how do you handle it?
Ella - Um sometimes it is a bit much, it's like it's pretty overwhelming
with what's happening and how successful its been but, but I just
love it! I love it! I dig it so much! I dig everything from being
stuck in the Torago for hours going to Sydney, like driving to Sydney
or driving back, and rehearsing and the gigs. The gigs are the highlight
of the moment cos you, you get that feedback, the reception from
the audience and…
Molly - Well we'll talk about the gigs after the UK chart, and we'll
talk about the fact that um I saw you the other day actually make
a speech in front of everyone and you were so self assured.
Ella - I was so unprepared!
Molly - No, you were so self assured and not being a, this just
young rat or whatever, no I'll ask you after we go to the UK charts.
** UK Chart is shown **
Molly - But I missed to say, the performance for Weir was from the
ARIA awards which is fantastic. I mean how did you feel about that?
Ella --That was ace, that was such good fun wasn't it?
Jesse - Yeh it was an awesome night
Molly - Yeah cos it's a strange night, award nights, no matter whether
it's the ARIAs or the British awards or the MTV awards in America
or whatever. I always find award nights very strange, you know?
Ella - It is, it's really sereal, isn't it?
Molly - It is cos you're performing basically and the front part
of the section of the auditorium is the industry and if you're not
on their label they sit there going…
Ella - Come on! Show us what ya got!
Molly - But you got great applause, which is fantastic
Ella - It was ace!
Waz - It was good this year how they sorta had, like they had a
mosh pit, so it was kind of good actually.
Ella - Yeah, it didn't feel too sterile, it was like oh this, this
is similar to a gig
Molly - Now I've got to also say, now you can have a go at me about
the hat, but the look. Now I always think of myself as a country
boy, the look - it must turn some heads in Benalla, Violet Town
and Shepparton or whatever, when you walk down the street. I think
it's sensational.
Ella - Thankyou, thankyou, we need support! Haha
Molly - No its wonderful, I mean even Mary Delahunty was saying
she might walk into cabinet one day with some of those
Ella - Mary said she was, she liked my, my…which is good you
know, I think more people should do it!
Molly - But the look you've got is fantastic! I mean it's just a
natural, just there
Waz - We've actually got a name though, for the look we get, sort
of
Ella - We do? Oh for the look we get for our look!
Waz - Yeah, which is called 'youth of today'. Which is kinda like
we'll get that 'oh my god youth of today'
Ella - Like you'll be walking around in Benella and you'll get "youth
of today, no respect, no respect!" and someone comes up to
you - youth of today no respect.
Jesse - You know when you're getting the 'youth of today' because
your sorta like people start you know crashing their cars when they're
driving by.
Ella - Yeah especially with Jesse people just go eoooooooooo.
Jesse - Especially the stares. I mean sometimes it can put you off
but other times it just makes you feel, well you know, they've got
nothing better to look at
Molly - Hey your lucky! I walk by and they go god he's still wearing
that hat! Alright listen, not that I've ever done this, nor wore
it, well maybe occasionally - Mascara. The track, tell us about
that.
Ella - Um well Mascara came about a while ago I guess when we were
writing songs for the album and it's just about, for me, about when
I was still at school and the whole vibe, especially with teenage
girls. There's a real sort of thing about appearance - as everyone
knows, and then there's the thing about expectations and. And then
there's the anti-fashion thing which often, more often than not
goes completely full circle and intead of being anti-fashion, and
being really alternative it's just the most horrible, you know,
fashion statement that there is! Like with being a, and I often
contradict myself fully because here I am wearing a lot of black,
but with the 'just wearing black' thing it's um trying to take it
too far the other way. Saying oh, you know, 'fashion - I'm so deep,
I'm so troubled' and, you know, using that as a visual thing, I
just never dug it.
Molly - Alright he's winding us up. Congratulations, I admire you
immensly, you lot, I honestly think you're wonderful. And um long
after they put me to rest you'll still be on the top of the charts,
because you're that good. Thankyou very much.
Killing Heidi - Thankyou
Molly - Lets go with Mascara
** Mascara clip is shown **
