29Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Killing teen idols <return to top>
By CAMERON ADAMS.
When Killing Heidi singer Ella Hooper stalked around a recent photo
session in the US proclaiming, "I'm the evil Britney Spears!" little
did she know the photographer's last job was shooting the pop princess.
Life is full of little surprises for the not-so-little band from
Violet Town, Victoria.
They recently secured a prestigious overseas contract through record
industry giant Universal and had gigs in LA and New York last month.
Friends star Courteney Cox-Arquette attended a private show.
Anti-Britney she may be, but 17-year-old Ella has become an antidote
pop icon for thousands of Australian teenagers. There are even Ella
clones running around the country.
"They freak me out," Ella says. "I can't deal with it."
"There was one at this after-party we did," brother Jesse says.
"She was hanging around us. She had exactly the same colour hair
extensions as Ella and this red plastic dress on like Ella sometimes
performs in."
Ella adds: "She was trying to come on to the guys in the band. Do
you think Jesse's going to be attracted to someone who looks like
his sister? He's going to be repulsed."
So popular and instantly identifiable are the Hoopers that they've
started disguising their famous heads.
"Mum knits us really big beanies," Ella says.
"Dark glasses and a beanie, you're sorted," Jesse says.
"And I'm taking my eyebrow-ring out," Ella says. "That's a scoop.
It's infected. I can't get it to get better. I might get something
else pierced."
A few months down the track, Killing Heidi have started to reflect
on their amazing success.
"It's a time thing," Ella says. "When the album (Reflector) went
number one we were so busy, there was so much flying around our
heads. Now I'm starting to think, `Hang on a minute ...' But the
fact it's been so fast gives you less time to reflect, which keeps
you grounded."
The siblings say the UK and US immediately warmed to the band, with
Weir due for release in both countries later this year. They enjoyed
starting again overseas.
"It was cool to get to that level again and be Killing Heidi, the
band no one knows yet," Ella says. "When we played New York we thought,
`Killing Heidi are international now,' and the response was so good."
The band came home to a mini-backlash, with a street paper in Melbourne
comparing them to Bardot, claiming they were manufactured by their
manager and producer Paul Kosky, who dispensed with two of the earlier
members of the line-up.
"We got home to that story and it was like, `Welcome back to Australia.
Don't succeed,"' Ella says.
"So, if you haven't played in a garage for four years then you're
shithouse? We've played in our garage for years, it's just we were
also going to high school, not doing gigs. We spent years finding
our songwriting formula. We put a lot of effort into planning how
we're going to do things. I don't think we should be bagged for
that."
The band are already planning their next album, with much of Reflector
now several years old. "I was in Year 9 when I was writing most
of the songs," Ella says. "Reflector is about going to high school,
dealing with bitchy girls, breaking up with boys. Now I'm in a rock
band travelling the world. The new lyrics are definitely going to
come from a different place, that's for sure."
(c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 2000.
Source:
DAILY TELEGRAPH (SYDNEY) 29/06/2000
24Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Fans flock to stars <return to top>
By CAMERON ADAMS, music writer.
TWO of Australia's most successful bands met their fans at in-store
appearances in Melbourne yesterday.
Victorian rock band Killing Heidi performed four songs, including
its No.1 hit Mascara, before signing copies of current single Live
Without It.
Fans had queued up for hours to see the band, led by siblings Ella
and Jesse Hooper, who have recently returned from a promotional
tour of the US.
"It's good to be home," Ella said among chants of "Ella you rock!"
and "I love you Ella!" from the crowd.
Many of the band's teenage fans were unable to get into the over-18s
show the previous night.
"I know a lot of you couldn't get to see us because of our age,
I know the feeling," said Ella, the 17-year-old singer.
Killing Heidi heads to the US next month. Its single Weir is released
in the US in late July.
Made-for-TV band Bardot managed to squeeze in two different states
in the one day yesterday.
It signed CDs in Launceston at lunchtime, then flew to Melbourne
to be at Highpoint by 7pm last night.
Bardot will announce its first national concert tour, set for August,
next week.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
Source:
HERALD SUN 24/06/2000 P6
24Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Teen fans flock to
local heroes <return to top>
By CAMERON ADAMS, music reporter.
VICTORIAN rock band Killing Heidi thrilled fans at the HMV record
store in the Bourke St Mall yesterday.
The band performed four songs including its No. 1 hit Mascara and
signed copies of its latest single Live Without It.
Hundreds of fans filled the store to see the band, led by siblings
Ella and Jesse Hooper, who have just returned from a US promotional
tour.
"It's good to be home," Ella said as the crowd chanted "Ella you
rock" and "I love you Ella".
Many of the teenage fans were unable to get into the band's over-18s
show the previous night.
"I know a lot of you couldn't get to see us because of your age.
I know the feeling," 17-year-old Ella said.
The band is playing another over-18s show at the Hallam Hotel tomorrow
night.
Killing Heidi heads to the US next month for the release of its
single Weir.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
Source:
HERALD SUN 24/06/2000 P6
23Jun2000
- The Killing Heidi Realm: HMV instore
<return to top> Killing Heidi appeared at an instore appearance
promoting the re-released single Live Without It.
Another large crowd showed up, as Ella and the gang
belted out an accoustic set consisting of Mascara, Kettle, Live
Without It, and Weir. {I was there, 2-3rd from front}
23Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Heavenly night for Heidi
<return to top>
CHART-topping Australian band Killing Heidi has finally
found a local venue to fit in with its busy schedule. The band will
play Heaven II on Friday, July 7 the only Adelaide gig on its current
national tour. Tickets will go on sale today from VenueTix for $20
plus booking fee and will also be available at the door for $25
(including GST) on the night. From Adelaide, Killing Heidi will
head to Perth, then overseas to Europe and the United Kingdom for
three weeks. Meanwhile, Australian sales of the band's debut album,
Reflector, are expected to achieve triple-platinum status or 210,000
copies any day now.
(C) 2000 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.
15Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: heidi's smashing time <return to top>
By CAMERON ADAMS.
KILLING Heidi saw their heroes, The Smashing Pumpkins, at a special
concert during their recent US trip.
"We saw them live on the day they announced they were splitting
up," Jesse Hooper says.
"It was meant to be," Ella Hooper says. "We heard they were splitting
up that morning, found they were playing that night and got tickets."
"They've been our favorite band since Siamese Dream," Jesse says.
"It's so hard to think of a world without them," Ella says. "I've
always had them there."
The show, both Hoopers say, was "awesome".
"I saw them in Melbourne when they toured Adore and it was crap,"
Ella says. "This time totally redeemed everything."
Ella says Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan remains an inspiration.
"My friend met Billy Corgan and he had the time for her after 12
years in the business," she says.
"That's why I understand when people come up to us that we always
make time for them.
"I'd like to be like Billy in 11 years, to still have patience and
courtesy."
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
Source:
HERALD SUN 15/06/2000 P47
15Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Weir for real <return to top>
By CAMERON ADAMS.
WHEN Killing Heidi singer Ella Hooper stalked around a recent photo
session in the US proclaiming, "I'm the evil Britney Spears!" little
did she know the photographer's last job was shooting the pop princess.
Life is full of little surprises for the not-so-little band from
Violet Town.
They recently secured a prestigious overseas contract through record
industry giant Universal and had gigs in LA and New York last month.
Friends star Courteney Cox-Arquette attended a private show.
Anti-Britney she may be, but 17-year-old Ella has become an antidote
pop icon for thousands of Australian teenagers.
There are even Ella clones running around the country.
"They freak me out," Ella says, "I can't deal with it."
"There was one at this after-party we did," brother Jesse says.
"She was hanging around us. She had exactly the same color hair
extensions as Ella and this red plastic dress on like Ella sometimes
performs in."
Ella: "She was trying to come on to the guys in the band ... do
you think Jesse's going to be attracted to someone who looks like
his sister! He's going to be repulsed!
"But it's flattering the girls at instores who dress like me, like
I'm making a fashion statement! I'm the one who was picked on for
my fashion at school - people saying, `Haven't you ever seen a hairbrush?'
or, `Those clothes look second-hand'. They are second-hand!
"But now there's girls copying me, it's a real turnaround. It's
weird there's an `Ella Hooper look'."
So popular and instantly identifiable are the Hoopers that they
graciously signed over a dozen autographs during this interview
- and all for people 25 or over.
And Jesse's fire-engine red locks caused a mini-stampede at a Savage
Garden concert at Melbourne Park in May as a string of fans asked
for his autograph.
Accordingly, they've started disguising their famous heads.
"Mum knits us really big beanies," Ella says.
"Dark glasses and a beanie; you're sorted," Jesse says.
"And I'm taking my eyebrow-ring out," Ella says. "That's a scoop!
It's infected; I can't get it to get better. I might get something
else pierced."
A few months down the track, Killing Heidi have started to reflect
on their amazing success.
"It's a time thing," Ella says. "When the album (Reflector) went
No.1 we were so busy, there was so much flying around our heads.
Now I'm starting to think, `Hang on a minute ...' But the fact it's
been so fast gives you less time to reflect, which keeps you grounded."
The siblings say the UK and US immediately warmed to the band, with
Weir due for release in both countries later this year. They enjoyed
starting again overseas.
"It was cool to get to that level again and be Killing Heidi, the
band no one knows yet," Ella says. "When we played New York we thought,
`Killing Heidi are international now', and the response was so good.
It was so refreshing to ... wonder what the crowd were going to
think. CONTINUED PAGE 47 "We went on cold, Weir and Mascara meant
nothing to them over there, it was good to get a new perspective
on our songs."
The band came home to a mini-backlash, with one Melbourne streetpaper
comparing them with Bardot; claiming they were manufactured by their
manager and producer Paul Kosky, who dispensed with two of the earlier
members of the line-up.
"We got home to that story and it was like, `Welcome back to Australia.
Don't succeed!' " Ella says.
"So, if you haven't played in a garage for four years then you're
s ... house? We've played in our garage for years, it's just we
were also going to high school, not doing gigs."
Kosky, who they see as "a fifth member, not a puppet master" often
talks of how he could have exploited Ella when he discovered her,
at 14, but instead helped the band develop over several years before
launching them.
"That's good management," Jesse says.
"Paul just guided us and said, `If you practise, in a couple of
years you could become a really good band' and he facilitated us
becoming that band," Ella says.
"We spent years finding our songwriting formula. We put a lot of
effort into planning how we're going to do things. I don't think
we should be bagged for that. We want our songs to have the best
shot possible. We're not going to handicap our music by doing anything
sub par.
"I do take criticism on board," she says. "Some artists get bitter
and twisted about what people say and get defensive about their
`art'.
"I love my music but I'm not going to fend everyone off from it;
it's out there in the public arena. I want people to make a judgment
on it and hopefully like it."
The band are already planning their next album, with much of Reflector
now several years old.
"I was in Year Nine when I was writing most of the songs," Ella
says. "Reflector is about going to high school, dealing with bitchy
girls, breaking up with boys ...
"Now I'm in a rock band travelling the world; the new lyrics are
definitely going to come from a different place, that's for sure."
Jesse: "Musically it's more extreme, the soft songs are way softer,
the hard songs more hard."
Ella: "It's going to be more dramatic."
The pair are also planning what to spend their looming pay cheques
on.
"I want a place to live," Jesse says. "I'm currently staying at
several friends' houses."
"I want to get a motorbike, a dirtbike," Ella says. "I'm being influenced
by my boyfriend; he's a dirtbike rider."
You can't imagine Britney hooning on a dirtbike, but Ella fesses
up to a hidden love.
"I have a secret love for pop," she says. "I couldn't resist dancing
to some of the Spice Girls' songs and Britney's Baby One More Time
is the best pop song. I hate them morally and it doesn't do it for
me on a cerebral level. But in a shake-your-rump way, you can't
help yourself.
"It's weird because, in America, all their pop stars like Britney
and Mandy Moore are way under age. I used to be the young one -
and my age was a big deal here - but in America they're giving 13-year-olds
record contracts, which is precisely what we avoided.
"We get bagged because we're young, but do people want us to sit
here and wait until we're 20 so we can be a viable rock band and
not seen as a teenpop band? No! I don't want to wait. I'm ready
now!" Reflector (Roadshow) out now. Killing Heidi, Palace, June
22, Hallam Hotel, June 25.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
Source:
HERALD SUN 15/06/2000 P46
14Jun2000
- The Killing Heidi Realm: Live
with Heidi <return to top> Local chart-slayers Killing Heidi are reissuing
their Live Without It single with an unplugged version of their
breakthrough hit Mascara. Their double platinum Reflector album
has already spent three months in the chart and is bound to hang
in there as they set off on a national tour. Joining Heidi on the
road will be Oblivia recently charted with their My Friend single.
The two bands play the Palace on Thursday June 22, tickets are on
sale now from the Palace and Ticketek. [Beat.com.au]
11Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Stars out to save lives
<return to top>
AUSTRALIAN celebrities are rallying support for an
innovative program aimed at curbing the nation's alarming youth
suicide rate.
The scheme organised by the Wesley Mission, called LifeForce, is
under threat unless around $100,000 is urgently raised.
Stars honoured by the TV program This Is Your Life will join forces
this month to raise funds at a gala dinner at Darling Harbour.
Among those attending will be Oscar-winning author Thomas Keneally,
Sir James Hardy, Janine Shepherd, Gabi Hollows, David Atkins, Ron
Barassi and Ian Chappell.
The entertainment line-up includes Killing Heidi, Leonardo's Bride,
Normie Rowe, Grace Knight and pop newcomers Bardot.
The event is the brainchild of actor Paula Duncan, who lost a close
friend to suicide a decade ago.
"It has really never left my mind. I was riddled with guilt, anger
and a whole lot of emotions," Duncan said.
Donations for Life Force can be made at www.wesleylifeforce.org.
(c) Nationwide News Proprietary Ltd, 2000.
09Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: View to a KILL <return to top>
By Noel Mengel.
Killing Heidi dive in at the deep end with their shot at fame in
the US. Noel Mengel reports.
THE record company battle to sign Killing Heidi in
the United States has been won by the new label 3:33. Never heard
of them? You will. An unknown Australian band doesn't get a review
in the LA Times the day after its first show in that city unless
someone is well-connected. And 3:33 is, since it is run by film
director Tom Shadyac, (Liar Liar, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and
Patch Adams) and is backed by the film and movie giant Universal.
Shadyac plans to direct a clip for the band and no doubt their music
will crop up on soundtracks to his films. Killing Heidi have just
returned from a four-week trip to the US where they signed the deal,
pressed the flesh and played shows in New York and Los Angeles.
Their first single there will be Weir, even if no one in the US
has a clue what a weir is. "It doesn't matter," says Ella Hooper,
possibly Australia's best-known 17-year-old, smiling at the thought
of the distance her song inspired by swimming at the local water
hole has travelled.
"Lots of people in Australia didn't know what a weir was either,
although of course me being a country girl I do." As does the rest
of the country now, since the band's first album Reflector debuted
at No. 1 in March and has now sold more than 140,000 copies. "I'm
pinching myself because it hasn't even dropped out of the top 10
yet," Hooper says. "Having it debut so strongly was totally surreal
but I'm just so proud that we've had this consistently successful
album. That's more important to me than it debuting at No. 1. "I
hate to think about the numbers of people because it freaks me out
but it's the best feeling to know there are so many people who want
to have this record in their lounge room." The band will consider
recording their next album in the US but the environment they record
in is more important to Ella than the locality. As you might expect
from a country girl, she likes her space. "It's important for me
that we record in an environment that's really comfy," Ella says.
"Reflector was mostly recorded in a house in Melbourne and I find
big studios are sterile and cold with all that glass and polished
wood. It's hard to get passionate about a song in a place like that."
Killing Heidi were groomed for three years before the release of
Reflector and like most musicians are jumping out of their skin
to work on new material. Do Ella and her songwriting brother Jesse
have a big backlog of tunes, then? "I wish," she laughs. "I've got
a huge catalogue of bits of paper, diaries full of stuff. I've got
a few of them because I'm always leaving them somewhere, one at
my mum's, one on the road, one at my place in Melbourne. Maybe 25
percent of that might turn into songs and the rest is just incoherent
ramblings.
"They can be embarrassing though. You read something a month later
and say: `I'm glad I've written that down. I can learn from that.
And you rip it up and throw it away." Although, hopefully, not the
page with the words to a potential No. 1. Killing Heidi play The
Palladium, Gold Coast, tonight with Rhubarb and the Daisycutters.
(c) 2000 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
Source:
COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 09/06/2000
08Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: Killer contract <return to top>
By Patrick McDonald, Simon Yeaman.
HIT Australian band Killing Heidi recently signed an international
record deal with a company called 3:33 Music. The head of that label
happens to be Tom Shadyac, who is better known as the film director
behind such movie successes as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty
Professor, Liar, Liar and Patch Adams.
While Killing Heidi was in the United States recently, it gave a
special performance at Shadyac's new house in Pasadena for 3:33
staff and friends.
Among the celebrities invited, the band was surprised and happy
to see Friends star Courtney Cox up the front and moshing away!
(C) 2000 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.
Source:
ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) 08/06/2000 P20
07Jun2000
- The Killing Heidi Realm: Killing
Time <return to top> Killing Heidi are back home after a US promo
tour and are setting off on a national concert tour. Their double
plantinum Reflector Album has only just slipped from the Top Ten
here after 3 months in the chart. Joining Heidi on the road will
be Oblivia who had their My Friend single recently peak at 35 on
the local charts. The two bands play at the Palace on Thursday June
22, tickets are on sale now from the Palace and Ticketek. [Beat.com.au]
06Jun2000
- AUSTRALIA: The star finders
deserve a gong, too <return to top>
By Ben Hart.
YOUNG ROCK darlings Killing Heidi are riding high in the charts.
But would we have heard of them at all were it not for radio station
Triple J?
The national youth broadcaster should be getting far more kudos
for discovering Australia's next big musical export.
The siblings from Violet Town in rural Victoria came to public attention
after placing equal first in Triple J's Unearthed competition for
the Benalla area. The success of Killing Heidi provides a kind of
double vindication for the radio station, which branched out into
rural areas in 1994.
The move was called a waste of taxpayers' money. One federal MP
claimed rural youth listened only to country and western music.
For me, Ella and Jesse Hooper, who say the arrival of Triple J in
their town encouraged them to follow their musical urges, are proof
that the ABC, and Triple J, are still well worth eight cents a day.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.
cc1
Hello everyone! Wait a sec, I can hear Ella at the door!
cc1 Ella! Ella! Ella!
cc1 Hi Ella, how are you?
ella_hooper Very well thank you!!
cc1 Ready for some questions?
ella_hooper Bring it on...!
cc1 Question from NoOkiE_11 : Who`s Heidi and why do you Wanna kill
her?????
ella_hooper It's about a metaphor for the losing of innocence and
Heidi is a sweet image
cc1 Question from sidra : question for ella, most big acts like
the chair, inxs, human nature are all boy what is it like to be
the first strong female lead to front a sucessful Oz band? Do they
try to profile you seperately
ella_hooper Oh wow!! Thank you! it is good to be a young female
in the Rock scene...
ella_hooper there is a little division but I find that a good challenge!
cc1 oooh Good Question Sidra - you win a single! Live Without It!
Send those GQ's thru - we have nine left now!
cc1 Question from shar-lee : Ella, how does it feel performing in
front of so many fans? Are you enjoying all the media attention
you have received?
ella_hooper Yes I'm an enjoying it because of the fans and their
appreciation.
cc1 Question from koutoufides : Ella - have you always had dreads
and what is your natural hair colour?? :)
ella_hooper No no you'll never know the truth, but I haven't always
had dreads! I got them in Year 9...
cc1 Question from franchi : what is your favorite song
ella_hooper My favourite song would have to be something by Bob
Dylan, or Smashing Pumpkins, or it could be The Boy by James Iha...
cc1 Question from kitkat2000 : Have you written any of your own
songs?
ella_hooper I write all my own songs, every Killing Heidi song is
written by Jesse & me.
cc1 Question from MarcusCooke : Ella - when you first played as
a 4-peice (when you were in year 8) in front of our old school Benalla
College were you nervous?
ella_hooper Yes. That's probably the most nervous I've ever been.
ella_hooper I was curious to see what they'd think!
cc1 Question from superdoug : How do you feel about the "Bardot"
thing...where they virtually had their careers made for them, where
you guys had to work your guts out to get where u are?
ella_hooper Good question: You are a legend, you can see the difference
between manufactured pop
ella_hooper and real songs!
cc1 ooh, superdoug, that means a copy of 'Live Without it' for you!
ella_hooper Thank you thank you - superdoug
cc1 Question from heidi_rocks : What do think of Australian music
today?
ella_hooper It's unreal considering I've just been in the USA for
3 weeks and we have so much more talent here!
cc1 Question from cybachick : how did u meet adam and warren?
ella_hooper We met Adam through his old band NIL who were unreal!!
Warren through recording and basically our manager Paul introduced
us...
cc1 Question from kh4eva : do u still get time to hang around with
your friends?
ella_hooper Yes as much as possible, because I love them incredibly
and like, they're the most important thing to me.
cc1 Question from rachaeljane : Are you still based in Melbourne
or have you moved to Sydney now?!?!
ella_hooper Based in Melbourne
cc1 Question from CLASS_CELEBRITY : what do u think of grinspoon
and silverchair. PHIL JAMIESON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ella_hooper Phil Jamieson he's cool and he's very naughty &
I love silverchair too!
cc1 Question from KrAzY_SaWaH : what is the song weir about?
ella_hooper Good question! It's about hanging out with my friends
at the weir, which is a big dam
cc1 Question from rachaeljane : Hi Just wondering how the trip to
the states went?
ella_hooper It was awesome, but I'm glad to be home
cc1 Question from Reflecto : IS IT ONLY YOU HERE ELLA? WHERE`S THE
GUYS?
ella_hooper The guys are out to dinner...
cc1 Question from RED_Heidi_Fan : I met you all at the Grounded
Fest last year. Was wondering if there was a chance you remembered
me. I was wearing all red.
ella_hooper Jesse's having tea at my Aunty's.
ella_hooper Yes!! I totally remember you, and your bright red lipstick!
cc1 Question from darx77 : ella i was curious to whether you prefer
small or large venues to play gigs at
ella_hooper I like both for different reasons.
ella_hooper umm... I like small venues because it's intimate, but
big ones so I can feel like a rock dog!
cc1 Question from the_great_one_20 : How much fan mail do you get
and what is in it?
ella_hooper I get heaps... and mostly jewellery...heaps of bracelets
cc1 Question from Mike_Han : Will you guys be doing any all ages
gigs when you come to sydney later this month?
ella_hooper I hope so, but I'm not sure - keep your eyes out!
cc1 Question from beckools : Ella....you rock...i drew a pic of
you and you sent it back to me signed (in perth)...do you remember???...thanks
for that...i was stoked
ella_hooper yes it was a great picture!
cc1 Question from -lil_tigger- : hi,was there many people at your
first concert
ella_hooper About 3 people and a dog! That was in Violet Town.
cc1 Question from supergirl_kh : Which bands are you into now?
ella_hooper I'm into, Incubus & ohh... all the Aussie bands
ie Jebediah, FFK & also like FOLK.
cc1 Question from eddysline : Being brother and sister do your personal
and music lives ever clash??
ella_hooper Good question! They clash all the time, in that we have
to work together and basically live together...
cc1 ooh eddysline - good question - that means a cd for you!
cc1 Question from astral_gerl : U guys r way funk, is there gonna
be anotha tour or single soon???
ella_hooper Thank you! and we will be touring a bit now that we're
home but we're concentrating on Live Without It still.
cc1 Question from babe-in-a-bubble : is some of ur music personally
painful? with mascara and live without it...or is it totally ficticious
ella_hooper Good question! Some is fictitious but most of it comes
from my real experience, especially like the song Real People is
personally painful sometimes.
cc1 another copy of Live Without it gone!
cc1 Question from MarcusCooke : Ella - friends are the most important
thing to you, do you realise you have one from school in the audience?
ella_hooper G'day Marcus!!! Remember KFC days?
cc1 Question from miss_jasmin : where do you get your inspiration
for your songs? and once you have written a song how do you name
it? or do you make the name up first then write the songs?
ella_hooper I get inspired from the things around me and what I
go through, but I'm really bad at naming songs so it always comes
last and I get as many people to help me as I can.
cc1 Question from barina7 : Ella, where did your passion for music
come from?
ella_hooper Definitely my mum & dad.
cc1 Question from khrocks : do u live in a house or flat
ella_hooper It's a double storey house. It's very old & crumby.
cc1 Question from Spoon_Man : how long does it take you guys to
put together a song, mins? hours? days? aslo how did you guys go
in the US, did you show them how good oz rock is?
ella_hooper Good question! Yes we showed them!!
ella_hooper And it can take us anywhere between a day and a year
to write a song.
cc1 Question from brezzamagoo : When you meet other famous people
from the music industry, do they give you advice?
ella_hooper Ah.. yes they do, and its really really handy like Ben
from silverchair gives us a lot of advice, about fame etc.
cc1 Question from beckools : if you could have one wish in the world
what would it be
ella_hooper I know it sounds totally tacky and cliched but I would
love world peace and no poverty.
cc1 Question from eddysline : What was it like being on the PANEL
ella_hooper It was really cool! But I was a bit afraid that they
would make fun of us, but in the end it was really good.
cc1 Question from koutoufides : have you ever like, really embarrassed
yourself on stage??
ella_hooper Good question! Yes when I accidently pulled the mike
lead, out of the mike and have to find it on the floor and put it
back in and that was in LA, so I was like really nervous.
cc1 Question from hAMMET_27 : is it hard to play the music you do
ella_hooper Our music, pretty technically is easy to play, but I
think you're always vulnerable as a singer/songwriter.
cc1 Question from geddon6 : are u single ella??
ella_hooper No - but maybe if I don't do some more housework I might
be.
cc1 Question from OZROCKER : Is there any plan to release the older
songs like Kettle and Morning as Bsides
ella_hooper Good question! I would love to, and those songs are
really close to my heart but there are no plans as yet.
cc1 Question from RED_Heidi_Fan : What is your opinion on Ani Difranco?
Would she be seen as an inspiration for your writing technique?
ella_hooper Absolutely I love her work, she is very inspirational.
I've seen her twice.
cc1 Question from Mike_Han : Is there any band or artist you would
really like to colaborate with?
ella_hooper Good question! I'd love to collaborate say with Ani
Difranco or say maybe, Like a Perfect Circle or someone like that.
ella_hooper I would really like to collaborate with The Smashing
Pumpkins
cc1 Question from DarlingAngel_999 : Do you like being seen as a
rock band or a grunge band?
ella_hooper Um... rock I think. I respect grunge and its day, but
we're a new sort of rock that's now quite grunge.
ella_hooper ooppppsss.... I mean NOT
cc1 Question from KaRaYzEe_HeIdI_g : ella who is the guy your with
in the live without it clip??
ella_hooper That's my special friend, the one that wants me to do
more housework.
ella_hooper Isn't he a spunk!
cc1 Question from caratierney : Have you meet Human Nature, what
do you think of them?, because I know they speak very highly of
you!
ella_hooper That's nice they think highly of us, they are doing
very well for themselves too.
cc1 Question from HannahC : Who`s the most mentally unstabled in
the band?
ella_hooper Definately Warren, no its even Adam or Warren.
ella_hooper Adam is when he's drumming, but Warren is on a day to
day basis.
cc1 Question from KillingSarah : ella do u remember the pop top
(water) u drank at the sutherland entertainment centre? well i`ve
got it! and it still has your lipstick lol. Where do u get all your
clothes from & do u buy them??
ella_hooper Good question! I make most of my clothes with a friend
of mine & we call her stuff Flying Feet which is what I wear
on telly, you can't buy it at the moment but one day you will be
able to!
cc1 that's the last cd! but we still have a couple of questions
to ask!
cc1 Question from caitie168 : What are your favourite tv shows?
ella_hooper I love, umm... By Demand on Channel V, I also love...Seinfeld,
um... any nature documentary.
cc1 Question from ripzipper : Why don`t you go solo instead of sharing
the money with the rest of the band?
ella_hooper For a starter, there's not that much money to share
right now...
ella_hooper secondly I much rather be part of a band.
cc1 Question from Pinto_chick : please tell me this, are you actually
talking to us, or is this some guy at the screen is florida?
ella_hooper Hi my name is Mark, I live in Florida, I'm getting paid
to do this
ella_hooper No... hahahahah it's really me!
cc1 Question from Virgo24 : out of the songs u have released which
one is your fav?
ella_hooper Probably so far Mascara, but my favourite ones are yet
to be released.
cc1 Question from plo2x : how long did it take you to get your first
album recorded?
ella_hooper About 3 years, which is longer than most.
cc1 Question from brezzamagoo : If you could switch places with
another singer from a gruop who would it be and why?
ella_hooper Kevin from Jebediah, because I'd love to sing the songs
that he gets to sing but I don't think I could ever get to sound
like him
cc1 last couple of questions!
cc1 Question from heidi_rocks : What is your view on illegal music
on the internet like mp3 files? Is it really hurting the music industry???
ella_hooper To tell you the truth I don't know, but I can imagine
it's not to good for the artists.
cc1 Question from astral_gerl : whats the last gig u went 2 as an
audience member and not on stage???? =D
ella_hooper Supergrass at the Roxy in LA and I was in the mosh pit
just like everybody else.
cc1 Question from caitie168 : If you had to give advice to any young
bands, what would you say??
cc1 last one!
ella_hooper Persevere, do your own thing, and be original!! and
ROCK OUT
cc1 Question from caratierney : where can us obsessed fans email
you?
ella_hooper heidikiller@hotmail.com
ella_hooper and we'll try and answer your emails
cc1 thanks so muuch Ella - we loved having you here in the City!
cc1 Comment from darx77 : I just wanted to say that what you are
doing for australian music is tremendous. especially since your
were unearthed by tripple j and didn`t go straight to commercial
radio
ella_hooper Thank you very much, its because of people that support
independent music like that that we can be successful.
cc1 Good night Ella, good night every1!
ella_hooper Thanks heaps for having me
ella_hooper I'll see you at the gigs!
cc1 Don't forget to vote for your fave site in the ONYA!s
cc1 Click on the ONYA! logo, or the 'Vote in the ONYA!s'
cc1 link under the pic!
cc1 There are a few KH sites in there :) and they all rock!
