• News Archive - July, 2000

26Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Killing Heidi featured with Loki on 'Money'
23Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi makes a killing at the Hyperdome
21Jun2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: A triumphant homecoming for Killing Heidi
xxJul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: New Australian tour dates announced for August
xxJul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Heidi Go Triple Plantium
13Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Weir family
10Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Ella on 'Who Weekly' cover
09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Offered - a piece of the inaction
09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Ella set to slay Britney
09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Ella's bed a dream draw for auction
08Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: BAND `BLOWN AWAY' BY FANS - Killing Heidi knocks 'em dead
08Jul2000 - TPA: Gig report 08.07.00
07Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi seek US success
06Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Killing teen queen image
04Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Death by malling for Heidi
02Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi high hopes for US
01Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Site Launch!!!
01Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Shows added before USA


26Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Killing Heidi featured with Loki on 'Money' <return to top>
As mentioned previously, Killing Heidi appeared on Money, Wednesday, 26 July, 8:00pm, Channel 9. They were part of a feature on Sydney band, Loki.

'Three years ago we met some budding rock stars from Manly High, Sydney, who were hoping to crack the big time with their band Better Than Newman. Money introduced them to Aussie band Skunkhour, who gave the guys a few industry tips.

After they finished school, the band broke up, but two of its members, Chris Arnott and Jesse Ricketson, joined a new group called Loki ... and they've come a long way since Friday afternoon band rehearsals. Their latest gig was supporting Killing Heidi at Selina's at the Coogee Bay Hotel in Sydney. Killing Heidi is Australia's hottest young act. They've recently signed a multimillion dollar deal in the US.

Killing Heidi's lead singer Ella Hooper is a big fan of Loki . She believes their break may be just around the corner. "There's a big waiting game and luck comes into it too. It's just whether you're in the right place at the right time; and for a band like Loki who have got that much talent and are that great, they've got to make it," Ella says.

Killing Heidi first hit the headlines when they won Triple J's Unearthed competition for young bands. Ella believes the most important thing for young bands is professional advice. She says bands shouldn't rush into the first deal they're offered. That advice, combined with Skunkhour's tips, means Loki have been able to avoid some of the traps that destroy young bands.

Killing Heidi admit they've had some pretty lucky breaks, but it's also been a lot of hard work. And despite a mega record deal, Ella doesn't dream of being a millionaire. "It's completely performing, I don't think of money at all. It's just not a part of my headspace. But hey, it's nice getting paid for doing something you love," she says.'


23Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi makes a killing at the Hyperdome  <return to top>
A NORMALLY sedate Saturday morning at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome came to life yesterday as shoppers downed their groceries to hear rock band Killing Heidi strut its stuff. The short concert was to promote the band's latest CD, Reflector, which has seen the band take off on the national music scene. The sound of a bass drum echoing through the shopping centre drew fans to the centre court, where they soon swamped the stage and upper balconies. Fans had to wait for more than half an hour as the band, in true rock star fashion, kept them waiting, but then they wasted no time in ripping into some of their now well-known songs from the album. Hit singles Mascara and Live Without It drew cheers and the band members seemed to enjoy themselves on stage. A line of fans waiting to meet the band and collect autographs snaked its way around the perimeter of the court, most of them quite happy to wait their turn. Lead singer Ella Hooper said she thought the reaction from the Tuggeranong crowd had been fantastic. 'I think it's one of our best gigs so far,' she said. Asked about the unusual concert venue she said, 'We've played quite a few shopping malls and we really like it because it makes us feel like pop stars.' The crowd also seemed satisfied with the four-song set, screaming for more as the band made its farewells.

(c) 2000 The Canberra Times.

Source: CANBERRA TIMES 23/07/2000 P12


23Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: A triumphant homecoming for Killing Heidi <return to top>

400 adoring fans packed into local music store Disclocation last week to catch a glimpse of North East idols, Killing Heidi.

Children and adults, teenagers and parents, pierced alternative music fans and clean cut kids straight from school - a wide cross section of the band’s fanbase turned out to see their heroes in the flesh.

Killing Heidi were at the store for a promotional performance and CD signing. The four members of the band - siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper, Warren Jenkin and Adam Pedretti - met fans and signed copies of their latest single, Live Without It, along with other CDs and band memorabilia.

Disclocation manager Tim Dickinson said he was impressed with the way the instore appearance progressed.

He said the crowd, who braved confined and hot conditions during the performance, ought to be congratulated on their good behavior.

Impressively, only one person was ejected from the store for antisocial behavior. He added that last Thursday’s instore appearance was one of the biggest the store had ever seen, and added he hoped the success of the appearance would lead to other big name bands visiting Wangaratta.

Mr Dickinson was also impressed with the professionalism and patience of the band, whose two founding members, Ella and Jesse Hooper, hail from Violet Town.

“I was pleased at how amenable and pleasant they were,” Mr Dickinson said.

“It was an experience for the kids.”

All four band members spent more than an hour signing autographs and meeting local fans, and even posed for the occasional photograph.

And dedicated fans should keep an eye out for future Killing Heidi singles - last week’s performance was recorded, and one of the recorded tracks just may end up on a future single.

International success beckons for Killing Heidi, who have just flown overseas in an effort to break into the American music scene.

They already have a record deal in the United States, having just signed an exclusive recording agreement with 3:33 Music Group/Universal Records.

3:33 Music Group is a subsidiary of Shady Acres Entertainment, a music, film and television production company founded by Hollywood director Tom Shadyac, who has directed such popular box office blockbusters as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar and Patch Adams.


xxJul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: New Australian tour dates announced for August <return to top>
Here are new Killing Heidi tour dates for Australia in August.
Thurs; 10th Aug; Charles Sturt Univ -Mitchell Campus Bathurst NSW
Fri; 11th Aug;  NSW Wollongong University Auditorium all ages and licensed bar limited tx available on sale Tues $20
Sat; 12th Aug Newcastle all ages TBC (possible at the Palais)
Sun; 13th Aug Sydney Metro -George St Town Hall 3-5.30pm ALL AGES-1 show only-This was the show we were unable to do in April sorry for the wait ...
Thurs; 17 Aug VIC Ballarat 21 Arms Htl 9pm
Fri 18; Aug VIC Geelong Wool Exchange Htl
Sat 19; Aug VIC Melb FORUM UNDER 18s CONCERT 7.30-10.30-Book Ticketek only from Tues 25th July approx $20
Sun 20; Aug VIC Frankston 21 St Century
More tx info soon [these were from a reliable source, not rumors so expect them to happen]

xxJul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Heidi Go Triple Plantium  <return to top>
Killing Heidi's "Reflector" has his its triple platinum for sales of over 210,000 copies - and expected to do more as their record company Roadshow Music has cranked up TV advertising on the record. The band did in-store appearances around the country (they drew 3,500 fans in Adelaide) before heading back to America and Europe where the first single is to be issued. Meantime, wanna sleep where Ella used to? A July 28 charity auction in the band's old hometown of Violet Town in central Victoria includes La Hooper's old Queen Anne-style single bed (with the words "I love Bruce" inscribed). Her mum gave it away to an op shop, but the auctioneers - raising money for a skate park project and the local cops' children's cancer charity - decided to cash in on Ella and brother Jesse's fame.


13Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: weir family <return to top>
INTERESTING chart action for Killing Heidi (singer Ella Hooper, right) this week as their single, Live Without It, re-enters the top 20. The single debuted at No. 5 but fell to as low as No. 79. It was then repackaged (with an acoustic version of Mascara) and has since re-climbed the chart thanks to radio play and instore appearances across the nation where fans buy the single (in some cases for the second time) to get it signed. Killing Heidi leave for the US in a fortnight to shoot a new video for the American release of Weir.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.

Source: HERALD SUN 13/07/2000 P57


10Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Ella on 'Who Weekly' cover <return to top>
Australian 'Who Weekly' magazine, 10 July 2000 issue, features Killing Heidi's Ella Hooper on the cover and in "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" cover-story with a double page photo.


09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Offered - a piece of the inaction <return to top>
By JULIA COFFEY.
POP siren Ella Hooper has donated her old wooden bed for a charity auction in her home town of Violet Town.
The Queen Anne-style single-bed frame is inscribed with the words: "I love Bruce."
As core members of pop group Killing Heidi, Ella, 17, and brother Jesse, 19, are Violet Town's most famous siblings.
Ella has agreed to sign the bed before its auction in the central Victorian town's Ellen Francis Hotel on July 28.
Norm Campbell, auction organiser and manager of the op shop, said Ella's mother, Helen, had originally given the bed to the op shop in a spring clean.
But when Strathbogie mayor Stephen Merrylees heard about it, he decided the town should cash in on the Hooper siblings' fame to raise money for charity.
The money raised is to be shared between a skate park project and the police force's Bluey Day children's cancer charity.
Since the auction was announced, the unusual sale item's fame has spread.
Last week, four schoolgirls from Melbourne travelled up to Violet Town to be photographed beside the bed frame.
Another visitor told Mr Campbell he would give anything to own the bed.
Killing Heidi has sold more than 200,000 copies of its debut album, Reflector, since its release in March.
(C) 2000 Herald and Weekly Times Limited.

Source: SUNDAY HERALD SUN 09/07/2000 P24

09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Ella set to slay Britney <return to top>
By Ritchie Yorke.
THIS is the Aussie kid with a big heart and bigger voice out to knock Britney Spears off her perch. Just months ago Ella Hooper, 17, and the band she fronts, Killing Heidi, were unknown except to radio Triple J listeners. Now - after the triple platinum success of their debut album Reflector and a swag of sellout shows around the nation - they're off to the United States. And the dreadlocked Ella can't wait to take on the pre-fabricated, perky pop princesses who dominate the industry there. "There's a total overflow and influx of all these singing blondes with the squeaky-clean images singing about nothing at all," said Ella, who featured in Who magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" feature. "I think it's time for a bit of a backlash.
"Teenagers in America who want something a bit more meaty with the rock, can take us. "I think a lot of those kids are ready for the change. They're not stupid." Just ask Australian teenagers. Killing Heidi, who hail from tiny Violet Town, north-west of Melbourne, have captured the hearts and minds of their contemporaries around Australia, not only through their music but by their attitude. Last week, more than 4000 screaming fans crammed Brisbane's Queen St Mall to see Killing Heidi play one of a series of nationwide farewell gigs. Ella says that since the band's Oz success, she hasn't upgraded her ambitions file. "I'm just not a goal-orientated person. I'm more into the journey ... not to sound too New Age or anything," she said. Killing Heidi - Ella, brother Jesse, 19, Adam Pedretti, 22, and Warren Jenkins, 26 - will spend three weeks in Los Angeles. A new film clip will be produced for the band's first US single, Weir, expected out there next month. Then it's back home for a few weeks off and family time back in Violet Town where Mum and Dad are prouder than punch.
(C) 2000 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.

Source: SUNDAY MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 09/07/2000 P3

09Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Ella's bed a dream draw for auction <return to top>
By JULIA COFFEY.
POP siren Ella Hooper has donated her old wooden bed for a charity auction in her birthplace Violet Town.
The single bed frame, a Queen Anne-style design, is inscribed with the words: I love Bruce.
As core members of pop group Killing Heidi Ella Hooper, 17, and her 19-year-old brother Jesse are Violet Town's most famous siblings.
Ella has agreed to sign the bed before its auction in the central Victorian town's Ellen Francis Hotel on July 28.
Norm Campbell, auction organiser and manager of the local op shop, said Ella's mother Helen had originally given the bed to the op shop during a spring clean.
But when Strathbogie Mayor Stephen Merrylees heard about it, he decided the town should cash in on the Hooper siblings' fame to raise money for charity.
The money raised is to be shared between a local skate park project and the police force's Bluey Day children's cancer charity.
Since the auction was announced, news about the unusual sale item has spread.
Last week, four schoolgirls from Melbourne travelled up to Violet Town to be photographed beside the bed frame. Another visitor told Mr Campbell he would give anything to own the bed.
"Last week it was worth $5, but this week, who knows?" Mr Campbell said.
In the past year, Killing Heidi has become one of Australia's most popular bands, selling more than 200,000 copies of their debut album Reflector.
(C) 2000 Davies Brothers Limited.

Source: SUNDAY TASMANIAN 09/07/2000 P9


08Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: BAND `BLOWN AWAY' BY FANS - Killing Heidi knocks 'em dead <return to top>
By MICHAEL DUFFY.
SOME wagged school and some waited more than seven hours to make sure they had the best view of rock sensation Killing Heidi and in the end, it was worth it. As the Australian four-piece band stepped on to the stage for a promotional appearance at Elizabeth City Centre yesterday the 3500 crowd of mostly teenage girls screamed and bounced and formed a mini-moshpit.
Lead singer Ella Hooper who at just 17 is only slightly older than most of the fans said she was "blown away" by the turn-out.
"When we were backstage we could hear the crowd and we were being told that girls were passing out in the front rows," she said.
The group played four songs, including Live Without It and Kettle, the song which brought the group into the national spotlight four years ago.
Killing Heidi emerged about 4.30pm, but some fans had been waiting since 9am to reserve a position near the stage.
Following the performance, band members signed thousands of copies of their latest single, Live Without It.
Verka Colbert, 16, of Smithfield Plains, said she had waited most of the day for a glimpse of Ella. "I'm in a band and I'm going to be just like Ella ... she said I should keep going because she started in her early teens and she said I could do it," Verka said.
For those under 18, it was their only chance to catch a glimpse of the band formed by Ella and older brother Jesse, 19, four years ago.
Killing Heidi reached the number one position on the Australian charts in February with their second single, Mascara.
They played to a capacity crowd at Heaven II Nightclub last night.
(C) 2000 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.

Source: ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) 08/07/2000 P14

08Jul2000 - TPA: Gig report 08.07.00 <return to top>
Killing Heidi in Perth at the Lookout in assoc w/ AAARRGGH !


07Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi seek US success <return to top>
By ARA JANSEN.
NOW their assault on Australia has temporarily quietened down, Killing Heidi are heading to the US to show off their debut album, Reflector. But before they go, they're making a whistlestop tour through Perth to play one show tomorrow night.
Singer Ella Hooper has been having a brief but well-earned rest at home in Victoria before the craziness of the American promotional schedule confronts them.
She's using the down time to catch up with her friends and parents, and by partying at a friend's 18th birthday.
Just as in Australia where they are signed to a small indie label, Killing Heidi also signed in the US with film-maker Tom Shadyac's 3:33. The director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Patch Adams and Liar, Liar is expanding his portfolio to include music and Killing Heidi are one of the first bands to be released on 3:33. The other signed act is an American band, Unified Theory, who are yet to release material but feature former members of Blind Melon.
Killing Heidi have only recently returned home to Victoria from their first US trip, where they signed with Shadyac. They played a gig at his house for the label and did media and industry showcases in New York and at the Roxy in Los Angeles. Hooper describes the gigs as "awesome" and said the band received great feedback.
The band have the perfect opportunity to remake a video for their catchy hit Weir, says Hooper.
"We'll probably use parts of the Australian one but with Tom's experience we thought, why not take the chance to make another one. Making that video for Weir was a crazy experience but we didn't really know how to do it. It's a great clip and I love it but with all this new input we can do amazing things with it."
Hooper says the band will spend the rest of the year concentrating on the US market but it's really important to them to return to Australia regularly. "Australia is our home but we can't not try and conquer the US as well." The band haven't written any new songs for their live set but Hooper says they have been swapping in some B sides and album tracks they weren't playing before.
They are now trying to settle on the next single. Hooper predicts one of the album's heavier tracks, A Jar Labelled Small or Superman/Supergirl.
"The album could not have done better in my eyes," says the ever-enthusiastic Hooper. "I'm so much more happy with the album now because I am more comfortable with it. It took so long to be able to hear the songs as they were produced. My favourites change all the time but the most favourite is probably A Jar Labelled Small because I love the way it sounds and it's just a great song to sing. It rocks and has some softer stuff to it. It's most like the kind of stuff I would listen to if that wasn't us."
At the moment Hooper says she's in a funk phase and has gone back to James Brown and added people like Diana Ross to her listening diet as well as the latest from Basement Jaxx.
"I've always liked old music and I'm also a big record collector," she says. "I love everything. I think the new Eminem record is wicked. It's pretty crude but you have to have a sense of humour with it. I have a Spice Girls poster in my room." She laughs almost hysterically. "Come on, I mean you can't help but dance around the room when one of their songs comes on the radio."
* Killing Heidi play The Lookout tomorrow night. They will be in-store on Sunday at the Underground in Perth from 12.30pm. The band will perform four songs and sign copies of their Live Without It single specially priced on the day at $2.95.
(c) 2000, West Australian Newspapers Limited.

Source: WEST AUSTRALIAN 07/07/2000


06Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Killing teen queen image <return to top>
By MICHAEL DUFFY.
While the legions of Killing Heidi fans are swelling beyond Australian shores, 17-year-old lead singer Ella Hooper tells MICHAEL DUFFY what it's like to be different.
REGARDLESS of which way you look at Killing Heidi's dreadlocked Ella Hooper, she's a breed apart. Her band, a motley crew of three pierced and dyed alternative young men and one 17-year-old girl, has scaled the heights of the Australian music charts and is now impressing American audiences.
Having signed a recording agreement that will see Killing Heidi's United States debut released in September, frontwoman Ella knows she has the world at her feet.
But at 17, she isn't legally allowed to visit many of the venues she and her band fill, setting her apart from the other, older members of the group. And girls her own age, without believable fake IDs, will be excluded from the band's only performance in Adelaide this week.
Compare her with your average Year 12 student and her achievements and maturity are even more incredible. And compare her with other successful female pop stars in their late teens and the multicolored and irreverent Ella stands out in the crowd of blonde innocents.
Ella says she is aware of her unique position in the music world.
"It is difficult. You look around at other girls my age in the industry and you have Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears but they're doing something entirely different," Ella says.
"We're doing, what we think, is respectable rock.
"I would like to meet Britney Spears one day, though.
"I can never tell whether her breasts are fake from seeing them on television, but I reckon I'd be able to tell up close I'm good at picking the fakes."
The group recently returned from the US and she says American audiences, who are saturated with Britney Spears and her ilk the sweet-as-pie teen queens are captivated by the group.
"All the interviewers and presenters make comments about `this band from Australia with the colored hair and the piercings'," she says. "But we're just dressing the way we want to. But I'm not naive enough to believe that image has nothing to do with the music industry. I know that a lot of our fans would think twice about us if our image changes suddenly, but then we've got fans who are only interested in the music as well.
"Our Australian tour and going back to the US is all we can think about at the moment. It's an amazing place and I'm really excited about going back I'd like to see the world with Killing Heidi."
Ella says that foreign destinations were beyond her expectations when she began writing songs with her brother Jesse, and formed the band in Violet Town, in rural Victoria, five years ago.
When Ella was just 13, the group was unearthed by Triple J, thanks to Kettle, a song she had written with Jesse.
Killing Heidi shot to national prominence in February this year, when the band's second single, Mascara, become the first release by an Australian outfit to reach the No 1 position on the Australian charts since Savage Garden's Truly, Madly, Deeply in 1997.
And things just keep moving. After completing a national tour, which brings Killing Heidi to Adelaide tomorrow, the group is off to the United Kingdom for a short tour.
But like all 17-year-olds, Ella is most looking forward to her 18th birthday and all the legal entitlements that milestone will afford her.
Unlike most girls her age, one of those entitlements will be being allowed in the same room as her band's rider (a collection of food and drinks made available to bands after their show).
"Hopefully the venues will be less narky when I turn 18," she says.
"At the moment, there's a room for the rider and the band, then usually there's a room for Ella the owners are uptight about me drinking the alcohol on the rider.
"We never ask for anything unusual, we're not like that, but there's always alcohol there and sometimes I'm not allowed in the same room."
Ella appears not to have lost any excitment over the band's successes and says she feels no pressure being in the band with her older brother.
"Sure, the group doesn't always get along, especially with my brother sometimes, but you get that. That's just something that happens between brothers and sisters.
"He's not overly protective of me. Usually we just get along. Overall, things are going very well. I'd just like to take it as far as I can with Killing Heidi at the moment, I'm just enjoying being young and being in a cool rock band."
* Killing Heidi will play Heaven II tomorrow night, supported by Adelaide's Honeyfix. Tickets are $20 plus booking fee from VenueTix, and may be available at the door for $25 (including GST) on the night if not sold out.
(C) 2000 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.

Source: ADVERTISER (ADELAIDE) 06/07/2000 P46


04Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Death by malling for Heidi <return to top>
By Jacinta Koch.
Five words were all it took to send 4000 Killing Heidi fans into a screaming frenzy as band members Adam Pedretti, Warren Jenkins and dreadlocked siblings Jesse and Ella Hooper boarded the stage in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall yesterday. By the time Ella, the teen lead singer, had ripped into the current single Live Without It, police had merged on a group of "moshers" who had spilt over the front stage barrier. Other spiky-haired fans screamed each time Ella, 17, swayed her hips, waved cigarette lighters and dreadlocked Barbie dolls, and even shouted jokingly "we want Bardot" requests at the alternative pop-rock band. "You want Bardot?" Ella laughed. "I don't think so!" Pretentious pop stars they are not: the band's self-made rise has become well known since its Triple J Unearthed competition discovery two years ago in the small Victorian township of Violet Town. Working with Melbourne-based producer Paul Kosky (Crowded House, Kate Ceberano), Killing Heidi have turned their school memories into a number one smash hit debut album, Reflector. Their current promotional tour follows a successful showcase in LA and New York, where their international fans now include Friends star Courteney Cox-Arquette, for whom the band performed a private show. In two weeks, they leave to conquer the UK and the giant US music market with the American release of the debut single Weir, through a lucrative contract with Universal Music. "If you'd asked me what my dream job would be years ago, I wouldn't have said `hanging out with my sister'," Jesse laughed. "If there's one thing (we avoid talking about) with each other, it's romance. "I'm kind of in a romance. I don't know - it's not with a musician, just a normal person. It's difficult when you're travelling so much ... "I try to (be the big brother) watching who (Ella) dates, but she's with a long-term boyfriend now, so it's past that." Jesse said Killing Heidi, who were writing a "more confident" second album, hoped to return to Australia for an official (not promotional) concert tour around October or November.
(c) 2000 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.

Source: COURIER MAIL (QUEENSLAND) 04/07/2000 P3


02Jul2000 - AUSTRALIA: Heidi high hopes for US <return to top>
By MICHAEL OWEN.
KILLING Heidi has become the latest young Aussie pop-rock act to launch an assault on the giant US music market. The Melbourne band, armed with a debut No 1 smash hit album, is currently performing a series of farewell shows around the country.
It will then fly to the US for the release of the single that made it a household name here, the delightful Weir.
The US move is the result of a lucrative contract signed with giant record company Universal after showcase gigs in Los Angeles and New York last month. Thanks to that trip, US fans now include Friends star Courteney Cox-Arquette, for whom the band performed a private show.
"We got a great response to the shows and American radio is interested, so we're pretty keen to give it our best shot over there," guitarist Jesse Hooper says. "We're also getting a lot of mainstream airplay in the UK, so hopefully we can get there by October."
The international jet-setting is a long way from the small Victorian township of Violet Town, where the core of the band - Jesse, 19, and his singing sister Ella, 17 - were first discovered in 1996 by national youth radio station Triple J. Ella was just 13 and Jesse 15.
The duo received airplay for their song Kettle, which brought them to the attention of Melbourne-based producer Paul Kosky (Crowded House, Kate Ceberano).
Signing a deal with the brother-and-sister team, Kosky began a careful two-year development process, eventually bringing in new members Adam Pedretti, 22, and bassist Warren Jenkins, 26.
"We're aware of the potential for the American experience to destroy us, but we're not too worried because we're so focussed on maintaining our strong live base, especially in Australia," Jesse says.
* Killing Heidi will appear at The Muses, Elizabeth City Centre, on Friday at 4pm and perform that night at Heaven II nightclub, city.
(C) 2000 Advertiser Newspapers Limited.

Source: SUNDAY MAIL (ADELAIDE) 02/07/2000 P97


01Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Site Launch <return to top>
Welcome to The Killing Heidi Realm, launched on 1/7/2000. I aim to provide and update with the latest Killing Heidi news, along with other features such as rare audio and interview etc.. (more stuff to come soon)   I would love to hear your feedback regarding this site, so please take the time to do so.
Although this site was launched on July 1, you will find news reports before that date to provide you with any news you may have missed.
..keep rockin'..

Caveman!!

01Jul2000 - The Killing Heidi Realm: Shows added before USA <return to top>
Killing Heidi have added two final concerts in Australia before heading over to America once more, to promote both themselves over there. They will be releasing both the 'Weir' single, and album 'Reflector' between July and September, through US record company 333 Music Label, through Universal Music.