Elastica

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London, England (1992 – 2001)

Elastica were a Britpop band formed in London, England in 1992 and made up of: Justine Frischmann (vocals and guitar), Donna Matthews (guitar and vocals), Annie Holland (bass), and Justin Welch (drums). Later members included Shelia Chipperfield (bass), Dave Bush (keyboards), Paul Jones (guitar), and Mew (keyboards and vocals).

Their first single was 1993’s “Stutter”, which was a word-of-mouth hit largely due to the promotional efforts of Radio 1 DJ and Deceptive Records label boss Steve Lamacq. In spite of a period of relative quiet, Elastica’s fame grew throughout 1994 as Frischmann’s relationship with Blur’s Damon Albarn made tabloid headlines. Elastica’s first LP, Elastica, entered the charts at #1.

Further UK chart hit singles followed: “Connection” and “Waking Up”. In 1995 there was a lawsuit from Wire claiming that many of the band’s melodies were taken from Wire compositions. Notably, Wire’s “I Am the Fly” has a chorus similar to Elastica’s “Line Up”, and the intro of “Connection” is nearly identical to Wire’s “Three Girl Rhumba”. Indeed the band had originally intended to sample the intro of the song directly. The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica’s “Waking Up” bore a marked resemblance to their song “No More Heroes”. The band did not deny these accusations and were not ashamed by these similarities, stating that all pop bands have borrowed ideas and all music was eventually recycled.

1	Connection full track	1,019
2	2:1 full track	766
3	Stutter full track	557
4	Car Song full track	502
5	Waking Up full track	421
6	Line Up full track	397
7	Annie full track	367
8	Vaseline full track	346
9	Smile full track	323
10	Hold Me Now full track	299
11	Blue full track	290
12	Never Here full track	266
13	S.O.F.T. full track	253
14	Indian Song full track	225
15	All-Nighter full track	155

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evolovevolve wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

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grungegirl27 wrote:
25 days ago

I love Elastica, their plays are surprisingly incredibly low. Justine is amazing <3

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Waking Up one of the best songs ever, and i don't care if people say i'm wrong! ;)
stoopid79 wrote:
last month

< <To the right of this text..... If you like this band. The Radio One Sessions was the best 6 quid i ever spent on Amazon now 4 quid now 3 qui.... x s

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Niklando wrote:
last month

connection is the suondtrack of happy trapper by Dom Joly!!!

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gaz_ wrote:
June 2008

Wire were great B-)

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licoricepizza wrote:
June 2008

Had forgotten how great this first album was (and is). I played it to death, back in the day. Thank goodness, I at least got to see them in concert once.

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MaidMarion01 wrote:
May 2008

yerr right

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

Justine Frischmann and Courtney Love are my bitches
stevo796 wrote:
May 2008

stutter ftw

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anthonyshere wrote:
February 2008

They sound way better live. I <3 Elastica

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odjbo wrote:
February 2008

pleasure with justine and fred: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLk1tgk9ag

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maeby wrote:
February 2008

i can't believe they have 2 US billboard hot100 singles, surprised that they were pop!ular in states

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rainbowarriorrr wrote:
January 2008

my sex is so beautiful...

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PleasureVictim1 wrote:
January 2008

I love you! I adore you! I miss you!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
December 2007

The Menace is a shit, but the first Album Elastica is great!!! :D
happinessjake wrote:
December 2007

Brilliant!

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Eaglebauer wrote:
November 2007

Best song = EP version of How He Wrote Elastica Man. - Yeah, it's a great tribute to The Fall's How I wrote elastic man... Mark E Smith has a good sense of humour.

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deathstar461 wrote:
October 2007

Justine Frischman is teh sex

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daydream_juliet wrote:
October 2007

sucks

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