April March

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April March (real name Elinor Blake, born in California, April 20, 1965) has had one of the more interesting dual careers, as a cartoon animator (including a stint as a principal animator for the Ren and Stimpy show) and as an indie pop singer/songwriter, more popular in France than in Brooklyn, where she was raised, or in her current home of Ohio. She is married to Warren Zanes, musician and Vice-President of Education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio.

As a child, March became fascinated with France, and jumped at the opportunity to participate in an exchange program in France in junior high. Today, her albums tend to contain songs in both English and French, which draw heavily on themes and styles from French 1960s pop music.

Beginning in the early 1980s, March worked as an animator for Archie Comics and Pee Wee's Playhouse; in 1986 she worked on the Madonna feature Who's That Girl, animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video. Her first band, The Pussywillows, was formed in 1987, although their existence was interrupted for a year while March attended the one-year Disney Character Animation program in California. In 1991, the Pussywillows broke up, and March formed The Shitbirds, which lasted until 1995. Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist, and has appeared on some motion picture soundtracks, as well as the Cartoon Network series I Am Weasel theme song. Most notable is her remake of Laisse tomber les filles into 'Chick Habit' that was featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy 'But I'm a Cheerleader.' 'Chick Habit' also appears on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Her appeal in the United States has grown with her recent and ongoing collaborations with the Dust Brothers, and in France with her collaborations with Bertrand Burgalat. She has also been working on a new album since 2005, but very little is known about this.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 EPs 1.3 Singles 2 External links

[edit] Discography

Doesn't include promotional press or radio only releases.

[edit] Albums

Gainsbourgsion! (1994)

France only. Never officially released.

1. Chick Habit
2. Poor Lola
3. Brainwash Part II
4. The Land Of Go
5. La Chanson De Prévert
6. Laisse Tomber Les Filles
7. Pauvre Lola
8. Le Temps Des Yoyos
9. Chez Les Yé Yé

Paris In April (1995)

1. Chick Habit
2. Poor Lola
3. While We're Young
4. Brainwash Part II
5. Moto Shagg
6. The Land Of Go
7. La Chanson De Prevert
8. Laisse Tomber Les Filles
9. Tu Mens
10. Le Temps De L'Amour
11. Pauvre Lola
12. La Fille A' La Moto
13. Le Temps Des Yoyos
14. Chez Les Yeye

Superbanyair (1997)

Japan only

April March Sings Along With The Makers (1997)

Collaboration with The Makers

1. Dreams Don't Come True
2. I Just Might Crack
3. Try To Cry
4. Sometimes Sometimes
5. Sad Little Bug
6. Explosion
7. I'm Alone
8. Let Him Try
9. Bust Out

Lessons Of April March (1998)

Promotional press and radio release only

1. Kneesocks
2. Sugar
3. Garçon Glaçon
4. Theme From Lime Cafe
5. Chick Habit
6. Caribou
7. Olive Green Dictionary
8. Winter Cave
9. Cet Air La
10. Le Temps De L'Amour
11. Stay Away From Robert Mitchum
12. Jesus And I Love You

April March and Los Cincos (1998)

Vinyl LP
Side A

1. Theme From The Lime Cafe
2. Last Train To Christmas
3. Olive Green Dictionary
4. The Moon Is Blue

Side B

1. Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind
2. Bébert
3. The Winter Cave
4. Last Train To Christmas (Reprise)

Chrominance Decoder (1999)

1. Garden of April
2. Sugar
3. Knee Socks
4. Charlatan
5. Mignonette
6. Chrominance Decoder
7. Garçon Glaçon
8. Mickey et Chantal
9. Pas Pareil
10. Mon Petit Ami
11. Mon Petit Cowboy
12. Martine
13. Ideal Standard
14. Keep In Touch
15. Superbagneres
16. Nothing New - (English version; remix by Dust Brothers) *
17. Nothing New - (remix by Dust Brothers) *
18. Sugar (remix by Dust Brothers) *
19. No Parachute *

* Bonus tracks

Triggers (2002)

1. Résumé
2. La Nuit est La
3. Somewhere up above
4. Coral Bracelet
5. The Life of the Party
6. Le Code Rural
7. Sometimes When I Stretch
8. Le Coeur
9. Triggers
10. There is Always Madness
11. Que Le Soleil Soit Maudit
12. Zero Zero
13. Necropolis

[edit] EPs

Chick Habit (1995)

Vinyl release
Side A

1. Chick Habit
2. Laisse Tomber Les Filles

Side B

1. Tu Mens
2. Le Temps De L'Amour
3. La Chanson De Prévert

CD release

1. Laisse Tomber
2. Deux Garçons
3. Caribou
4. Le Temps de L'amour
5. La Chanson de Prevert
6. Tu Mens
7. Cet Air-Là
8. Chick Habit

April March and Los Cincos Featuring The Choir (1997)

Japan only limited edition. Features Petra Hayden and Bennett.
7" Vinyl release

1. Baby Blue
2. The Winter Cave

CD release

1. Baby Blue
2. Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind
3. Teenie Weenie Boppie
4. Way Up In The Sun
5. Magic Ass
6. The Winter Cave

Dans Les Yeux D'April March (1999)

France only. Limited edition Tricatel Club Release. Pressed on 10" translucent white vinyl.
Side A

1. Mon Ange Gardien
2. Glucide

Side B

1. Magic Ass
2. Ningette

[edit] Singles

• "Sometimes When I Stretch" (2003)

[edit] External links

• April March homepage
• Elinor Blake at the Internet Movie Database
• April March at All Music Guide