Leonardo's Bride

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Leonardo's Bride was a four piece band from Sydney, Australia. They released two albums, Angel Blood in 1997 and Open Sesame in 2000.

A track from Angel Blood titled "Even When I'm Sleeping" was a hit in Australia. On 23 September 2000, they performed the song in front of a sold out crowd of 70,000 during the 2000 Summer Olympics with many people singing along. The track also appeared in the movies Brokedown Palace and Bootmen.

Abby Dobson provided the vocals and also steel-string guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar, percussion and recorder. Dean Manning also played acoustic and electric guitar, piano, wurlitzer and hammond. Jon Howell played drums and percussion while Patrick Hyndes provided some vocals as well as playing electric guitar, cello, piano, piccolo and double bass. Dean and Abby were the songwriters.

The band has since split.