Stella One Eleven
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Stella One Eleven are an Australian pop/rock band formed in 1997. Based in Sydney, they have released three albums thus far, two of which have made the charts in Australia and three singles have so far made the singles charts. The band was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2001.
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[edit] Band formed
The band formed when singer songwriter Cindy Ryan went into a studio in 1997 to record a solo album. But after working with the session musicians on her album including Genevieve Maynard and Pat Hayes, she decided to form a band with them. Stella One Eleven’s first album “Mr Big Car” was released in 1999.
Stella One Eleven released their second album 'In Your Hands' in late 2000. The second album “In Your Hands” was nominated for two ARIA awards in October 2001 and generated a top 30 single on the Australian charts in 2001. The album also made the Alternative Top 20 album chart in late 2000. The band also wrote the theme song for “Youth Week” in Australia and were official Youth Week ambassadors.
[edit] Stella One Eleven album
The Stella One Eleven album was released on October 6, 2003 in Australia. It has reached number 12 on the Australasian charts and generated two top 50 singles – Out There Somewhere /s.s.d. (Sweet Sweet Darling) in October 2003 and She in March 2004. Noted Australian producer Paul Mac produced the single She.
Cindy Ryan collaborated with outside writers including Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors fame on” Cold” and Paul Andrews of Lazy Susan on “Paleface” and “Beautiful Boys”.
[edit] Band members
The band consists of
- Cindy Ryan – lead vocals and guitar;
- Genevieve Maynard – guitar and backing vocals;
- Pat Hayes – bass and backing vocals;
- Sam Carter – guitar
- Brian Cachia - drums
[edit] Discography
- Mr Big Car (1999)
- In Your Hands (2000)
- Stella One Eleven (2003)
