Voice of the Beehive
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Voice of the Beehive are an Anglo-American college radio/alternative band, formed in London in 1986 by Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, daughters of The Four Preps singer, Bruce Belland.
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[edit] Career
When the sisters first sang together they called themselves the Beehive Girls, because of their beehive hairstyles. Their initial success came with the 1988 album Let It Bee, on which they recruited former members from 2 Tone band Madness to play bass guitar and drums. The album was popular on college radio stations, and the success was largely due to their brightly-coloured image and singalong songs that was an antidote to the doom and gloom college rock scene.[1]
Their biggest commercial success came with the singles, "Don't Call Me Baby" and "Monsters and Angels". In 1994 the other members left the band. The sisters decided to continue, recording the album, Sex and Misery. The album did not sell well in the UK, and early success in the U.S. was poorly capitalised on. In late 1996 their record label refused to extend their contract, and the girls disappeared from the music industry, although they re-formed to play three live dates with The Wonder Stuff in 2003.
[edit] Band members
- Tracey Bryn - guitar and vocals - (born 17 May 1962, in Encino, California)
- Melissa Brooke Belland or Missy Beehive - vocals - (born 17 February 1966, Los Angeles)
- Mike Jones - guitar
- Mark Bedford - bass until 1987 (also a member of Madness)
- Martin Brett - bass
- Daniel Woodgate - drums (also a member of Madness)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Let It Bee (June 1988) #13 UK
- Honey Lingers (June 1991) #17 UK
- Sex & Misery (1995)
[edit] Compilation albums
- A Portrait (1991) (Canada only release)
- Best Of (1997) (UK only release)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | UK singles | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | Australian singles | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "Just a City" | - | - | - | - | Let It Bee |
| 1987 | "I Say Nothing" | 45 | - | - | 73 | Let It Bee |
| 1988 | "I Walk the Earth" | 42 | - | - | - | Let It Bee |
| 1988 | "Don't Call Me Baby" | 15 | - | - | 48 | Let It Bee |
| 1988 | "I Say Nothing" (re-issue) | 22 | - | 11 | - | Let It Bee |
| 1988 | "I Walk the Earth" (re-issue) | 46 | - | - | - | Let It Bee |
| 1988 | "Man in the Moon" | 93 | - | - | - | Let It Bee |
| 1991 | "Monsters and Angels" | 17 | 74 | 8 | 72 | Honey Lingers |
| 1991 | "I Think I Love You" | 25 | - | - | 12 | Honey Lingers |
| 1991 | "Perfect Place" | 37 | - | - | 31 | Honey Lingers |
| 1995 | "Angel Come Down" | 103 | - | - | - | Sex & Misery |
| 1995 | "Scary Kisses" | - | 77 | - | - | Sex & Misery |
| 1996 | "Heavenly" | - | - | - | - | Sex & Misery |
| 1996 | "So Hard" | - | - | - | - | Sex & Misery |
[edit] Backing vocals
- Voice of the Beehive provided harmonies on Bill Drummond's album, The Man (1986)
[edit] References
- ^ Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 19th Edition - ISBN 1-904994-10-5
