| Bridezilla | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Labels | Ivy League Records |
| Members | |
| Holiday Sidewinder (also known as Holiday Carmen-Sparks) - Vocals/guitar Pia May - Guitar Daisy Tulley - Violin Millie Hall - Saxophone/Keyboard Josh Bush - Drums |
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Bridezilla are a five-piece indie band from Sydney, Australia that began playing together in 2005.
The band - Holiday Sidewinder, (daughter of singer-songwriter Loene Carmen), who also plays rhythm guitar on most tracks, Pia May, the band's guitarist, Millie Hall, plays both the Saxophone and the keyboard, Daisy Tulley, plays the violin, and Josh Bush is the drummer.
In September 2007, the band signed with Ivy League Records and released their debut EP on 24 November 2007.
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In 2006/07, their live shows gained them acclaim from the music press, especially after successful support slots for Mercy Arms, Midlake, Snowman[1] and The Cops.[2] They were described as "one of the hottest things to come out of this fair city for quite some time",[3] and such was their growing reputation that in December 2006 Drum Media magazine included Bridezilla as one of the bands to look out for in 2007.[4] In March 2007 the band played at the Playground Weekender Festival music festival.
Further to their debut at the Playground Weekender, the unique[5] band also played alongside international acts such as The Roots, The Magic Numbers and fellow Australians Wolfmother at The Great Escape music festival and supported ARIA award winning band Youth Group in April 2007.
In June 2007, Bridezilla played at Sydney's famous Enmore Theatre with awarding-winning Australian bands Eskimo Joe and Little Birdy over two sold-out nights.[6]
In the same month, Bridezilla played a headline show at The Beach Road Hotel in Bondi, Sydney, which led to music paper The Brag describing them as "genius".[7] They returned to the same venue for another headline show in February 2008
The band were featured in the September 2007 edition of Australian Rolling Stone.[8]
Bridezilla supported Architecture In Helsinki across Australia in November 2007. They also played at 2007's Homebake festival in Sydney on 8 December and the Sydney leg of the Big Day Out festival in January 2008.They played at the nationwide St Jerome's Laneway Festivals in February and March 2008.
In March 2008, Bridezilla were the main support for Wilco at the Enmore Theatre and the main support for British India at the AAA concert at Factory Theatre. In June the same year, they headlined the Annandale Hotel for the first time.
In May 2008, the band performed over three nights at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Walking On Air show.
In 2009, the band played at the Australian All Tomorrow's Parties, alongside acts such as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Fuck Buttons, the Saints and Harmonia. They also performed at the New York All Tomorrow's Parties in September 2009, alongside Animal Collective, The Flaming Lips and many others.
In January 2010 they opened for The Decemberists at Sydney's Metro Theatre.
In early January 2011, the band had again played at Sydney's Enmore Theatre as they supported American indie rock band, Interpol.