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  Img Capt The Pipettes performing live at the Bowery Ballroom on March 13 , 2007
  Background group_or_band
  Origin Brighton , England
  Genre Indie Pop <br> Pop
  Years Active 2003 &ndashpresent
  Label Memphis Industries <br /> Cherrytree Records
  URL http://wwwthepipettescouk
  Current Members RiotBecki <br /> Gwenno (joined 2005) <br /> Rosay <br /> Monster Bobby <br />Jon<br />Seb<br />Jason<br />
  Past Members Julia<br /> Robin Of Loxley


The Pipettes are a British Indie Pop Girl Group based in Brighton . Their sound has been compared to the classic 1960s girl groups such as The Shangri-Las and The Ronettes .


OVERVIEW

The promoter, performer and guitarist dresses and synchronised choreography is a major part of their live shows, whereas The Cassettes can be seeing wearing yellow tank tops with their initials sewn onto them.

After early line-ups included members of the Electric Soft Parade , the current seven piece line-up settled in mid-2004. In April 2005 founder member Julia left to concentrate on her own project The Indelicates and was replaced by fan turned member and former Welsh language electropop solo artist Gwenno. Three extremely limited edition vinyl releases were released in 2005, leading to the group being signed to Memphis Industries shortly after touring with the same label's The Go! Team as well as the likes of The Magic Numbers and British Sea Power . Debut album " We Are The Pipettes " was released in the United Kingdom on July 17 , 2006 and reached #41.

The band have signed a US deal with Cherrytree Records , part of Interscope Records , and after a series of well received performances at the South By Southwest festival, an EP led by the track "Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me" was released on June 5 , reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. The album is to be released in North America on October 2 , and Japan on October 17 , with both releases containing new bonus tracks.


MEMBERS

  • Becki Pipette aka RiotBecki (real name Rebecca Stephens) – Vocals

  • Gwenno Pipette (Gwenno Saunders) – Vocals and keyboard(s)

  • Rose Pipette aka Rosay (Rose Dougall) – Vocals and keyboard(s)

  • Monster Bobby (Bobby Barry) – Guitar

  • Jon Cassette (Jon Falcone) – Bass

  • Seb Cassette (Seb Falcone) – Keyboards

  • Jason Cassette (Jason Adelinia) - Drums


Jason left 'Teasing Lulu' to join the Pipettes in July 2007 after original drummer Robin Of Loxley left to concentrate on his own band Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong .


OTHER ACTIVITY




DISCOGRAPHY


Albums



Singles

  • Note: Limited edition CD of 200 individually numbered copies given out free at gigs in December 2004 containing the song "In the Bleak Midwinter". An a capella version of the song was available at the same time to download from Audiojunkies.



EPs



Other

  • 2005 - ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''

  • 2006 - ''Rough Trade Counter Culture Compilation 2005''

  • 2006 - ''The Memphis Family Album''



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