FAQ
1. What does Mazzy Star mean?
I don't think it means anything special. It's a band name.
In an interview, David said that he wanted to have a band with "Mazzy" in the name, and Hope wanted it to have '"Star".
In a radio show Hope said that they were just trying to give themselves sort of a western name. David said they thought
Mazzy Star had sort of a northern feel.
2. How do you pronounce Mazzy Star?
It should be pronounced like Hope says it in this short sound clip:
3. Will there be a fourth Mazzy Star album?
Yes, it is very likely, but not yet confirmed, that Mazzy Star will be releasing a fourth album in 2012.
4. Mazzy Star on tour?
Mazzy Star might be touring again in 2012.
5. The songs "Wild Horses" and "Sweet Jane"
There are always many questions about these songs. "Why can't I find them on any of the albums or singles?" etc. The answer is that these songs have never been recorded by Mazzy Star. The songs that people think is performed by Mazzy Star is in fact covers by other bands.
"Wild Horses" is covered by a band called "The Sundays". It's on their album "Blind". It's not clear who deserves the original writing credit for "Wild Horses". Gram Parsons (The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) hung out in L.A. and France, each drawing from the other. Richards let Gram take "Wild Horses" back to L.A., where it was recorded and released by the Flying Burrito Brothers before the Stones put it on their landmark Sticky Fingers album.
The song "Sweet Jane" is originally written by Lou Reed in The Velvet Underground. The cover people wrongly take for Mazzy Star is done by the band "Cowboy Junkies" and can be found on their album "The Trinity Session". It's also on the soundtrack to "Natural Born Killers".
6. Agents and Managements
Mazzy Star broke up with their label Capitol Records after the release of "Among My Swan" back in 1996. The two-song single (Common Burn/Lay Myself Down) is released on their own lable named Rhymes Of An Hour Records. There is no website or any contact information for Rhymes Of An Hour Records avalible at the moment.
Hope Sandoval's first solo album Bavarian Fruit Bread (2001) was released by Rough Trade Records and managed by Lookout Management and High Road Touring. The second album Through The Devil Softly (2009) is released by Nettwerk Records. If you want to get in contact with them I suggest that you visit any of these websites:
Nettwerk Records: www.nettwerk.com
High Road Touring: www.highroadtouring.com
Rough Trade Records: www.roughtraderecords.com
7. Booking shows etc.
Mazzy Star Boulevard is not the official Mazzy Star website. It's a private, one man project. You can NOT get in contact with any of the bandmembers, get autographs, demos, booking shows etc, through this website.
8. Use of songs
If you want permission to use a Mazzy Star song on a website or in any other public project you need to ask Capitol Records. They own the rights to all Mazzy Star songs released on their first three albums.
The new songs, released in 2011, are owned by Mazzy Star's own lable Rhymes Of An Hour Records.