Short Facts
1
Mazzy Star began performing live on the L.A. underground music scene in the late 1980's.
2
"Fade Into You" reached #44 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1994.
3
Hope was born in 1966 and grow up in L.A. with her Mexican-American family.
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David Roback has a long history in the Paisley Underground, with bands like the Rain Parade, Clay Allison and Opal.
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In an interview, David said that he wanted to have a band with "Mazzy" in the name, and Hope wanted it to have "Star".
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Hope Sandoval started her career together with her friend Sylvia Gomez in a band called "Going Home", a folk duo formed in 1986.
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"Five String Serenade" from the "So Tonight I Might See" album is written by Arthur Lee from the band "Love".
8
Hope Sandoval writes nearly all the lyrics, with occasional input from David Roback.
9
Two of Davids guitars are a Martin 000-28 and, of course, a Fender Telecaster.
10
William Cooper's real name was Will Glenn.
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Jill Emery is a former Hole-member. She has also played in "The Shadow Project".
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"So Tonight That I Might See" went gold a year after its release and made its way to platinum in April of 1995.
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Hope is singing a duet with Jim Reid called "Sometimes Always" on the Jesus & Mary Chain-album "Stoned & Dethroned". She´s also singing on JAMC's album "Munki", in a song called "Perfume".
14
The text font "Mazzy Antique" designed by Michael Diehl for use on Capitol Records' Mazzy Star album, Among My Swan.
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The media shy David and Hope have said in an interview that they preferably would do only one interview per album if they could decide by their own.
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Jason Yates, Paul Olguin, Aaron Sherer and Kurt Elzner have all guest-played with Mazzy Star.
17
The song "Tell Me Now" is only available on the "Batman Forever" soundtrack.
18
Keith Mitchell likes to listen to Bjork, Portishead, Mozart, the Beatles, the Doors, Emmy Lou Harris, Tom Waits, Sun Ra, Rolling Stones, lots of world music, Brecht, etc.
19
Suki Ewers grew up in Seattle but when she was young she and her family lived in Germany, Taiwan and Japan.
20
The particularly subdued "Into Dust" is known within the band as the "Shush Song," a reference to the devoted fans who shush the uninitiated whenever it is performed.
21
David Roback got involved (both musically and emotionally) with ex-Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith and formed a new band named Clay Allison in the early '80s.
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Jill Emery is not only a great bass-player, she's also a very gifted painter.
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"Blue Flower" was originally done in the '70s by the band Slapp Happy, written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.
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Sandoval lives in Los Angeles, Roback is based in Berkeley, California and Oslo, Norway.
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Keith Mitchell has played in the bands "Monitor", "The Romans", "Green On Red", "Clay allison", "Opal" and "Chris Cacavas And Junkyard Love" before Mazzy Star.
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The album "So Tonight That I Might See" went up to place #36 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in 1994. "Among My Swan" reached #68 in 1996.
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Hope Sandoval admired Kendra Smith as a teen-age Dream Syndicate fan.
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Steven Roback, Davids brother, have released an album under the name Viva Saturn.
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The song "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" from the Fade Into You CD-single is an old blues song written by Minnie McCoy in the late 1920s.
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Mazzy Star's debut album, She Hangs Brightly, was released on the British independent label Rough Trade Records in 1990.
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The band "Clay Allison" was named after a gunfighter and well known historic figure of the American Old West.
32
Hope Sandoval sings on Air's "Cherry Blossom Girl (Hope Sandoval version)" from their "Cherry Blossom Girl" single.
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Aaron Sherer (drums) contributed some tracks to the She Hangs Brightly album. He also played drums on "Take Everything" and "Into Dust" at Among My Swan.
34
During the Opal tour in late 1987, Kendra Smith left the band. She was replaced by Hope Sandoval.
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Suki Ewers wrote the songs "Strange Delight" and "Brigit on Sunday" to Opal Early Recordings.
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The DVD "Louder" from the tv show "Later with Jools Holland" includes Mazzy Star performing Blue Flower live.
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Hope has in an interview named Billie Holiday, the Rolling Stones and Spiritualized as her favorite artists.
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The song "Hair And Skin" is written by Dan Stuart from the band "Green On Red".
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Suki Ewers played keyboards, rhythm guitar (acoustic and electric) and some bass in Mazzy Star.
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William Reid of the Jesus & Mary Chain played guitar on "Take Everything" on the Among My Swan-album.
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David Roback has produces all of Mazzy Star's recordings.
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Jill Emery played bass on Hope's solo album "Bavarian Friut Bread".
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Hope sings on the song "Asleep From Day" on Chemical Brothers' album "Surrender".
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Keith birthday is June 16.
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David and Hope's last performance together was at Bert Jansch's 60th Birthday Concert on Saturday November 8, 2003