These are bands that have mostly been on soundtracks for crappy teen movies, trying to get some attention. But I kinda really like their sound...anyone else know anything about them?

I've seen Save Ferris live...and they are great...and Monique is hot! I grabbed her ass by the way.... And I dig Letters to Cleo also....I like fun bands of this sort when I'm in a good mood, and want to listen to light music. But other than that, I don't know too awful much about them.

miss_magenta

I'm lost

July 2002

OCT 27, 2002 09:58 PM

i think monique powell is adorable. i love how she is so fun and confident.... i'm not really into the music, but i like how she presents herself.

my_name_is_Keith

Cambridge, MA

September 2002

OCT 27, 2002 10:58 PM

letters to cleo was a boston band, they put out three records but sadly broke up. Kay hanley the lead singer did the singing for Josie and the Pussycats, and I think she is doing some solo stuff but I'm not sure.

Joscelyne

I'm lost

July 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:04 PM

but 10 Things I Hate About You was not a crappy movie! I have the whole thing memorized and I am definitely not ashamed. Letters to Cleo rocked in that movie, and so did Save Ferris. Monique Powell is my hero, I mentioned this before...

robodeathcat

Minneapolis, MN

October 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:13 PM

Save Ferris's Monique sings the female part in Reel Big Fish's "She Has a Girlfriend Now"

robodeathcat

Minneapolis, MN

October 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:14 PM

Save Ferris's Monique sings the female part in Reel Big Fish's "She Has a Girlfriend Now"

catdad

Portland, OR

August 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:16 PM

i have Aurora Gory Alice by Letters to Cleo - has their biggest 'hit' to my knowledge, "Here and Now". Really liked that song, but the rest of the cd didn't do a whole lot for me. She's a pretty good singer - sort of a poor man's Kristin Hersh, but the music was just a little too so-so.

Alice

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 27, 2002 11:20 PM

i saw save ferris about 5 years ago, before that god awful "come on eileen" song, and they were amazing. monique powell has a great stage presence. and she did also come out on stage and sing with big fish 6 years ago, again when people didn't like big fish cuz they weren't on commercial radio, and the audience actually booed her off stage. a few people threw stuff at her. it was really fucking sad. i don't like the newer save ferris stuff as much as the older stuff. i don't know about soundtracks, but they're 1st 2 cds, the self tittled ep and the lp "it means everything", are great, although "it means everything" has a lot of the same songs as the self titled one, only a different recording.

MirkwoodMaiden

Richmond, VA

October 2002

OCT 28, 2002 12:43 AM

i love letters to cleo. but i think they broke up awhile ago. kay hanley ( ) is/was the lead singer and is from boston and if im not mistaken is going solo. they sing that kewl (yes tounge twisting) song called here and now. on the old melrose place sound track. theor old website is KIA but they were a very kewl band.

[Edited on Oct 28, 2002 by WingZephyr]

chaosmonkey

New Albany, IN

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 01:01 AM

I don't know anything about Save Ferris, but I know I have a huuuuuuuuge crush on Kay Hanley. Or at least, i have a crush on her voice. Not that she isn't so fucking adorable I could DIE, but I know, and can tell from just het singing, that I could listen to her constantly and probably never get sick of it. She's definitely gone solo, and has had an album out since August. I don't have it yet, 'cause I'm a poor bastard.

Josie and the Pussycats is the best soundtrack ever!

bishop

Iceland

September 2002

OCT 28, 2002 04:40 AM

They both did better stuff before those soundtracks.

Sally_Struthers

Ethiopia

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 06:25 AM

I saw Letters to Cleo at a beach party on Cape Cod, MA, and they were fun. My lover saw Save Ferris, in Portland, and said she left smiling and sweaty. I think you should look for any possible live recordings of these two, as they were kinda sterile in the studio. Also, Kay Hanley sings the female lead on a Dropkicks Murphys song - "The Dirty Glass". It's on the Face To Face/Dropkick Murphy split CD on Vagrant Records. The Dropkicks side kicks ass, of course!

Sally_Struthers

Ethiopia

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 06:29 AM

Also, if you like that song "Dirty Glass", you should check out the Pouges doing "Fairytale Of New York"; a song similar in style and content, with alternating male/female leads. I'm sure it inspired the later song.

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SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

OCT 27, 2002 08:54 PM

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

OCT 27, 2002 09:48 PM

I'm lost

July 2002

OCT 27, 2002 09:58 PM

Cambridge, MA

September 2002

OCT 27, 2002 10:58 PM

I'm lost

July 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:04 PM

Minneapolis, MN

October 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:13 PM

Minneapolis, MN

October 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:14 PM

Portland, OR

August 2002

OCT 27, 2002 11:16 PM

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 27, 2002 11:20 PM

MirkwoodMaiden

Richmond, VA

October 2002

OCT 28, 2002 12:43 AM

chaosmonkey

New Albany, IN

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 01:01 AM

bishop

Iceland

September 2002

OCT 28, 2002 04:40 AM

Sally_Struthers

Ethiopia

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 06:25 AM

Sally_Struthers

Ethiopia

OLD SKOOL

OCT 28, 2002 06:29 AM