Belly

APPARENTLY YOU GUIIS DON'T GET IT!! READ THE HEADLINE!! THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL BELLY SITE!!! My uncle showed me them and I like fell in love.. I wanted one of their songs on my profile.. but there was no belly myspace.. only like rap people and i was like WHAT THE HELL!!!!?!?!?! This is NOT Belly!!! So I was like screw it ill make one for them! THat would be this site. this is NOT run by Belly or any of the members!Belly was a musical band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly (also in The Breeders with Kim Deal) and Fred Abong. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the band consisted of Tanya Donelly on lead vocals, Fred Abong bass, Tom Gorman guitar, and Chris Gorman drums. The band had an alternative rock sound that was uniquely mixed with both a twist of pop-reminiscent haunted melodies (much like those of Julee Cruise and the Cocteau Twins) and an occasional country music-like twang, which made it popular with college students searching for indie rock bands.Donelly's unique voice helped bring out both fury and sweetness, a talent that attracted the teenage misfits similar to those who helped The Cure to become so famous in the 1980s. Quickly rocketing to more wide-spread popularity with their EP Slow Dust (1992), Belly made number one in the British indie chart. Soon after, their single "Feed the Tree" made the top 40 in the British chart and their first album, Star (1993), got good reviews from newspapers and rock magazines and nabbed them a larger audience when it hit number two in the British chart.In the United States, the album was RIAA Certified Gold, largely based on the success of "Feed the Tree," on Modern Rock radio stations and MTV, where the video was featured as part of MTV's Buzz Bin videos and Alternative Nation video show for much of 1993. Two follow-up singles were released, "Gepetto" and "Slow Dog," but neither matched the initial success of "Feed the Tree." Star was consequently nominated for two Grammys.Just after the release of Star bassist Fred Abong left and was replaced by Gail Greenwood. According to an MTV News report at the time, Greenwood was originally a guitar player in a Boston-area metal band before being recruited to play bass in Belly. She became a main attraction at their shows, her hair wildly flying into her face as she stormed around the stage. The live sound of the band evolved to accommodate her style, with its shows featuring more electric guitar than before and less of the dreamy quality of its 1st album.As a result, the group's next album, King (1995), was more rock and roll-oriented. The album was not a popular success and the band was stuck between mainstream and underground acceptance. King, saw its numerous singles fail to sustain any significant airplay on Modern Rock radio, and the videos for "Now They'll Sleep" and "Super Connected" received little airplay on MTV outside of limited airings on 120 Minutes.By 1997, Donelly had decided to break up the band. Donelly has since released several albums as a solo artist, with only modest commercial success.Know anything else?? Is any of the information in here wrong!? Message me with more information or the corrections and Ill get to fixing or adding them as soon as I can! Thanks for listening!Chivalry Jokerâ„¢