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All Voice of the Beehive albums are now available on iTunes!!! You can buy every song for just 99 cents each, or buy each album for under $10 each! Buy all three for under $30!!!

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"Angel Come Down" is by request of Natalie, who's mum once saw an angel herself, and later heard this song and was very touched by it. It is a beautiful ballad, and was the first UK single off the third album "Sex & Misery." The video is gorgeous, but very hard to find. Here's to hoping an official DVD of all the videos will be released someday!
"Man In The Moon" This was the last single off the album "Let It Bee" and featured a beautiful photo of the girls sitting on a crescent moon for the cover art.
"Perfect Place"This was the third single from the "Honey Lingers" album. It is a very optimistic yet slightly sad song about the state of the world and one person's promise to change it for the better. The accompanying video was one of the band's most visually stunning and beautiful. The original version, which is more raw and sparse, was included on the "Bee-Sides" EP which the band sold at the 2003 Reunion Tour shows (and is occasionally found for sale on ebay).
"Any Day Of The Week" This is one of the rarest Beehive songs. I had never even heard of it, much less heard it, until one day when I was shopping at the gigantic Amoeba Records shop in Hollywood and came across a limited-edition 12" single of "I Say Nothing" that included this live session track. I have converted it from the vinyl for you all to hear. Tracey recently shed some light on this track, saying "I have to tell you a funny story about the song, "Any Day of the Week" First of all, it was called, "Everyday Is Like A Sunday" it's pretty awful and we debuted it at a very drunken Dingwalls gig where Missy fell into the drum set. We were pissed as rats. Anyway, it was just me trying to relate to the massive unemployment issue in the UK...men with no jobs to go to, having cereal and watching cartoons with the kids. Everyday is a day off. So, rightly so, it got slaughtered in the music press ("who does this daft American flake think she is?) it's a pretty bad song. BUT, about four months later Morrissey (my hero) came out with a single of the same title, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. So, in my little fantasy world, i imagine he read this awful review in the NME, but liked the title and stole it (hell, a bee can dream can't she?) "
"I Say Nothing" Personally, this is my favorite out of all the singles VOTB released. I think it's meaningful to most anyone who listens to it, without being preachy, and the music perfectly compliments the message. Tracey once told me that despite all the record company meddlings they had to endure through the years, this is one of the rare tracks that ended up sounding exactly the way she heard it in her mind when she was writing it. A true classic!

BIOGRAPHY

The colorful pop group Voice of the Beehive was led by sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, California natives whose father Bruce Belland was a member of the chart-topping 1950s vocal group the Four Preps. After a showbiz childhood which included roles in a number of television commercials, elder sister Tracey eventually relocated to London; Melissa later joined her overseas, where they became regular hangers-on in the British rock scene. After appearing on Bill Drummond's 1987 solo LP The Man, they formed Voice of the Beehive, taking the name from a Bette Davis film.Adding guitarist Mike Jones as well as Madness alumni Mark Bedford on bass and Daniel Woodgate on drums, the band recorded its initial demos, releasing their first singles "Just a City," "I Say Nothing" and "I Walk the Earth" and earning favorable comparisons to Blondie and the Bangles. After Bedford exited to form Butterfield 8, Voice of the Beehive recruited Martin Brett to record their debut Let It Bee, which scored U.K. hits with "Don't Call Me Baby" and "The Man in the Moon." 1991's Honey Lingers also proved successful, notching the hits "Monsters and Angels," "I Think I Love You" and "Perfect Place."A long hiatus followed, however, as the band began to fragment; soon, only the Belland sisters remained, and Voice of the Beehive was dropped by its label. After a series of personal traumas, they returned to California to begin writing new material, resurfacing in 1996 with the cathartic Sex & Misery (original title: Disastrous Relationships, Disillusionment, Depression & Death). The album's first single, "Scary Kisses," earned Voice of the Beehive their biggest American hit to date. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide** some info in this bio is incorrect!