Annie Holland
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Annie Holland was the bass guitar
ist for the Britpop
band
Elastica
.
The quietest and perhaps most enigmatic of the group, Holland had an Elastica song named in her honour. "Annie" was written by Donna Matthews
and her friend Jane Oliver and is about going down to Brighton to visit Holland, which is where she spent most of the time when the band were not working.
Holland left the band after the Féile Festival
on 6 August 1995. Although she had some well-publicised arguments with Matthews about the future of Elastica, Holland left because she was fed up with the constant touring and was suffering quite badly from repetitive strain injury
. At the time Elastica had been on the road for almost a year, and with even more dates being added to their schedule, Holland decided enough was enough.
Holland re-joined Elastica in 1999 and remained a member until the band's demise in 2001.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist for the Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
band
Band (music)
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Elastica
Elastica
Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...
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The quietest and perhaps most enigmatic of the group, Holland had an Elastica song named in her honour. "Annie" was written by Donna Matthews
Donna Matthews
Donna Matthews was the lead guitarist of the Britpop band, Elastica.Matthews left Elastica in 1999. In May 2004, Matthews' new band, Klang, released their debut album, No Sound is Heard...
and her friend Jane Oliver and is about going down to Brighton to visit Holland, which is where she spent most of the time when the band were not working.
Holland left the band after the Féile Festival
Féile Festival
Féile was a music festival held in the Republic of Ireland between 1990 and 1997. Most years it was in Semple Stadium in Thurles, North Tipperary, hence the nicknamed of "TheTrip to Tipp". In 1995, it was held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork city; Féile 96 was indoors at the Point Depot in Dublin. ...
on 6 August 1995. Although she had some well-publicised arguments with Matthews about the future of Elastica, Holland left because she was fed up with the constant touring and was suffering quite badly from repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by...
. At the time Elastica had been on the road for almost a year, and with even more dates being added to their schedule, Holland decided enough was enough.
Holland re-joined Elastica in 1999 and remained a member until the band's demise in 2001.