Jocasta were a 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 formed in London in 1994. They had two minor hit singles and released one album before splitting up in the late 1990s.

History

The band comprised Tim Arnold

Tim Arnold (musician)

Tim Arnold is an English singer-songwriter, composer, producer and musician from Soho, London. He is currently a solo artist, but first achieved success as the singer and songwriter of Britpop band Jocasta in the mid-1990s. He runs the record label TA Music and has released thirteen albums, one...

 (vocals, guitar and piano), Jack Reynolds (lead guitar), Adrian Meehan (drums) and Andy Lewis (bass guitar). Arnold and Reynolds had attended school together. In 1994 they met up again in Soho

Soho

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 where they both worked. Arnold worked as a chef by day and a doorman by night in an illegal drinking bar.

By 1995, Jocasta had signed a worldwide record deal with Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

 via Sony LRD. Jocasta's management set up their own label, V4 records and were distributed by Sony for their first two singles "Go" and "Change Me". In early 1996, Sony moved them over to Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 to be looked after by the head of the company, Rob Stringer

Rob Stringer

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Epic released the single "Something to Say" and upon poor sales, decided to re-release the band's previous singles. At the start of 1997, "Go" was 'A listed' by BBC Radio One and championed by Jo Whiley

Jo Whiley

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 as 'single of the week', it also featured on a number of TV shows, including the BBC Saturday morning show, Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking

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and ITV

ITV

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's Video Tec. After a short European tour, Epic then re-released "Change Me" which became Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe

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's single of the week, again at Radio One. The reissues of "Go" and "Change Me" both placed on the UK Singles Chart

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The debut album, No Coincidence, released in June 1997, was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

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. Sony terminated the contract on the day the album was released. The band split up after the album's release, with Arnold going on to record as a solo artist.

Albums

• No Coincidence (1997), Epic

1. "Laughing"
2. "Go"
3. "Life In A Day"
4. "Change Me"
5. "Actress"
6. "Leave The Light On"
7. "Something To Say"
8. "Single As Hell"
9. "Perfect"
10. "Face You"
11. "Crackbaby"
12. "Inside Out"

Singles

• "Go" (1996), V4
• "Change Me" (1996), V4
• "Something to Say" (1996), Epic
• "Go" (1997), Epic - UK #50
• "Change Me" (1997), Epic - UK #60