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[[Image:All about eve.jpg|200px|thumb|right|All About Eve on [[Top Of The Pops]] in 1988.]]
'''All About Eve''' is ana British rock/pop band. The creative core consists of [[Julianne Regan]] ([[vocalist|vocals]]) and [[Andy Cousin]] ([[bass guitar]]), with other members changing over the years.
Julianne Regan, a former [[journalist]], played bass for the popular rock group [[Gene Loves Jezebel]] for a little while. The initial core of All About Eve was Julianne, [[guitarist]] [[Tim Bricheno]], and bassist Andy Cousin from [[Aemotti Crii]]. As a three-piece (plus a drum machine), they released a series of independent singles in the mid 1980s including "D For Desire," "In The Clouds," and "Flowers In Our Hair." After Julianne sang [[backing vocals]] for [[Mission UK|The Mission]]'s ''God's Own Medicine'' album, the band received greater attention and were signed to Phonogram. [[Drummer]] [[Mark Price (musician)|Mark Price]] was added around this time.
Their [[eponym|self-titled]] [[debut album]] was released in [[1988]] and produced the [[United Kingdom|UK]] hit single ''Martha's Harbour''. The[In a well known incident, the band later performed a dubbed version of this song on the UK TV show [[Top Of The Pops]], but due to a studio technical error the taped vocals camewere onbroadcast without Juliannethe band being able to hear them, resulting in a gaffe where Julianne sists motionless whilst the homeTV audience canhearing hear athe recorded version of the song, playing.whilst Juliannethe wasband traumatisedmembers bysat thismotionless incidenton andscreen doeswaiting notfor refertheir to itcue to this daybegin].
Drawing much of its lyrical material from [[hippie]] [[idealism|ideals]], [[white magic]] and dreamlike [[fairy tale]]s, the album's gentle [[folk rock]]-inspired pop sound won the band many fans (nicknamed ''"angels"''). OftenAlthough often falsely lumped by the media under the label of [[goth rock]], although little (if any) such inspiration actually played a part in the band's music, any "goth" connection would be likely to bebeing drawn not from the music, but from the previous and future engagements of the band members in the musical scene of the time.
NextThe following year, their second album ''Scarlet andAnd Other Stories'' was released, and the band toured around the UK. Widely prevalent on this album (maybe even in such effect as to overthrow the melodic nature and pop hooks of the first album) were Regan's somber, highly [[melancholia|melancholic]] moods. Painful chance encounters with [[love]] also appeared on the lyrical front, and it is this [[motif]] (and period of time) which was to greatly paint the picture for the future of the band as well.
In [[1990]], Bricheno left the group (later to join [[The Sisters ofOf Mercy]] for their ''Vision Thing'' era) to be swiftly replaced by [[The Church]]'s [[Marty Willson-Piper]]. They went on to record ''Touched By Jesus'' in [[1991]] - easily the most energetic, rocking album they had made - before changing record companies and taking a surprising, dramatic stylistic change by releasing ''Ultraviolet'' the year after.
Going an altogether different way thanto their previous release, ''Ultraviolet'' mellowed the band's sound greatly, revisiting ''Scarlet'''s general sorrowful feel with a heavy inspiration from the [[shoegazing]] movement to turn the Eve signature sound ever colder, almost onto thewith roadmuch ofdownplayed minimalismvocals. The album, released by [[MCA Records]] was outright hated by the record company, considering the change to be for the worse, and the band subsequently went their separate ways. MCA, shedding no tears, promptly deleted the album from their catalogue.
Regan went on to form [[Mice (band)|Mice]] and to work with [[Bernard Butler]], but an album with the latter never came to fruition due to internalpersonality wranglingsclashes. One of her comments on the situation stated Butler to be "the Devil". Later on, she also teamed up with her old Gene Loves Jezebel acquaintance [[Jean-Marc Lederman]] in the highly atmospheric [[Jules et Jim (band)|Jules et Jim]] project (and are still collaborating at this time).
At the end of the [[1990s]], old friends The Mission reformed after a short break and started touring. They invited Regan to open for them, and their offer was accepted, starting the second era of the band. Soon after the tour the newly-reformed (Regan, Willson-Piper & Cousin) All About Eve toured for two years, releasing ''Fairy Light Nights'', an acousticalacoustic live collection in [[2000]], with Volume 2 following in [[2001]], and later followed by two more live albums ''Live And Electric At The Union Chapel'' and ''Cinemasonic'' (the latter of which was also released as a [[DVD]]). A collection of early recordings was also released, entitled ''Return To Eden, Volume 1'' (no second volume has yet appeared).
PretendingIn 2002 Willson-Piper left the band to pursue other projects, to be spendingreplaced timeby innew [[Alaska]]guitarist (NorthToni LondonHaimi, previously of the band Malluka. Also in reality)2002, Julianne and Andy recordedreleased their first studio recordings in a decade, with the [[Extended play|EP]] ''Iceland'' – a collection of "winter songs", including reworkings of previous fan-favourite ''December'' and [[cover version]]s of [[Wham!]]'s ''"Last Christmas"'', [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s ''"A Winter's Tale"'', and (an almost irreverentlya minimalist electronic take on) the popular song from the animated short ''[[The Snowman]]'', ''"[[Walking inIn theThe Air]]"''.
In mid-[[2004]], just after the release of their first single in a decade, ''"Let Me Go Home"'', theythe band split once again. Regan is currently working on projects including a coveran album with Jean-Marc Lederman, prior(in to thea long-awaited follow-up to the first Jules et Jim album), as well as collaborating with Norwegian songwriters [[GKraft]], and a possible solo album may be in creation. The nearly-completed Eve studio album that was being worked on remains unreleased, although Regan and Cousin may soonpossibly be dusting off the recordings to finish them in the near future. A double CD collection entitled ''Keepsakes'', consisting of the singles, key album tracks and some previously unreleased rarities, isas duewell lateas Februarysome [[2006]]. These rarites are rumoured to include 2newly newrecorded songs written by Tim Bricheno and Julianne Regan, andis Andydue Cousinearly andMarch Julianne Regan, respectively[[2006]].
==Discography==
* 1988 ''What Kind Of Fool'' (7") (10") (12") (CDS) (LD)
* 1989 ''Evergreen'' (Video)
1989 <u>Scarlet andAnd Other Stories</u> (CD) (LP) (CS)
* 1989 ''Road To Your Soul'' (7") (12") (CDS) (LD)
* 1989 ''December'' (7") (10") (12") (CS) (CDS)
* 1990 ''Scarlet'' (7") (12") (CDS)
* 1990 ''"Thirteen"'' (CDS)
1991 <u>Touched byBy Jesus</u> (CD) (LP) (CS)
* 1991 ''Farewell Mr. Sorrow'' (7") (12") (CS) (CDS)
* 1991 ''Strange Way'' (7") (10") (12") (CDS)
* 1992 ''Phased'' (7") (10") (CS) (CDS)
* 1992 ''Some Finer Day'' (7") (10") (CS) (CDS)
1992 <u>Winter Words - Hits andAnd RaretiesRarities</u> ([[Sic (Latin)|sic]]) (CD) (CS)
(1992 <u>Blessed By Angels</u> ([[Bootleg]] CD))
1993 <u>BBC Radio One Live In Concert</u> (CD)
* 2004 ''Let Me Go Home'' (CDS)
2006 <u>Keepsakes - A Collection</u> - Compilation & Rarities Album (2CD and limited+ DVD) on Universal.
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