Echobelly’s Sonya Madan says all of the male Britpop stars handled her nicely within the ’90s.
Echobelly’s Sonya Madan by no means had any dangerous experiences with male Britpop stars
Lad tradition was rife on the time, however the singer and guitarist has insisted she had a “first rate expertise” as a feminine within the white male-dominated scene – which included Oasis, Blur and Pulp and Suede – and he or she did not really feel personally attacked when she was in comparison with different female-fronted Britpop teams, resembling Sleeper and Elastica.
She informed ContactMusic.com: “I believe plenty of the male bands had been lumped in as nicely, as you understand, white male. Britpop acts as nicely.
“So to let you know the reality, I believe it’s kind of of a lazy accusation. To a sure extent, there’s some advantage in it, however I believe that there have been extra ladies then fronting and being in bands. And um, there are many us.
“Let you know the reality I don’t assume it was a problem. I believe folks like to consider it as a problem now as a result of it is so terribly stylish to speak about ladies’s rights and it wasn’t again then. However on the identical time, I do not personally imagine in lifting somebody up by placing another person down.”
Sonya added: “Yeah, and in my expertise, the boys in all of the bands that I got here throughout had been actually pretty and supportive and first rate.
“If there was issue, it tended to return from a music press and supposedly clever individuals who ought to have identified higher.
“However so far as camaraderie with different artists, of male artists, yeah, I had a very first rate expertise.”
On’ thirtieth anniversary tour.
The group – now comprising Sonya Madanat and Glenn Johansson – achieved a No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart with their second studio album On in 1995, which featured the tracks Nice Issues and Darkish Remedy.
Echobelly will rejoice 30 years of On with a tour later this 12 months.
Echobelly’s On thirtieth anniversary tour dates :
OCTOBER
02nd Manchester – New Century Corridor
03rd Leeds – Venture Home
04th Sheffield – Leadmill
09th Bathtub – Komedia
tenth Coventry – HMV Empire
eleventh Oxford – O2 Academy
twelfth Southampton – Engine Rooms
sixteenth London – Electrical Ballroom
seventeenth Brighton – Chalk
18th Swansea – Sin Metropolis
NOVEMBER
05th Newcastle – The Cluny
06th Glasgow – Oran Mor
07th Stoke – Sugarmill
08th Nottingham – The Stage
