Elastica "Stutter" 10" DGC Records (US)

Vinyl is NM, Jacket is VG+ (co)

Pressed on Clear Gold Wax!

Out of Print!!

Track Listing:

A1Stutter Mixed By – Producer, Engineer – Written-By – , * 2:20A2Rockunroll Engineer – Producer – Written-By – , * 3:36B12:1 Engineer – Producer – Written-By – *,  2:18B2Annie Engineer – Producer – Written-By – *,  1:22
Elastica were an English  band that played ,  and -influenced music.They are best known for their 1995 album , which produced  that charted in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In mid-1992 ex- band members  and  decided to form a group. By the autumn of that year, bassist  and guitarist  were added. After initially gigging under names such as "Onk", the band settled on the name "Elastica" in October 1992. Elastica released their first single, "," in October 1993, which benefited from the promotional efforts of  DJ and  label boss , who had discovered the band earlier in the year. In 1994, Elastica released two UK  singles ("" and "") and performed on numerous  shows. In addition, Frischmann's relationship with  frontman made  headlines.

Elastica's first LP, , was released in March 1995, and entered the  at No. 1; it became the fastest-selling debut album since '  and kept the position for another 10 years. The album was preceded by their fourth single "" which went to No. 13 on the , their highest placing therein.

The band became subject to controversy when several bands sued them for . Specifically, the  band  (whom Elastica counted as one of their main influences) claimed that many of the band's melodies were taken from Wire compositions, as well as by . Notably, Wire's "I Am the Fly" has a chorus similar to Elastica's "Line Up" and the intro synthesizer part in Elastica's "Connection" (later also repeated on guitar) is lifted from the guitar riff in Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" and transposed a semitone, and The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica's "Waking Up" bore a marked resemblance to their song . The disputes were resolved by out-of-court settlements.

In the US, "Connection" and "Stutter" received airplay on  radio and also both charted on the pop charts, as did their debut album (which was later certified ). After performing at the 1995 , the band joined the  tour continuing an almost solid year of constant gigs. Citing exhaustion, original bassist  quit the band in early August 1995 and was replaced for the remainder of the tour by session bassist . Holland was not permanently replaced until the arrival of  in the spring of 1996. Also around this time keyboardist David Bush (ex-) was added to the line-up.

After playing more shows and demoing new material in the first half of 1996, Elastica entered the studio in the later part of the year to begin work on their second album. By late 1998 Matthews had left the band. She was replaced by guitarist Paul Jones and keyboardist Sharon Mew. Also around this time Chipperfield was replaced with a returning Annie Holland.

As a tribute to the "lost years" of the band, a self-titled six-track EP appeared in August 1999, collecting a variety of recordings from a multitude of aborted sessions. This EP marked the first new material from the band in over four years. After re-recording most of these songs in mid-1999, along with new compositions, the band played their first set of shows in years. Their second proper album, , was released in April 2000. After the release of the farewell single "The Bitch Don't Work" in 2001, the band announced their amicable break-up.

According to a  article on Elastica in 2009, Frischmann emigrated to  to study visual arts and psychology. She is married and lives and works in California's . Matthews is a pastor in  and according to a recent BBC 6 show has been linked romantically to  of . Holland lives in . Welch and Mew are married and live in . Jones is the  man at Rough Trade joining after managing his Slogan label, which released 's . His latest signing is . Welch is set to join  for a reunion show in May 2016.

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