Fade into You~Mazzy Star
I want to hold the hand inside you
I want to take a breath thats true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
You live your life
You go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness
Colors your eyes with what's not there.
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think its strange you never knew
A strangers light comes on slowly
A strangers heart without a home
You put your hands into your head
And then smiles cover your heart
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think its strange you never knew
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into youI
think its strange you never knew
I think its strange you never knew
David Roback and Hope Sandoval are the front figures of Mazzy Star. But Mazzy Star is not a duo, Mazzy Star is a full band. Keith Mitchell, William Cooper, Jill Emery and Suki Ewers are very much anonymous to the public. They are great musicians and are, or have been, important members of the band and should get much more credits than they are given.
David Roback - Guitar, Keyboard, Producer etc.
Hope Sandoval - Vocals, Harmonica, Percusssion, Xylophone, Guitar
Keith Mitchell - Drums
William Cooper - Strings, Keyboard, Bass, Guitar etc.
Jill Emery - Bass
Suki Ewers - Keyboard, Guitar, Bass
- Did you know from http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/facts.asp
Mazzy Star began performing live on the L.A. underground music scene in the late 1980's.
Hope writes nearly all the Mazzy Star lyrics, mostly alone but sometimes together with David Roback. David writes the music.
David Roback has a background in the bands "Rain Parade", "Clay Allison" and "Opal".
"Fade Into You" reached #44 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1994.
William Cooper's real name was Will Glenn.
Two of Davids guitars are a Martin 000-28 and, of course, a Fender Telecaster.
Hope Sandoval started her career together with her friend Sylvia Gomez in a band called "Going Home", a folk duo formed in 1986.
The media shy David and Hope have said in an interview that they preferably would do only one interview per album if they could decide by their own.
Jill Emery is a former Hole-member. She has also played in "The Shadow Project".
During the Opal tour in late '87, Kendra Smith left the band. She was replaced by Hope Sandoval and they toured Europe through early 1988.
Keith Mitchell on drums is an ex- Clay Allison and Opal-member. He played in a lot of different bands in the 80's.
Among My Swan, was recorded partly in a basement studio in Berkeley, at a studio called Live Oak that the band has used for its previous records - and partly in London, at the Jesus & Mary Chain's studio and at the Cocteau Twins' studio.
Hope has in an interview named Billie Holiday, the Rolling Stones and Spiritualized as her favorite artists.
Suki Ewers grew up in Seattle but when she was little she and her family lived in Germany, Taiwan, and Okinawa.
Keith Mitchell has played in the bands "Monitor", "The Romans", "Green On Red", "Clay allison", "Opal" and "Chris Cacavas And Junkyard Love" before Mazzy Star.
Hope Sandoval admired Kendra Smith as a teen-age Dream Syndicate fan.
The text font "Mazzy Antique" designed by Michael Diehl for use on Capitol Records' Mazzy Star album, Among My Swan.
Mazzy Star do not enjoy doing interviews and performing live, particularly performing live on television. That´s because they think that "everything they have to say are said on their records".
The DVD "Louder" from the tv show "Later with Jools Holland" includes Mazzy Star performing Blue Flower live.
Hope was born in 1966 and she grow up in east L.A.
"So Tonight That I Might See" went gold a year after its release and made its way to platinum in April of 1995.
Keith Mitchell likes to listen to Bjork, Portishead, Mozart, the Beatles, the Doors, Emmy Lou Harris, Tom Waits, Sun Ra, Rolling Stones, lots of world music, Brecht, etc.
Suki Ewers played keyboards, rhythm guitar (acoustic and electric) and some bass in Mazzy Star.
David Roback got involved (both musically and emotionally) with ex-Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith and formed a new band named Clay Allison in the early '80s.
"Five String Serenade" from the "So Tonight I Might See"-album is written by Arthur Lee from the band "Love".
William Reid of the Jesus & Mary Chain played guitar on "Take Everything" on the Among My Swan-album.
Sandoval lives in Los Angeles, Roback is based in Berkeley, California and Oslo, Norway.
Keith contributed some tracks on Johanna Went's album Posh Boy in 1982.
The album "So Tonight That I Might See" went up to place #36 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in 1994. "Among My Swan" reached #68 in 1996.
Hope sings on the song "Asleep From Day" on Chemical Brothers' album "Surrender".
When Opal was disbanded, David and Hope took the members of Opal and changed their name to Mazzy Star.
Roback produces all of Mazzy Star's recordings.
Steven Roback, Davids brother, have released an album under the name Viva Saturn.
The song "Tell Me Now" is only available on the "Batman Forever" soundtrack.
Hope is singing a duet with Jim Reid called "Sometimes Always" on the Jesus & Mary Chain-album "Stoned & Dethroned". She´s also singing on JAMC's album "Munki", in a song called "Perfume".
The song "Hair And Skin" is written by Dan Stuart from the band "Green On Red".
The particularly subdued "Into Dust" is known within the band as the "Shush Song," a reference to the devoted fans who shush the uninitiated whenever it is performed.
Jason Yates, Paul Olguin, Aaron Sherer and Kurt Elzner have all guest-played with Mazzy Star.
Hope Sandoval sings on Air's "Cherry Blossom Girl (Hope Sandoval version)" from their "Cherry Blossom Girl" single.
Suki Ewers wrote the songs "Strange Delight" and "Brigit on Sunday" to Opal Early Recordings.
Jill Emery is not only a great bass-player, she's also a very gifted painter.
Suki Ewers only played on the "She Hangs Brightly" album but did all the touring on "So Tonight That I Might See" and some shows on the "Among My Swan" tour.
The song "Fade Into You" is played in the movie "Starship Troopers". And in some other movies/tv-shows as well.
Keith's birthday is June 16.
Aaron Sherer (drums) contributed some tracks to She Hangs Brightly, and some drum tracks on Among My Swan ("Take Everything" and "Into Dust").
The song "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit" from the Fade Into You CD-single is written by Minnie McCoy.
"Blue Flower" was originally done in the '70s by the band Slapp Happy, written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.
"Into Dust" was used in the movie "Foxfire". It´s not on the soundtrack-album though.
Suki Ewers started a new band called Anemone in 1993. If she´s still a member of Mazzy Star is unknown.
Samples of "Fade Into You" is mixed together with Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) on vocals in a song called "Into U". It's song #14 on Richard X's album "Presents his X-Factor vol 1."
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