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Full Sixpence None The Richer Biography
Sixpence None the Richer was a Grammy-nominated Christian band that played pop/rock with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. The name of the band is inspired by a passage in writer C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity.
In 1997, the group signed to Steve Taylor's label Squint Entertainment and released a self-titled album, which slowly began garnering attention from a wider audience, both Christian and secular. Although Placencio played bass on most of the album, he left the band before it was released and was replaced by Justin Carry, who joined the band around the same time as second guitarist Sean Kelley.
In 1999, "Kiss Me" was released as a single, propelling Sixpence into the national pop spotlight. That year the song was also featured in the film She's All That as the newly made-over protagonist, Laney Boggs, is revealed, and again at the end, during the film's credits. In 2001 the film Not Another Teen Movie would use the song again in a parody of that scene.
In 1999, the band recorded a cover of The La's' "There She Goes", which became their second hit single. This recording was added to the re-release of Sixpence's self-titled album as a 13th track.
In 2000, Sixpence contributed the song "Us" to Today Presents: the Best of Summer Concert Series CD, which raised money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance. Later that year, the band recorded a Japanese version of "Kiss Me" which was released exclusively in Japan as a bonus track.
The band had a follow-up album ready to release, but their label Squint Entertainment started to fall apart - leaving the band in limbo for several years. Finally, Squint Entertainment was folded into its parent company Word Records and that album, Divine Discontent, was released in October of 2002.
Baker left the band before its release and was replaced by Rob Mitchell. It differed significantly from the first pre-release version of the album that had circulated: the songs "Us," "Deeper," "Don't Pass Me By," "Too Far Gone," Northern Lights," and "Loser Like Me" were cut, and "Down and Out of Time," "A Million Parachutes," "Tonight," "Waiting on the Sun," and "Don't Dream It's Over" were added. All of the unreleased songs were eventually featured on singles or compilations, with the exception of "Deeper."
Sixpence recorded a number of cover versions for compilations and soundtrack albums throughout their career, including:
- "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (How the Grinch Stole Christmas),
- "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" (The Beach Boys),
- "On the Run" (Electric Light Orchestra),
- "Bouquet" (Steve Taylor),
- "I Need Love" (Sam Phillips),
- "Carry You" (Sam Phillips),
- "Don't Dream It's Over" (Crowded House),
- "Christmastime Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Peanuts),
- "Love Letters in the Sand" (Patsy Cline, Pat Boone and others),
- "Goodnight Children Everywhere" (Vera Lynn),
- "Road to Zion" (Petra),
- "Dancing Queen" (ABBA),
- "Love Is Blindness" (U2).
On February 26, 2004, Matt Slocum announced via a letter to CCM Magazine that the group had disbanded.
Leigh Nash began work on a solo album titled Blue on Blue with producer Pierre Marchand in the fall of 2005. On July 14, 2006, Nash's single "My Idea of Heaven (Radio Edit)" was released. The album was released by Nettwerk Records under Nash's own imprint, One Son Records. The album's official release date was August 15, 2006.
The Best of Sixpence None the Richer–––––
- Notes:
- Sixpence None the Richer were no longer eligible to appear on the US Heatseekers chart after the Sixpence None the Richer album appeared in the top 100 of the US Album Chart. |
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