Juliette and the Licks

Juliette and the Licks

Background information
Origin	United States
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2003–2009, 2015-2016
Labels	Hassle Records The Militia Group Fiddler Records
Associated acts	H₂O, +44, The Operation M.D.

Past members	Juliette Lewis Todd Morse Paul Ill Patty Schemel Kemble Walters Jason Morris Jason Womack Ed Davis Emilio Cueto Craig Fairbaugh

Juliette & The Licks is an American rock band led by actress and singer Juliette Lewis. Other band members have included guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and guitarist Emilio Cueto, bassist Jason Womack and drummer Ed Davis. Their popular songs include "You're Speaking My Language" and "Hot Kiss". The band broke up in 2009. In 2015, Lewis announced the band would be reunited on July 23rd for a show in Los Angeles. The future of the band past this show was unknown until Juliette announced, via her Facebook account on Feb 1st 2016, that the band will play a gig in London's Heaven on May 4th 2016. In June of 2016, Juliette Lewis announced a solo tour leaving the future of The Licks undetermined.

Juliette and the Licks became a reality when Lewis accompanied Patty Schemel, drummer for Hole, to a Blondie concert and found herself staring at fate. She became instantly inspired by the “live” element of the show and knew it was her calling. Juliette began to reach out to everyone she knew to find musicians to accompany herself and Patty and soon, she found what she was looking for. The Licks became: Juliette (vocals), Patty Schemel (drums), Todd Morse (guitar) and Paul Ill (bass). “Todd Morse (H20) is not only an amazing songwriter but a perfect punk-rock rhythm guitarist”, says Lewis. “Paul Ill I’ve nicknamed 'Professor Ill' because he can reference anything from Faces to Black Sabbath to the Police.” Juliette and the Licks released their first EP …Like a Bolt of Lightning, in 2004, which was shortly followed by the release of their debut album You're Speaking My Language. The album spawned their most successful single "You're Speaking My Language", and the less successful, disco influenced "Got Love to Kill". The released version of the second single was a remix of the original song, which had a more rock influence.

Morris left the band before sessions for the 2nd album had begun. The Licks then recruited Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to fill the gap. Grohl then went on to ask the Licks to be a guest act at the Foo Fighters sell out Hyde Park performance on the June 17, 2006, to around 85,000 people (other acts were Angels & Airwaves, Queens of the Stone Age and Motörhead). At the same event, Lewis and Moa Holmsten from Meldrum came on stage for one of Motörhead's songs to do backing vocals.

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