Lash (band)

Lash
Background information
Origin	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genres	Pop punk Alternative rock
Years active	1996–2003
Labels	Festival Mushroom Records
Associated acts	Exteria Spencer Tracy The Preytells
Past members	Belinda-Lee Reid Jaclyn Pearson Jessica Bennett Micaela Slayford

Lash were an all-female alternative/punk rock band from Perth, Australia. The members Belinda-Lee Reid (vocals, guitar), Jaclyn Pearson (drums), Jessica Bennett (lead guitar) and Micaela Slayford (vocals, bass) all met in high school (Santa Maria College) in Attadale, Western Australia and formed the band Exteria in 1996.

After being together for three weeks, the girls entered the song "Aloha Mr Hand" into the Open Youth Category for under-18s in the 1996 West Australian Music Industry Awards. The four 14-year-olds (at the time) won the $1,000 prize, and came to the attention of manager Andrew Klippel.

In 2001, now renamed Lash and signed to Festival Mushroom Records, their first two singles ("Take Me Away" and "Beauty Queen") reached the top 40 Australian ARIA Singles Chart, but did not sell enough to validate the large investment by their record company. "Take Me Away" saw Lash nominated for the 2001 ARIA Music Awards for "Best New Artist - single" (it was won by The Avalanches).

They toured Australia in 2001 (including performances at Homebake) and 2002 with Eskimo Joe, The Living End, Motor Ace and Ash, and played in East Timor and Romania in 2002. A third single made the top 100 in 2002, "Don't Ever Make My Mind Up". Their debut album with these three singles was The Beautiful And The Damned, which also made the top 50 ARIA Albums Chart in 2002.

Their song "Beauty Queen" was also featured on the Freaky Friday soundtrack in 2003, as was "Take Me Away", which was performed by the main character's (Lindsay Lohan's) band in the film.

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