Letters to Cleo
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, power pop |
| Years active | 1990–2000, 2008, 2014, 2016-present |
| Labels | CherryDisc, Giant, Wicked Disc |
| Associated acts | American Hi-Fi, Veruca Salt |
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| Past members |
Kay Hanley Greg McKenna Michael Eisenstein Stacy Jones Scott Riebling Tom Polce Jason Sutter |
Letters to Cleo are an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for the 1994 single, "Here & Now", from their full-length debut album, Aurora Gory Alice. The band's members are Kay Hanley, Greg McKenna, Michael Eisenstein, Stacy Jones, Scott Riebling, and later, Tom Polce.
The group disbanded in 2000 but reunited for a small tour in 2008. In 2016 the band reunited, and on October 14, 2016, released an EP, titled Back to Nebraska.
Guitarist Greg McKenna and singer Kay Hanley formed the band Letters to Cleo in 1990. The band was initially called Rebecca Lula but did not have fixed members, except for McKenna and Hanley. In its early phase, the band enlisted various guest players, including a brief period with Abe Laboriel, Jr. as drummer in 1993. The band's lineup of Hanley, McKenna, Michael Eisenstein on guitar, Stacy Jones on drums and Scott Riebling on bass, was established in 1994. The name "Letters to Cleo" is a reference to Hanley's childhood pen pal. Hanley recounts that her "letters to Cleo" were often returned. She rediscovered a box of these letters during the band-naming process, and the band adopted the name.
Letters to Cleo played gigs in several Boston clubs, including T.T. the Bear's Place and The Rathskellar. They released their first full-length album, Aurora Gory Alice, on CherryDisc Records in 1993. The album received extensive airplay around the New England region and after a much hyped show at South by Southwest in Austin, Letters to Cleo signed a major label record deal with Giant Records, a Warner Brothers subsidiary, and Aurora Gory Alice was re-released worldwide.
The band had their first big hit single with "Here & Now" which gained greater exposure as part of the Melrose Place soundtrack. The song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Singles chart.
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