Rosita (band)
| Rosita | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sunderland/London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1999–2001 |
| Labels | For Us Grand Royal / Zubizaretta Fierce Panda |
| Past members |
Marie Du Santiago Emmy-Kate Montrose Matt McGinn Paddy Pulzer Dot Allan Sarah McKeown Adrian Lobb |
Rosita was a band formed by Marie Du Santiago and Emmy-Kate Montrose, formerly one-half of the much-championed Kenickie in the immediate aftermath of Kenickie's split in October 1998. Although best remembered as a Kenickie offshoot, they received regular coverage in their own right in the weekly UK music press, their second single Santa Poca's Dream was a UK Independent Singles Chart Top 20 hit and one of its bonus tracks Demon would be used as the soundtrack to a television advertisement for Leyland DAF Vans.
Interviewed by Melody Maker immediately after the final Kenickie gig for a headline story on the breakup, DuSantiago and Montrose announced their plans for a "multimedia extravaganza" to consist of a record label, a clubnight and some new music of their own. While the label apparently never materialised and the clubnight was the short-lived Shimmy (in Soho's Gerrard Street), the new music component materialized as their new band Rosita.
The new band was unveiled in March 1999 - as a major news item with both the NME and Melody Maker- with a line-up of Du Santiago on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Montrose on bass and backing vocals. Completing the line-up were, on guitar, Matt McGinn - (not the singer/songwriter of the same name) who was previously a guitar technician for Kenickie and Paddy Pulzer, formerly of Swervedriver (and concurrently with Jack) on drums. Dot Allan, Kenickie's former live keyboard player, was also initially involved but dropped out after the band's debut mini tour of southeast England.
Shortly after the tour, the band released a debut single 'Live It Down' on the Rough Trade Shop subsidiary 'For Us'. They recorded a session of five songs (including the single) for BBC Radio 1's Evening Session programme hosted by Steve Lamacq, transmitted Monday 23rd - Thursday 26 August 1999. They also contributed one track (the anthemic "Sugar") on Fierce Panda compilation Otter Than July later that summer. At around this time, an official fanclub was set up by the band and run by their friend Lucy Madison, which at its peak had over 100 members.
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