Rebecca Stephens (singer)

For the first British woman to climb Mount Everest, see Rebecca Stephens (climber).

Rebecca Stephens
Rebecca Stephens in 2006
Rebecca Stephens in 2006
Background information
Birth nameRebecca Louise Stephens[1]
Also known asRiotBecki
Born (1982-08-30) 30 August 1982 (age 42)
Brighton, England
GenresIndie pop
Years active2003–present

Rebecca Stephens (born 30 July 1982) is a singer, formerly with British band The Pipettes, where she was commonly known as RiotBecki.

The Pipettes

Brighton-born Stephens normally stood stage left with The Pipettes. She is a self-described feminist and has a degree in media studies and film and video production from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College having written her dissertation on early Seventies hardcore pornography.[2]

She sang the verses of the single "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" and lead on album tracks "Tell Me What You Want" and "One Night Stand", which (along with "Feminist Complaints" and album track "A Winter's Sky") she also wrote. In April 2005, she contributed vocals to the hip-hop album Flowers & Trees by fellow Brightonian Y.Misdaq aka Yoshi, and has also provided vocals for The Blind Cowboys, a project by bandmate Jon Cassette and Thomas White of The Electric Soft Parade and Brakes on their cover of "Sometimes Always".[citation needed]

Solo work

On 10 October 2008, Stephens announced in a MySpace blog that she had just returned from a trip to Atlanta, Georgia where she had recorded a number of demos with Randy Michael of Atlanta band The Booze under the name Electric Blue, after the pornographic film of the same name. Four of the demos were posted on Electric Blue's MySpace.[3]

Projectionists

In June 2010, it was announced on MySpace that Stephens had formed a new band, Projectionists, with Pete Marshall, Christian Madden, Sam Morris and Paul Mortlock, that they had completed their first EP, and would be playing various venues during the remainder of the year. Three songs were posted on MySpace.[4]

Jesca Hoop

She regularly appears as a backing singer to Jesca Hoop and appeared in Hoop's appearance on Marc Riley's All Shock Up pilot series for the BBC.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ASCAP ACE - Search Results". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  2. ^ Walters, Sarah (16 April 2007). "Pipettes bring touch of class to Academy". Manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Electric Blue | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com.
  4. ^ "Projectionists | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com.
  5. ^ "BBC - All Shook Up, The Wytches, Jesca Hoop, Richard Dawson". BBC.