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Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly. Several of the band's tracks have been used in television advertisements, and the band's biggest hit was one of these, "A Nanny In Manhattan", which reached No. 16 in the UK after being used in a Levi's advertisement directed by Roman Coppola.〔 ==History== A Floridian by birth, Kurt Heasley spent his early years in Hopatcong, NJ and in Virginia Beach. He was expelled from school in the 10th grade for 42 unexcused absences, which he explained as time spent "Learning how to program Emax II samplers and editing functions. Getting up on the Atari 1040 ST sequencing software."〔Rapa, Patrick (2006) "(Tall Tale Storyline: A brief history of the amazing Lilys. )", ''Philadelphia City Paper'', February 16–22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009〕 He later made his home in Northern Virginia and DC. In 1988 the then 17-year-old Kurt Heasley (known to friends and colleagues as "Wally") was working at the DC club the BBQ Iguana when he recorded a demo tape which he gave to Slumberland Records boss Mike Schulman, who was sufficiently impressed that he released the band's first records.〔Fischer, Jonathan L. (2009) "(Guilty Feet Have Got No Rhythm: 20 Slumberland Memories, Part 1 )", ''Washington City Paper'', November 12, 2009, retrieved 24 December 2009〕〔Brown, Joe (1992) "Lilys, Monday At the 9:30 club", ''Washington Post'', July 24, 1992〕 The band's name is derived from John C. Lilly, a pioneer in the exploration of human consciousness although Heasley claimed in 1998 that it was "From that collection of Hebrew folk tales, the Bible, after Adam's first wife, Lilith, who gave birth to all the monsters of the world."〔Belcher, David (1998) "Jean Therapy for Giant Strides", ''Glasgow Herald'', February 13, 1998, p. 19〕 Recording in DC at Inner Ear Studio, Lilys' first seven inch single "February Fourteenth" (the title a tribute to My Bloody Valentine, one of Heasley's major influences)〔 was released on Slumberland Records in 1991. Heasley then relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he wrote the debut Lilys album.〔 The album, ''In the Presence of Nothing'', followed in 1992, with the influence of My Bloody Valentine again in evidence.〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 836-837〕〔Ankeny, Jason "(Lilys Biography )", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 22 December 2009〕 Early recordings used a variety of musicians including Archie Moore of Velocity Girl.〔 The band's next releases were in 1994, including the mini-album ''A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns'' produced by Adam Lasus, which featured the track "Ginger", which was used in a CK1 advertisement.〔 A third album, ''Eccsame the Photon Band'', was released in December 1994, and Heasley also had a spell playing bass guitar with Apples In Stereo.〔 In August 1995 Lilys recorded ''Better Can't Make Your Life Better'' to be released on Ché in the UK in 1996 and Sire Records in the US. The album includes Lilys' most famous song, "A Nanny In Manhattan", which became a hit in the UK Singles Chart (reaching No. 16 in 1998),〔(Lilys ), Chart Stats〕 after being used in a 1998 advertisement campaign for Levi's directed by Roman Coppola.〔 Heasley explained how the track was selected for the advertisement: "They wanted something kitschy and retro, but didn't want to pay for a Small Faces' tune."〔 By 1995 Kurt had migrated to Boston to form his most well known version of Lilys. It was there that Beachwood Sparks drummer Aaron Sperske and Torben Pastore joined the band. Lilys spent the next five years recording and performing around the world. This included the first fully live performance on ''Top of The Pops'' since Aerosmith in 1978. The band was signed to Sire Records via its acquisition of Ché Records, and 1999's ''The 3-Way'' was released on the major, before corporate restructuring left them without a label, and the band's output slowed for the next few years.〔 Also in 1999, Heasley made a foray into electronica with the album ''Zero Population Growth: Bliss Out Volume 15'', part of the Darla Records ''Bliss Out'' series.〔 In 2000 Lilys released the "Selected EP". In winter of 2000, Kurt began recording ''Precollection'' in Philadelphia. Three producers and three years later, Heasley began working with producer Michael Musmanno, who produced the latest two Lilys albums. Heasley signed Los Angeles label Manifesto Records for the latest two Lilys albums.〔 In 2008 and 2009, Lilys performed at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, curated by My Bloody Valentine, and opened for My Bloody Valentine at some of their other US shows.〔Bruchman, Bryan (2008) "(Lilys played Bell House (pics), opening for MBV @ Roseland )", Brooklyn Vegan, September 22, 2008, retrieved 24 December 2009〕 The band line-up has changed regularly, with over 72 musicians being members of the band during its history.〔〔〔Orgera, Alexandra; Saul, James; Howard, Brian, & Rapa, Patrick (2006) "(The Lilys Family Tree )", ''Philadelphia City Paper'', February 16–22, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009〕 Heasley said of the ever-changing line-up in 2003: "I love turnover in the band because some people can't add to the student-teacher relationship. I need them to teach me what they want to do in the band so we can quickly move into that area. You always reach these incredible compromises, hopefully they're democratic, but I guess they're more like mono-monarchies. I guess it is democratic. You're giving each person a stake in the law but I've always been the majority holder."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lilys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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