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Years active
  
1982–1989

Labels
  
Epic

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Origin
  
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Past members
  
Aimee Mann Robert Holmes Joey Pesce Michael Hausman

Members
  
Aimee Mann, Robert Holmes, Michael Hausman, Joey Pesce, Jules Shear, Jon Brion, Michael Montes

Genres
  
New wave, Alternative rock

Awards
  
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist

Albums
  
Welcome Home, Everything's Different Now, Coming Up Close: A Retrospective, Voices Carry, The Spit - Boston - March 1

Profiles

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'Til Tuesday (often written as ’til tuesday) was an American new wave band formed in Boston in 1982. Its original lineup was bassist/vocalist Aimee Mann, guitarist/vocalist Robert Holmes, keyboardist Joey Pesce, and drummer Michael Hausman. They are best known for their 1985 hit single "Voices Carry".

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History

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'Til Tuesday first gained fame six months after its formation when it won Boston's WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble in 1983. Their original composition "Love in a Vacuum" (credited to all members of the group) received a fair amount of airplay on the station, and the group was eventually signed to Epic Records.

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"Love in a Vacuum" was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985's Voices Carry; however, the breakthrough song turned out to be the title track. The "Voices Carry" single peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann and Hausman, who had broken off a relationship before the album's release. According to producer Mike Thorne on his Stereo Society web site, "The title track was originally written and sung by Aimee as if to a woman.... The record company was predictably unhappy with such lyrics." Rolling Stone magazine would later report that Epic Records labelmate Cyndi Lauper was interested in recording "Voices Carry" with the original lyric, but only if the band didn't put it on their own release. The band declined.

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The band became an early MTV staple with the "Voices Carry" video, which depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, though filmed at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, Massachusetts, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics, "He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down...?" as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair. As a result, the group won that year's MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.

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By the 1986 follow-up Welcome Home, Mann was beginning to write more of the songs herself and the band was moving away from the slick new wave sound of their debut. But while critical reaction was generally strong, the #26 placing for the lead single, "What About Love", was a commercial disappointment, especially after the top-ten success of "Voices Carry". Even more problematic, the album just barely sneaked into the U.S. top 50, also a letdown after the #19 placing for their debut.

After the album's release Pesce left the band and was replaced by Michael Montes. Guitarists Jon Brion and Clayton Scoble also joined the group, although not as permanent members.

At about the same time, Mann's two-year relationship with singer-songwriter Jules Shear, who she had been dating since the release of the Voices Carry album, came to an end. This breakup somewhat informed the band's final album, 1988's Everything's Different Now, particularly in the song "J for Jules", though Mann insisted that not every song on the LP was about the relationship. Shear collaborated with Matthew Sweet on the album's title track; it also featured "The Other End (of the Telescope)", a collaboration between Mann and Elvis Costello on which Costello provides a guest vocal.

While critical praise continued to flow, Everything's Different Now was a commercial dud. The album peaked at No. 124, while the lead single "(Believed You Were) Lucky" (co-written with Shear) crawled to number 95.

'Til Tuesday essentially broke up after the release of Everything's Different Now. However, Mann toured under the 'Til Tuesday name with various session players, while legal problems with the band's label Epic prevented her from beginning work on a solo record for several years. (Mann's solo career officially began in 1992.) Hausman, meanwhile, became Mann's manager, a position he holds to this day.

Personnel

  • Aimee Mann - Lead vocals, Bass guitar - 1982–1988
  • Robert Holmes - Guitar - 1982–1988
  • Joey Pesce - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Piano - 1982–1986
  • Michael Hausman - Drums, Percussion - 1982–1988
  • Albums

  • Voices Carry (1985) – US #19, AUS #81
  • Welcome Home (1986) – US #49
  • Everything's Different Now (1988) – US #124
  • Compilations Albums

  • Coming Up Close: A Retrospective (greatest-hits collection) (1996)
  • Songs

    Voices CarryVoices Carry · 1985
    Coming Up CloseWelcome Home · 1986
    Love in a VacuumVoices Carry · 1985

    References

    'Til Tuesday Wikipedia


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