Germano moved to Hollywood and began working at an independent bookstore. Nonetheless, in 1999 she performed in Toronto at Lee's Palace. By the end of 1998, she announced that she was done with the music business. While on tour she was notified by 4AD that they were dropping her from the label. Intent on resuming the promotion of Slide, she went on tour, opening for the Eels and then headlining smaller clubs. The night before the tour was supposed to begin, Corgan dismissed her (via the tour manager) with no explanation. She rehearsed with the band for four weeks in Chicago. Although she rejected the offer at first, singer Billy Corgan persuaded her that she would have a more collaborative role, and she agreed to join the tour. Before the album was released she was invited to sing backup vocals on tour for The Smashing Pumpkins. ended, returning 4AD to independent status, and without Warner Bros. Sales began to sag noticeably with the release of Slide, produced by Tchad Blake, in July 1998. The Underdog), and released by his label, Output Recordings. "Lovesick" from Excerpts from a Love Circus was remixed by Trevor Jackson (a.k.a. In April 1997, 4AD began promoting "I Love a Snot" (remixed by Tchad Blake) to radio and retail stores in America, but sales of the album remained static at best. Managers for Germano and Giant Sand made a deal with Thirsty Ear Recordings to release the album as a one-off project under the name OP8, and the album Slush was released in February 1997. Germano and the members of Giant Sand liked the results and enjoyed collaborating, and despite the labels' lack of interest in the recordings, recorded an album in less than a week. #JOHN MELLENCAMP BAND SERIES#Germano worked with rock band Giant Sand, but after their tracks had been recorded, the label decided that the series would be unfeasible and rejected the idea. The recordings would then be released by the label as a monthly series of EPs. Earlier that year, Watts-Russell approached 4AD's musicians with the idea that each act would find another person or band to collaborate with on three songs. In 1995, Germano contributed the song "The Mirror Is Gone" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization.Įxcerpts From a Love Circus (1996) was praised by Spin and Rolling Stone. Much attention was given to the track ".A Psychopath", which contains audio from a 9-1-1 emergency phone call by a woman who was being terrorized by an intruder in her home. Germano's album Geek the Girl (1994) was reviewed positively by the press and was a noted album of the 1990s. Two tracks, including a cover version of " These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", were replaced. In April of that year Happiness was reissued with different artwork, mixing, sequencing. In early 1994, 4AD issued Inconsiderate Bitch, a limited-edition EP which contained five of the remixed tracks. He remixed some of the tracks from Happiness with producer and engineer John Fryer, who had been involved in Watts-Russell's This Mortal Coil project. Ivo Watts-Russell, founder and president of 4AD, was a fan of Germano's work. She signed a contract with the British label 4AD, which had a manufacturing and distribution deal with Warner Bros. Personnel changes at Capitol resulted in the departure of most of her benefactors, but she retained the rights to her album. Although sales were low, the album got the attention of Capitol Records, which signed her to a contract and released her next album Happiness (1993). Solo career Īfter recording with Henry Lee Summer, Bob Seger, and Carrie Newcomer, Germano began a solo career with the album On the Way Down from the Moon Palace (1991), recorded in Indianapolis and released by her label, Major Bill Records. During the 1980s she also appeared on albums by Simple Minds and the Indigo Girls. For seven years she toured and recorded as a member of Mellencamp's band, appearing on The Lonesome Jubilee (1987), Big Daddy (1989), Falling from Grace (1991), Human Wheels (1993), and Dance Naked (1994). Germano was working as a violinist when rock singer John Mellencamp invited her to play on his album. When she was seven, she composed a fifteen-minute opera for the piano.Ĭareer On the road with Mellencamp She studied music, including piano and violin, as a child. Germano was born in Mishawaka, Indiana, one of five children of violinist Rocco and Betty Germano.
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