59-417: Purple Tape is the first album by Lisa Loeb , self-released in 1992 on audio cassette only, used to showcase her talents to record companies. The record features mostly Loeb's voice accompanied by a guitar. Loeb would later include and re-record the majority of these songs on her later albums Tails and Firecracker . While some songs of the album were later released as b-sides on some of Loeb's singles,
118-575: A Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Group , and were named Best International Newcomer in the Brit Awards . In 2019, Loeb released a limited edition 12" red vinyl pressing of the song for the 25th anniversary of the song. The release included four unreleased versions of "Stay (I Missed You)", "Truthfully", "Waiting for Wednesday", and "I Do", recorded live in January 2013 in Japan. Loeb appeared at
177-536: A CD. Her seventh studio album No Fairy Tale was released on January 29, 2013, by 429 Records, co-produced by Chad Gilbert and Loeb herself. She released the original single "A Holiday Song" through Furious Rose Productions on December 10, 2013. Loeb toured with and without her band, touring with Daru Oda and Adam Levy . Other band members include Mark Spencer , Matt Beck, Ronny Crawford, Joe Quigley, Joe Travers, Mark Meadows, Michael Eisenstein, Dave Gibbs , and Leland Sklar . In September 2014, she performed at
236-488: A close friend. Fisher played drums on Hay's 1994 album Topanga , while Hay contributed guitar and vocals to Lazlo Bane's cover of " Overkill " from their debut album. Since then Chad Fischer took part in recording most of Colin Hay's albums, with Fischer's role varying from session musician and songwriter to mixing engineer and co-producer. Fischer was briefly a member of Don Piper's band A Don Piper Situation playing drums on
295-424: A degree in comparative literature . At Brown in the mid-1980s, Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell formed a band named Liz and Lisa , with future singer/songwriter and classmate Duncan Sheik as a guitarist. The duo released the albums Liz and Lisa (1989) and Liz and Lisa - Days Were Different (1990) independently. After college, bassist Rick Lassiter and drummer Chad Fischer joined the band. After developing
354-636: A following from her solo acoustic performances on the New York City coffeehouse circuit and the rock club circuit. She travelled to cities such as Philadelphia , Los Angeles , and Dallas , but focused mainly on New York City. She played acoustically and with her band in folk and rock clubs, including at CBGB . Loeb performed at music festivals such as the New Music Seminar and South by Southwest . Loeb's big break came through her friendship with actor Ethan Hawke , who lived in an apartment across
413-464: A following together, Loeb and Mitchell parted ways a few years after college. Loeb attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for a session of summer school, and in 1990 formed a full band called Nine Stories. The band, which was named after the book by J.D. Salinger , included Tim Bright on guitar, Jonathan Feinberg on drums, and Joe Quigley on bass. Loeb began working with producer Juan Patiño to make
472-514: A friend's wedding a decade prior. In July of the same year, Billboard premiered Loeb's new song "Love Never Dies", an original track she wrote to serve as the theme song to acclaimed author James Patterson 's novel, Sophia, Princess Among Beasts , and inspired by the book. A Simple Trick to Happiness was released on February 28, 2020. The album is Loeb's most personal and reflects her interest in simple and direct songwriting paired with inspiration from her children and personal life. Loeb
531-475: A long-form video of the over 30 songs from Nursery Rhyme Parade! In November 2016, Loeb released her fourth children's album entitled Feel What U Feel. She wrote and composed the selections on this album based on "what I'd like to pass along to my kids and kids in general." The title track, "Feel What U Feel", featured Craig Robinson of The Office , and it became the #1 song on SiriusXM's Kids Place Live , on which program it continued to be played as of
590-753: A new film with score by Chad Fischer, premiered in 2022. Aside from film scores Chad Fischer wrote and performed a number of songs for the films he worked on, however none of them were released on any soundtrack albums or elsewhere. Chad Fischer's early work on TV scores include shows My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star and The Class . In 2007 Chad Fischer and Lazlo Bane guitarist Tim Bright started scoring American medical drama series Private Practice . During its run Fischer and Bright won BMI TV Music Award four times: in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. The show concluded after six seasons in 2013. After Private Practice Chad Fischer started providing music for another ABC 's show, Scandal . For his work he won
649-597: A new video, the cover of The Jayhawks "Blue". In May 2023 Fishcer took part in Abandoned Albums podcast. In the beginning of 2000s Chad Fischer started providing music and songs for various films and TV shows. His first full-length film for which he provided the scores was Garden State , released in 2004. Both the film and its soundtrack proved to be critically and commercially acclaimed. Garden State also featured Fischer's original song called "Motorcycle Ride with Sam." It hasn't been officially released, but it
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#1732906266328708-604: A play on Sanrio's signature Hello Kitty , who appears on the album cover wearing Lisa Loeb's trademark glasses. She released an EP with just the new songs on it, as well as an alternative version of the song "Underdog" for fans who had already purchased the Cake and Pie CD. She co-directed a video with Dweezil Zappa for "Underdog" co-starring Hello Kitty playing guitar. Loeb toured the world again, making special stops in Sanrio stores for in-store autographs while appearing with Hello Kitty at
767-551: A positive write-up in The New York Times , with the review describing it as "fresh and funny" and praising the acoustic music and characterizations of the campers. Her song "3, 2, 1, Let Go" was released in April 2015 as a single. Co-written and co-composed with Chris Unck, the song was also used in the April 2015 film Helicopter Mom . Loeb starred in the film as a high school English teacher. On November 20, 2015, Loeb released
826-401: A reflection of life during the pandemic. On August 23, 2024, Loeb released the children's album That's What It's All About . The album was a collaboration with the band The Hollow Trees and includes both covers and original songs. Chad Fischer Chad Fischer is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer from Santa Monica , California, also known as
885-520: A total of eight videos. Seven songs from these recordings were included on Lazlo Bane album Someday We'll Be Together , which was released on 30 October 2021. In early 2022 Chad Fischer participated in The Great Song Podcast and Dig Me Out podcast discussing his early musical career with School of Fish, Lazlo Bane, breakthrough of "Superman" as Scrubs theme song and recent video releases and Lazlo Bane reunion. In July 2022 Fischer released
944-457: Is available to listen in the DVD menu of the film and on his Myspace page. 2005's Little Manhattan featured new songs, both by Fischer and Lazlo Bane, that were written especially for the film. It also featured a cover of The Beatles ' song " In My Life " produced by Fischer and performed by Matt Scannell . No soundtrack album was ever released, although one of Fischer's songs, "Map of My Heart",
1003-429: Is available to listen on his Myspace page. However, promotional compilation of Chad Fischer's music from Garden State and Little Manhattan also featuring his production work was released circa 2005. For the 2008 film The Rocker Chad Fischer wrote the score and a number of original songs which were performed by fictional bands A.D.D. and Vesuvius. The actual music was mostly performed by Chad Fischer himself with
1062-783: Is inspired by her camp memories as well as 1970s-style rock and pop. Camp Lisa garnered National Parenting Publications Awards Honors, 2008 Parents' Choice and NPR 's year-end Top 10 list of the best kids' music for 2008. In July 2010, she debuted her children's musical Camp Kappawanna, which is based on the songs from Camp Lisa. In conjunction with Camp Lisa, she launched her own non-profit , The Camp Lisa Foundation, designed to help underprivileged kids attend summer camp through its partnership with SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education, Inc.) In 2009, The Camp Lisa Foundation provided funding for many camp scholarships, enabling economically disadvantaged children to attend ACA-accredited overnight camps. In September 2011, Loeb released
1121-457: The Billboard Charts . In mid-2002, Loeb signed a deal with Artemis Records, a new boutique label run by record company veterans Danny Goldberg and Daniel Glass , after Interscope allowed her to buy the rights to her masters. Artemis had offered to re-release the record with more promotion. With new artwork, some songs added and some removed, Cake and Pie was re-launched as Hello Lisa ,
1180-530: The Billboard Live venues in Tokyo and Osaka . During the performances she ended with a rendition of her new song "3, 2, 1, Let Go". On December 9, 2014, she released the original single "Light". The Hanukkah song tells a "story of hope in the darkness", and was co-written by Loeb and Cliff Goldmacher, with Renee Stahl on guest vocals. The song was put in rotation on SiriusXM among other stations. She co-wrote
1239-535: The COVID-19 lockdown. She performed a special virtual show for hospital frontline workers through the organization Musicians on Call. In August 2021, Loeb saw the premiere of Together Apart , a musical consisting of a collection of 10 seven-minute-long mini-musicals all about connecting on Zoom at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loeb conceived and executive produced the musical, in which she also stars. Benefiting
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#17329062663281298-683: The Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album . Loeb's latest album, A Simple Trick to Happiness , was released in February 2020. Lisa Loeb was born to a Jewish family in Bethesda, Maryland , and was raised in Dallas, Texas , where her parents still reside. Her mother, Gail, was the president of the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance and Foundation, and her father, Peter Loeb,
1357-634: The If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Amazon series, including the theme song. In October 2017, Loeb released the album Lullaby Girl featuring a world-class quartet led by keyboardist Larry Goldings . The album features Lisa and Larry's arrangements of classic songs like Dionne Warwick 's " What the World Needs Now Is Love ", the Five Stairsteps ' " O-o-h Child ", and Fleetwood Mac 's " Don't Stop .", as well as two new original songs, including
1416-564: The children's book Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs, illustrated by Ryan O'Rourke. The book was published by Sterling Publishing , and also includes activities, choreography, and recipes. The book is published with an included CD, with four original songs and six classics. In April 2013, Loeb released the follow-up book Lisa Loeb's Songs for Movin' and Shakin': The Air Band Song and Other Toe-Tapping Tunes , which she co-wrote with Ryan O'Rourke. It includes both covers and some original songs, as well as
1475-512: The 25th anniversary screening of Reality Bites at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the film's stars Ethan Hawke , Winona Ryder , Ben Stiller , and Janeane Garofalo , and performed "Stay (I Missed You)" during the film's end credits. In September 1995, Loeb's debut album, Tails , credited to Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, was released on Geffen Records . The album was co-produced by Juan Patiño, her then longtime boyfriend. "Stay"
1534-495: The Actors Fund, Together Apart was written, composed, directed-by and starring Loeb's fellow Brown University alumni, including Julie Bowen ( Modern Family ), Emmy Award Winner Josh Hamilton ( 13 Reasons Why ), Ann Harada ( Avenue Q ) and JoBeth Williams ( Kramer vs. Kramer ). It was produced by Tony Award winner Beth Wishnie. Together Apart evolved out of a Brown Musical Theatre class reunion on Zoom held during
1593-592: The BMI TV Music Award six times from 2013 to 2018. In early 2018 the show's score album was released, consisting entirely of Chad Fischer's music. Scandal itself has also ended in 2018. In 2016 Fischer started scoring yet another ABC's TV series The Catch . The show ended in 2017. After ABC shows Chad Fischer scored the first season of the YouTube Premium original anthology 2019 series Weird City . Chad Fischer started production work from
1652-483: The Dell ". Beyond Loeb and her family as performers, guest artists included singer-songwriter Renee Stahl, while Rich Jacques produced. InStyle opined the album would "delight" both children and adults, describing it as having "stripped-down melodies and a strict adherence to traditional lyrics." Loeb's Nursery Rhyme Parade! won a 2016 NAPPA Award (National Parenting Product Awards). On December 16, 2016, Loeb released
1711-626: The Japanese MTV Music Awards . In 2003, Loeb reunited with her college music partner Elizabeth Mitchell on children's CD and companion book Catch the Moon through Artemis Records. According to Allmusic , "The songs are rendered in a folk/country acoustic minimalism that is, in a word, enchanting." Videos from this album, as well as the single "Jenny Jenkins", have been featured on the Noggin TV network for children. In 2003, Loeb voiced
1770-655: The Time in the World was released in 2002. It included the song " Superman ", which became the Lazlo Bane's most recognizable song as it became a theme song for the popular American TV series Scrubs . Chad Fischer along with Lazlo Bane members Tim Bright and Chris Link as songwriters of "Superman" and Scrubs' composer Jan Stevens won BMI TV Music Award of 2003 and 2004. Over the next decade Lazlo Bane released two more studio albums and one EP , all of them independently. Another album by
1829-691: The album A World of Happiness, designed to disseminate messages of kindness, compassion, tolerance, and self-reliance to children of all ages. She performed as Lady Leonali the Ladybug singing "In the Details". In 2008, she released her Purple Tape album remixed and remastered on a double CD. It included an interview by Andy Denemark, highlighting the creative process behind each song. There were extensive liner notes and photos documenting her early history in New York City. In 2008 she released Camp Lisa , which
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1888-508: The album did not see its CD release until January 22, 2008, when it was released as a two-CD including an extensive interview with Loeb about the album. All tracks are written by Lisa Loeb This 1990s alternative rock album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lisa Loeb Lisa Anne Loeb ( / l oʊ b / ; born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with " Stay (I Missed You) " from
1947-447: The album. The album was met by positive from critics. She has subsequently released music videos for many of the tracks on the album, including "This Is My Life", "Another Day", "Sing Out', "For the Birch", "Shine", "The Upside", "Doesn't It Feel Good", "Most of All", "I Wanna Go First" and "Wonder". In March 2020, Loeb launched #StayAtHomeTogether, a series of live virtual concerts during
2006-670: The band, Big Spill , was released in 2013 and was credited to The Rage , Lazlo Bane's alter ego project. In October 2019 Chad Fischer released his first non film and TV series related album of music titled National Parks which was dedicated to the American national parks and monuments . In April 2020 Chad Fischer started releasing videos of music covers on a regular basis. The videos sometimes featured guest appearances by various musicians including long time Fischer's collaborators Larry Goldings, Colin Hay, and School of Fish band members among others. As of October 2021 Fischer released
2065-447: The cassette Purple Tape in 1992. It included the earliest recordings of later popular tracks such as " Do You Sleep? ", "Snow Day", "Train Songs", and "It's Over". Loeb sold the violet-colored cassette to fans at gigs and used it as a sonic calling card to industry gatekeepers. She and her band made a recording of her song " Stay (I Missed You) " during the same period. Loeb developed
2124-399: The film Reality Bites , the first Billboard number one single for an artist without a recording contract. She achieved two additional top 20 singles with " Do You Sleep? " in 1996 and " I Do " in 1998. Her studio albums include two back-to-back albums that were certified gold : Tails and Firecracker . Loeb's film, television and voice-over work includes guest starring roles in
2183-435: The first Lazlo Bane album 11 Transistor and produced every subsequent album of the band. After the death of Fischer's longtime friend and School of Fish bandmate Josh Clayton-Felt, he co-executive produced the release of Center of Six , the second Clayton-Felt's posthumous album. It included several tribute songs produced by Chad Fischer and recorded by Josh's friends. Fischer's production career progressed as he produced
2242-485: The frontman of the band Lazlo Bane . Chad Fischer's early work was being a drummer for the band School of Fish founded by his college friend Josh Clayton-Felt . Fischer replaced the original drummer M.P. in 1991, however he did not play on the band's second album due to fallout with a producer and was replaced by Josh Freese . Nevertheless, Fischer still stayed with the band to perform live. The only official commercial School of Fish release that included his drumming
2301-463: The last days of August 2017. The parenting site, CoolMomPicks .com, chose "Feel What U Feel" as a 2016 Pick of the Year. On January 28, 2018, Loeb won the 2018 Grammy Award for 'Best Children's Album' for the album. Loeb recorded the single "Christmas Cookie Song" for Amazon's holiday special If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie, which premiered on November 25, 2016. She later wrote original songs for
2360-523: The lyrics and co-composed the music to Camp Kappawanna , a family musical that premiered in New York on March 21, 2015, by the Atlantic Theater Company . Other collaborators on the score included Michelle Lewis and Dan Petty. The musical follows "the misadventures of Jennifer Jenkins, an awkward and adorable 12-year-old kid", and was inspired by Loeb's own memories of summer camp. The show received
2419-507: The mature and strong writing by Loeb. Stephen Erlewine called it "the best, most cohesive record she's made, a clean, crisp collection of well-crafted, gentle tunes that slowly, surely work into the subconscious." Her greatest hits compilation, The Very Best of Lisa Loeb , was released through Universal in January 2006 as well as a Japanese version of the album. Loeb was a judge for the 1st and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists. In 2006, Loeb contributed to
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2478-460: The pandemic. The reunion was attended by graduates from the early 80s through the late 90s. Loeb, a ’90 Graduate, was energized by the digital reconnection and was inspired to find a solution to everyone’s concern about how theater could exist during the pandemic. She began collaborating with her fellow graduates to create Together Apart . Together Apart was intentionally created using the Zoom platform as
2537-510: The release of Tails Tim Bright and Jonathan Feinberg left Nine Stories and were replaced with Mark Spencer and Ronny Crawford respectively. In 1997, Loeb released a second major-label album on Geffen, Firecracker , and began experimenting more with orchestrations done with Dan Coleman . At this point, Loeb started going under her own name for the albums instead of using the band name, although she still continued to tour worldwide with Nine Stories, as well as acoustically as she had done from
2596-511: The role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series , which ran for one season on MTV . In 2004, Loeb signed to the more experienced and established independent label Zoë/ Rounder Records . The Way It Really Is was released August 2004 as Loeb's fifth studio-recorded album, based on the song " The Way It Really Is ". Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, critics noted
2655-628: The season finale of Gossip Girl , and two episodes, including the series finale, of Netflix 's Fuller House . She also starred in two other television series, Dweezil & Lisa , a weekly culinary adventure for the Food Network that featured her alongside Dweezil Zappa , and Number 1 Single on E! Entertainment Television . She has also acted in such films as House on Haunted Hill , Fright Night , Hot Tub Time Machine 2 , and Helicopter Mom . Loeb has released children's CDs and books; her 2016 children's CD Feel What U Feel won
2714-404: The self-titled 1997 EP and producing and engineering the track "Ray Falls Down". After Almo Sounds was bought by Universal Music Group Lazlo Bane continued their career as an independent band . Chad Fischer continued to produce Lazlo Bane albums with them being recorded in his own studio and released through the self-established label both named Lookout Sound. The band's second album All
2773-517: The single "Champagne (I'm Ready)" as a digital download through Amazon . Loeb described the New Year's track as "something you'd probably hear more in a dance club." Loeb's third children's album, Nursery Rhyme Parade! , was made available exclusively through Amazon Music on October 16, 2015. The album includes 35 nursery rhymes and songs, including renditions of " The Muffin Man " and " The Farmer in
2832-505: The song "Anti-Hero" for an all-female Japanese musical group Rin' 's album Inland Sea . Loeb contributed vocals to New Found Glory 's cover of "Stay", from their 2007 LP From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II , as well as performing the song live with the band. Beginning with Reality Bites , Loeb's music has been featured in several soundtracks. The single "How" was included on the soundtracks for films Twister and Jack Frost , and
2891-823: The start. Firecracker included hit singles such as " I Do ", which received radio success, peaking at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and music television. The album was certified Gold on June 10, 2008. She subsequently toured with The Wallflowers and Chris Isaak , and performed at Lilith Fair . In 2000, Loeb participated in the Ozzy Osbourne tribute album Bat Head Soup , performing " Goodbye to Romance " with Dweezil Zappa on guitar. She contributed to An All Star Tribute To Cher with " Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves ", and to An All Star Tribute To Shania Twain with "Don't Be Stupid", both of which were released in 2005. Other international work includes Loeb's guest performance on
2950-535: The street from her in New York City. She told Cosmopolitan that she met Hawke in the NYC theater community where, as she phrased it, "I made music for his plays". Loeb gave Hawke the Juan Patiño-produced version of " Stay (I Missed You) ;" he in turn gave it to director Ben Stiller during the making of the 1994 film Reality Bites . Stiller subsequently decided to use the song in the film's ending credits, and it
3009-570: The title track. Lullaby Girl won a 2017 National Parenting Product Award. In 2018, Loeb released a special version of the David Bowie song " All the Young Dudes " after performing her version of on a Howard Stern Show tribute to Bowie. On May 29, 2019, Rolling Stone premiered Loeb's studio-recorded cover of the Bright Eyes song "First Day Of My Life." She previously performed the song at
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#17329062663283068-618: The vocals provided by Teddy Geiger (for A.D.D.) and Keith England (for Vesuvius). A soundtrack album that featured all the original material was also released in 2008. In the 2009 film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , Chad sings a version of Gilbert O'Sullivan 's " Alone Again (Naturally) ". Other films for which Fischer wrote the score are 10 Years , Loosies , The Babysitters , Black Cloud and Chasing Mavericks . In 2018, Fischer returned to film scores with Eat, Brains, Love directed by Rodman Flender . Wildflower ,
3127-457: Was a gastroenterologist . She has a younger sister, songwriter Debbie Loeb . As a child, Lisa studied piano, but later switched to guitar. She attended The Hockaday School , an all-girls private school . For two years, she had her own radio show on 88.5 KRSM-FM, a 10-watt station licensed to the nearby all-boys St. Marks School of Texas. After graduating from high school in 1986, she attended Brown University , where she graduated in 1990 with
3186-444: Was also released by Loeb's own Furious Rose Productions with distribution through Redeye , and produced by Loeb with Michelle Lewis and Dan Petty. The disc includes a mix of 21 original and classic camp songs and guest performers including Kay Hanley , Dave Gibbs , Nina Gordon , Jill Sobule , Lee Sklar , Maia Sharp , and funnyman/banjo player Steve Martin . As Loeb spent many summers of her childhood at summer camp, Camp Lisa
3245-736: Was heard in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Homecoming". "We Could Still Belong Together" earned a spot on the Legally Blonde soundtrack in 2001, while "I Wish" can be heard on the soundtrack for Anywhere But Here (1999). Cake and Pie , Loeb's third album and debut for A&M/ Interscope , was released in 2002. She co-produced the album and collaborated with Glen Ballard , then boyfriend Dweezil Zappa , Randy Scruggs ( Vince Gill , Sawyer Brown , Waylon Jennings ), and Peter Collins ( Rush , Bon Jovi , Indigo Girls ). It peaked at 199 on
3304-668: Was included by Ron Fair on the soundtrack on RCA Records . Hawke directed a rare one-take video on film, a continuous steadicam shot operated by Robin Buerki. "Stay (I Missed You)" went on to become a number one hit on the American charts . When her song hit number one, Loeb earned the distinction of being the first artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to any record label. The single reached Gold status on July 12, 1994, just over three months after its release date. Loeb and Nine Stories received
3363-572: Was included on the album, and Loeb managed a top 20 hit with " Do You Sleep? " and two moderately successful radio hits with " Taffy " and " Waiting for Wednesday ". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 1, 1995. Critics were favorable to the album, with Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly , in particular, noting, "Loeb has an undeniable gift for creating an air of intimacy and vulnerability, which may well be enough for 'Stay' fans looking for additional doses of contemplative melancholy". After
3422-416: Was inspired to write positive, uplifting music due to the complexity of modern life and after having written several albums of children's music . In October 2019, Loeb preceded the album's release with the premiere of her single "Sing Out" on the largest LGBTQ news site Queerty , in honor of National Coming Out Day. In December 2019, she premiered the music video for "Skeleton", the first official single from
3481-419: Was the single "Take Me Anywhere", which included two live tracks as b-sides . After School of Fish disbanded in 1994 Chad Fischer went on to build his own recording studio and started to write new material. He signed to Almo Sounds label and formed the band Lazlo Bane, whose debut album, 11 Transistor was released in January 1997. During the early years Chad Fischer met Colin Hay with whom he became
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