Ruby (British band)
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Origin | Mark Walk Chris Taplin Gavin Fawcett Regina Chellew Sharon Dougherty |
Ruby is a Scottish
History
Scottish singer Lesley Rankine (born April 11, 1965)
Rankine had previously worked with producer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk on material for industrial group
Walk did not participate in a world tour to promote Salt Peter; instead Rankine sang with a full live band including Chris Taplin on bass/guitar, Gavin Fawcett on drums, and Sharon Dougherty on keyboards/guitar (replaced by Regina Chellew mid tour).[7][8] A remix album, Revenge, the Sweetest Fruit, appeared in 1996,[9] with a UK version titled Stroking the Full Length following a few months later.[10] "Flippin' tha Bird (Ceasefire Remix)" was included on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Nowhere. In 1996 Rankine joined Tom Jones for a cover of the song "Kung Fu Fighting",[11] and later recorded a one-minute version of Lerner and Loewe's "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" for a Samuel Bayer-directed Mountain Dew commercial in which she also appeared.[12]
Rankine then moved to
In December 2012, Rankine announced on her Facebook page that she was working on new music and videos under the Ruby name.[14] In 2013, she released the EP Revert to Type, followed by the album Waiting for Light in 2014. Another EP, Type-Cast, was released in 2016.[15]
Discography
Studio albums
- Salt Peter (1995)
- Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool (2001)
- Revert to Type (EP, 2013)
- Waiting for Light (2014)
- Type-Case (EP, 2016)
References
- ^ "Salt Peter by Ruby (Rock) - Epinions". Epinions.com. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Ruby". Vh1.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Lesley Rankine Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
- ^ "Allmusic Ruby Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ "Salt Peter/Album Track Listing/MTV". Mtv.com. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ "Paraffin/Album Track Listing/MTV". Mtv.com. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ ""Section 3 - Ruby "Stroking the Full Length"". Section3.com. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Salt Peter Remixed EP/Album Track Listing/MTV". Mtv.com. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ "Stroking the Full Length/Album Track Listing/MTV". Mtv.com. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
- ^ a b c "Ruby Biography". Sing365.com. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "Thank Heaven for Little Girls!". Asian-sirens.com. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Music News section called Ruby's Blues". Pulsetc.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Ruby Facebook Page". Facebook.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ ""type-cast ep"". Gratefulweb.com. Retrieved 23 November 2016.