Is Natalie Merchant still friends with 10,000 Maniacs?

LONG BEFORE Natalie Merchant announced her split from 10,000 Maniacs, the intense lead singer stood in stark contrast to other members of the nationally prominent band from Jamestown. For months — probably longer — she had been drifting away from them.

Where is Natalie Merchant now?

Natalie Merchant, famed as the frontwoman for 10,000 Maniacs and now a solo artist, has lived in the Hudson Valley for the last 25 of her 50 years, first in Dutchess and now in Ulster County, with a short stint in Spain with her former husband.

Did 10,000 Maniacs replace Natalie Merchant?

After the recording but before the release of MTV Unplugged, original lead singer and main songwriter Natalie Merchant left the band to pursue a solo career. She was replaced by Mary Ramsey, who was the lead singer from 1993 to 2001 and then from 2007 to the present.

Who was the lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs?

Natalie Merchant
Mary RamseyOskar Saville
10,000 Maniacs/Lead singers
10,000 Maniacs formed in New York State in 1981, originally fronted by vocalist Natalie Merchant, who left the group in 1993.

How did 10,000 Maniacs get their name?

An acclaimed, multi-platinum selling American alternative rock outfit whose agreeable blend of jangle pop and folk-rock helped to define college rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, 10,000 Maniacs (named after the low-budget horror movie 2,000 Maniacs) were formed in Jamestown, New York, in 1981 by singer …

Is Natalie Merchant married?

Daniel de la Callem. 2003–2012
Natalie Merchant/Spouse

Who was Natalie Merchant married to?

Did Natalie Merchant go to college?

Jamestown Community College
Natalie Merchant/Education

Merchant was lead singer and primary lyricist for 10,000 Maniacs, joining in its infancy in 1981 while she was a student at Jamestown Community College.

How did 10000 maniacs get their name?

Who is the lead singer of Manic Street Preachers?

James Dean BradfieldSince 1986
Jenny Watkins-Isnardi1986 – 1986
Manic Street Preachers/Lead singers

What was Manic Street Preachers first album?

Generation Terrorists/Gold Against The Soul
Manic Street Preachers/First album

How old is Natalie Merchant?

58 years (October 26, 1963)
Natalie Merchant/Age

Who is the lead singer of 10000 Maniacs?

N atalie Merchant slumps deep into the back seat of a taxi on her way to an inaugural-week cocktail benefit for Rock the Vote. That the event is one of the hottest invitations in town is lost on the notoriously moody and publicity-shy lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs, who holds such empty concepts as fabulous parties in rather low regard.

How many albums has 10 000 Maniacs released?

10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that charted in the top 50 in the US: In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man’s Zoo (1989),…

How did 10 000 Maniacs get their name?

On a whim, they invited Merchant – whom they knew only vaguely – to play a party with them and soon added rhythm guitarist John Lombardo (and later Augustyniak) and rechristened themselves 10,000 Maniacs, in a twist on an old horror-movie title, Two Thousand Maniacs! They started performing locally.

What happened to the Maniacs?

The Maniacs, poster children for political correctness in the terminally un-PC Eighties whose previous album, Blind Man’s Zoo, was a critical and financial disappointment, have rebounded big time with their most recent effort, Our Time in Eden. The album has earned the band a whole new audience of earnest young things and recently went gold.