Would-Be-Goods
The Would-Be-Goods are a British indie pop band around the singer Jessica Griffin.
Band history
In 1987 Jessica Griffin recorded the single Fruit Paradise / Hanging Gardens Of Reigate , which was released on él Records under the stage name Would-Be-Goods. The name is derived from the title of a children's book by Edith Nesbit , The Woodbegoods ( Eng . The Club of Good Deeds ).
When recording their first album with their own songs The Camera Loves Me , produced by Keith West and released in 1988 by él Records, Griffin had no band of his own and was accompanied by The Monochrome Set . Jessica's sister Miranda was also involved in the project as a writer and accompanist. The second album Mondo (1992) was not recorded until five years later , again with The Monochrome Set as a backing band.
1999 Griffin formed a new version of the Would-Be-Goods with Peter Momtchiloff as guitarist and bassist. The keyboards were played by Orson Presence from The Monochrome Set, with Struan Robertson on drums, then Jim Kimberley. Two EPs were released , Emmanuelle Béart (2001) and Sugar Mummy (2002).
The third album, Brief Lives , was released in early 2002. At this time, the Would-Be-Goods had their first live appearances, first as a duo Griffin-Momtchiloff, then with Deborah Green on drums. In the summer of 2002 Lupe Nuñez-Fernandez joined on bass. The group performed in London and on the American east coast.
After the fourth album The Morning After (2004), Nuñez-Fernandez left the Would-Be-Goods to concentrate on working with her own band Pipas; in their place came Andy Warren from The Monochrome Set. The fifth album Eventyr came out in 2008.
Trivia
Christian Kracht's 1995 novel “ Fiberland ” is preceded by a quote from the song “Amaretto” from the album “The Camera Loves Me”.
Web links
- Website of Wood-Be-Goods (English)
- Would-Be-Goods at Allmusic (English)
- Would-Be-Goods at Discogs (English)