Hope Nicholls (born January 1960) is an American singer-songwriter from

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. She was the lead vocalist of the

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, Sugarsmack and Snagglepuss. She also briefly toured with Martin Atkins' band

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in support of its album '' Fook''. Nicholls is now the lead singer and drummer of a project called It's Snakes. Their eponymously titled, debut record came out in December 2016, self-released. This band features husband and life-long musical collaborator Aaron Pitkin on guitar. She is also a contributing vocalist to The Plaza Family Band, a local education fund-raising project.

Discography

Fetchin Bones

*'' Cabin Flounder'' (1985, DB) *'' Bad Pumpkin'' (1986, Capitol) *'' Galaxy 500'' (1987, Capitol) *''

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'' (1989, Capitol) *Tame Yourself (Various Artists) (1991, RNA/Rhino)

Sugarsmack

*'' Zsa Zsa'' (1992, 3AM) *'' Top Loader'' (1993,

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) *'' Spanish Riffs'' (1994, Yesha) *'' Tank Top City'' (1998,

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)

Snagglepuss

*The Country Club Sessions (2001) *Parading About in the Altogether (2003, Coolidge Records) *The Sound Report (2007, Coolidge Records) *Doing Music (2012)

It's Snakes

*It's Snakes (2016)

Appears on

– ''

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'' (Invisible, 1993) *Pigface – '' Notes from Thee Underground'' (Invisible, 1994) *

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– ''

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, 1994) *

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– '' S U C K S E S S'' (Itchy, 2009)

References

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