Spalding Rockwell is a band composed of Mary Louise "ML" Platt and Nicole "Nikki" Lombardi. They are primarily known for their collaboration with Armand Van Helden entitled "

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" and are featured in the music video. "

" reached number 7 on the Billboard dance chart, was top 30 on world and internet charts, made number 34 in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number 32 in the Australian Singles Chart. it also made a music video featuring Spalding Rockwell that was a MTV Europe hit. Spalding Rockwell is self-described as being "equal parts punk, electro and pop

Biography

This group originally appeared in New York City as a punk-hybrid collective composed of Mike Linn (drums), Cezhan Ambrose (guitar), Joe Fiorentino (guitar), Nicole Lombardi (vocals, bass), and ML Platt (vocals). The group was eventually renamed "Daughter" after Platt and Lombardi continued on as the duo "Spalding Rockwell". ML Platt grew up in

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. ML was primarily influenced by hip hop, especially Black Sheep,

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and

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. Later she was inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix. Nicole Lombardi grew up in Washington, D.C. Nicole was influenced by the city's music and arts communities, frequently attending live performances at local venues including the 9:30 Club, and Tracks. The duo originally met in high school. Spalding Rockwell first gained attention as a featured act on Larry Tee’s

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circuit. Their full-length LP ''Kate'' distributed by Defend Music in 2004 was entirely written, performed and produced by ML and Nikki. Most successful were their hit single collaborations with Armand Van Helden, "Hear My Name" which appeared on Van Helden's record " New York: A Mix Odyssey" in 2004 (released by

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) and "Jenny" in 2005 (released by

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Discography

Albums

*''Skin'' (as Daughter) (2003) *''Kate'' (2004)

Singles/EPs

" (2004) (with Armand Van Helden) *"Je T'Appelle / Hear My Name" (2004) (with Armand Van Helden) *"The Kate Remixes" (2005) * "Jenny" (2005) (with Armand Van Helden)

References

*http://www.spaldingrockwell.com/bio/bio.html, retrieved October 19, 2006. (No longer the band's website) Mary-Louise and CZ Rockwell went on after Spalding Rockwell as Los Art Rockwells, link is now extinct: * http://www.losrockwells.com (non-existent domain) American musical duos {{US-band-stub