Lash were an all-female

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. The members Belinda-Lee Reid (vocals, guitar), Jaclyn Pearson (drums), Jessica Bennett (lead guitar) and Micaela Slayford (vocals, bass) who all met at the

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Santa Maria College. The group released one studio album, '' The Beautiful and the Damned'' in 2002.

History

1996–2003: Exteria & Lash

After being together for a few weeks, and at age 14, the girls, named Exteria, entered the song "Aloha Mr Hand" into the Open Youth Category for the under-18s

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in the 1996

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. Exteria won the $1,000 prize, and came to the attention of manager Andrew Klippel. In 2001, they renamed themselves Lash and signed to

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. Lash released their debut single " Take Me Away" in March 2001 and peaked at number 33 on the

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. "

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" was released in August 2001 and peaked at number 31 on the ARIA Charts. At the

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, "Take Me Away" was nominated for

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. Lash won Best New Australian Artist on Commercial Radio at the Commercial Radio Australia Awards of 2001. Throughout 2002, Lash toured with

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and

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. "Don't Ever Make My Mind Up" was released in February 2002, which was followed by their debut album '' The Beautiful and the Damned'', which was released in April 2002 and peaked at number 74 on the

. In 2002, Lash represented Australia at the

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in Romania. Their song "Beauty Queen" was also featured in the 2003 film ''

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, as well as the film's

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. "Take Me Away" was also included, covered by

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, as performed by Lohan character's band in the film. The group disbanded in 2003.

2004–present: post-Lash

Belinda-Lee Reid: After the break-up of Lash, Reid has pursued a solo career. She was the subject of an episode of the documentary TV program ''The Hit Game'', which aired in Australia on ABCTV on 4 October 2005, and showed her recording demos with Palmer, assisted by Pearson and Bennett. In this show, she lamented the stigma attached to her by music industry leaders for being in a 'failed' act. Reid's debut solo

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''The Road from Lillyfield'' was touted for release in 2005 but never emerged. In 2006, Reid formed a new band called The Silver Scene and released a self-titled extended play for free download on

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Unearthed's website. By 2014, Reid was working as a real estate agent. Jessica Bennett and Jaclyn Pearson: After the break-up of Lash, Bennett and Pearson were part of group

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from 2004 to 2009. They won the National Campus Band Competition in 2005. Since 2016, Bennett has run Love Shack Studios in Footscray, Victoria.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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Compilations

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Compilation appearances

Awards

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References

External links

*
Interview - Jessica Bennett (October 2001)The Preytells official site
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