Voice of the Beehive are an

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band formed in London in 1986. The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of

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singer Bruce Belland). They teamed with British musicians Mike Jones, Martin Brett, Mark Bedford and Daniel Woodgate, the latter two of whom were former members of Madness. Bedford left after making formative contributions to the band and did not feature again, while Woodgate stayed for most of the band's main period of activity. The band took their name from the Greek meaning of the name Melissa, meaning honey bee.

Career

The band had five

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singles from two albums in the UK. Their biggest commercial success came with the singles "I Say Nothing", " Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels" and " I Think I Love You", taken from albums '' Let It Bee'' and '' Honey Lingers''. '' Sex & Misery'', a third album, was released in 1996; by this point sisters Tracey and Melissa were the sole group members. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour. The members of Voice of the Beehive have gone their separate ways. Tracey Bryn is a teacher in

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. Melissa Belland runs her own company Made in Heaven, also in Laguna Beach. Martin Brett runs Brett Dempsey Music Productions in London and joined I, Ludicrous on bass guitar in 2008. In 2011, he released his first solo single "Lover's Lane" under his original punk name Brett Martini. He also trained to become a facial hair specialist for film, theatre, and television in 2010. Daniel "Woody" Woodgate still plays drums, together with Mark Bedford on bass, in Madness. Mike Jones lives in

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, England and still plays guitar. In October 2017, Bryn and Belland reformed with the original line-up to play a pair of concert dates in London, including the '80s/'90s revival show Indie Daze 4.

Band members

* Tracey Bryn – guitar and vocals – (born 17 May 1962, Encino, California) * Melissa Brooke Belland or "Missy Beehive" – vocals – (born 17 February 1966, Los Angeles, California) * Mark Bedford – bass guitar * Martin Brett (Brett Martini) – bass guitar * Mike Jones – guitar * Daniel "Woody" Woodgate – drums

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

EPs

Singles

Other appearances

Voice of the Beehive provided

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's album, '' The Man'' (1986). An early version of "Beat of Love" was featured on the London Records compilation ''Giant'' (1987). Melissa and Tracey contributed a cover of " Five Feet High and Rising" to the

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''Til Things Are Brighter'' (1988), credited as ''"Tracey & Melissa Beehive"'' In 1993, Voice of the Beehive contributed a cover version of "

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to an EP released to raise funds for the Putting Our House in Order homeless initiative. The single, which contained different duet versions of the song on each format, peaked at No. 23 in the UK, and No. 214 in Australia.

Notes

References

External links

The Beehive—Voice of the Beehive Online

Voice of the Beehive
at Myspace * *
Voice of the Beehive
1992 interview with Maynard (broadcaster)
Melissa Belland

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