We Start Fires were a female-fronted punk-pop rock 'n' roll band formed in
Darlington in 2002. They consist of Becky Stefani (
vocals
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and
guitar
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), Melissa Marx (
synths and
vocals
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), Nikki Vaughan (
bass and
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
), and Becky's younger brother Ashley Wade (
drums).
Their first limited edition single, "Strut", received radio airplay from
Zane Lowe
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After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
,
Rob Da Bank
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,
Steve Lamacq
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Early life
He attended The Ramsey Academ ...
,
Marc Riley
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Formerly a member of the Fall, he co-owned a record label, In-Ta ...
and
John Kennedy.
John Peel mentioned them in his book ''Margrave Of The Marshes''.
They performed at
SXSW, for which they were filmed as the subjects of a documentary film later shown on the
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.
*''Caught Redhanded'' (Head Girl Records) – 2004
*''We Start Fires'' (Hot Noise Records) – 1 October 2007
*"How to Be a Lady" (EP, Head Girl Records) – 2002
*"Strut" (Marquis Cha Cha Records) – August 2005
*"Hot Metal" (Marquis Cha Cha Records) – January 2006
*"Magazine" (Hot Noise Records) – 28 May 2007
*"Play You" (Hot Noise Records) – 20 August 2007
*"Let's Get Our Hands Dirty" (Hot Noise Records) – 22 October 2007
*"Hot Metal" - ''What We All Want'' (Dance To The Radio Records) – 27 February 2006