Sarah McLeod

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Sarah McLeod is the former frontwoman of Australian rock band The Superjesus. McLeod is one of the best recognised women in the Australian music scene and is known for her enthusiastic and unique stage presence. She already has three ARIA awards and over 300,000 record sales to her name (from her Superjesus days), and has been to referred to as the "iconic Aussie rock chick". More recently, Sarah received publicity for her relationship and subsequent break-up with Chris Joannou of the band, Silverchair.

More recently McLeod has been known in the dance scene for her song "White Horse" ^[1]

History

McLeod, originally from Adelaide in South Australia, started singing in her late teens. Coming from the privileged background of a private religious girls' high school (St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School) and a planned career in stockbroking, and with only a few chords and a love of performance (discovered during a holiday with friends in Bali), she formed her first band, originally called "Hell's Kitchen" which later became The Superjesus. McLeod released three albums and an EP with the Superjesus and after nearly ten years heading up the Australian rock scene, split with the band in 2004.

Solo Career and Beauty Was A Tiger

In 2005 McLeod launched her solo career, releasing her first single "Let's Get Together" in May, followed by single "Private School Kid" (a duet with Chris Cheney from The Living End) in July. Her first solo album, titled Beauty Was A Tiger (Festival Mushroom Records), was released in September 2005. Sarah's new band (affectionately known as The Black Diamond Express) consists of Stu Hunter (keyboards), Mick Skelton (drums), Patch Brown (guitar) and Grant Fitzpatrick (bass guitar). All the tracks on this album were written either by Sarah herself or with Chris Peters, bass player with Detroit band Electric Six.

Following the release of "Private School Kid", Sarah split with her record company. She went on to release the singles "All But Gone" as an independent EP, and "He Doesn't Love You" which was also remixed. In October 2006, the remix of her single "He Doesn't Love You" reached #1 on the Aria Club Charts, and has also been released in the UK.

In 2006, Sarah tried her hand at some solo acoustic gigs, which were so successful they culminated in a tour of the eastern & western states of Australia, playing some songs from Beauty Was A Tiger, some old Superjesus hits and a few random covers. According to her recent interviews she feels she has really hit her stride and, in October 2006, she released a self titled CD of her new live & acoustic sound.

Second Album - present

Sarah is currently working on a follow up album that was slated for release in 2008. Sarah spent much of 2007 and 2008 travelling in the USA and living in London where she has recorded songs for the album. The first single from the album is called "White Horse". Remixed versions of the song were released on her myspace profile and a sample of the original song was later posted. Sarah first previewed a track titled "Love will conquer all" on her myspace in 2007. Since then, there have been various other tracks, demos and samples released on her myspace profile including "Sometimes Love" and No One's Ever Died of a Broken Heart". She has also mentioned various other songs in her blogs. In September 2008 the song "White Horse" was released on BBC1 in London but has had no further release. In October 2008 Sarah stated that she was working on some new demos and added a cover of the song "Leaving On A Jetplane" to her profile. There is no release date or title set for the album.

In 2009 Sarah posted several demos on her myspace profile including "Love to Last", "No one's ever died from a broken heart" and "Tell your story walking". Although she has not confirmed the songs for her album, she stated that she will continue to post more demos in the coming months.

Discography

Albums

• Beauty Was A Tiger (September 2005)
• Live & Acoustic (December 2006)

EPs and Singles

• Let’s Get Together Promo CD Single – 2005
• Private School Kid CD Single – 05/09/05
• All But Gone EP – 12/05/06
• He Doesn’t Love You CD Single – 09/10/06
• He Doesn’t Love You Remixes CD Single – 30/10/06
• White Horse (2008) - release date unknown

References

External links

• Sarah McLeod's Official Page
• Sarah's MySpace Page
• Sarah discusses break-up with Chris Joannou of Silverchair
• Rock Chicks:The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960’s to Now by Stieven-Taylor, Alison (2007). Sydney. Rockpool Publishing. ISBN 9781921295065