Morningwood

Morningwood由女主唱Chantal Claret领军，劲辣风骚的形象深植人心，但是他们绝非花拳绣腿虚有其表，事实上乐队成员个个来头不小。2001年Chantal Claret与Pedro Yanowitz结识於Sean Lennon的生日派对，在场眾多音乐人无一不为Chantal Claret的歌喉倾倒，Pedro Yanowitz把握机会邀请她共组乐队，事实上他个人曾为Wallflowers和Money Mark等杰出乐队担任鼓手。接着Cibo Matto前鼓手Japa Keenon、Spacehog前吉他手Richard Streel相继加入。除了卧虎藏龙的乐手阵容，Morningwood靠着在纽约当地现场演出累积的超人气，很快就被大厂Capitol签下。这张同名专辑请到鲜少为新团监製的超级製作人Gil Norton(Echo and the Bunnymen, Pixies, Foo Fighters)出手护航。这张录製於英国伦敦的首张同名专辑，是重型摇滚派对必备的狂骇极品，其中有为舞池量身订作的派对金曲《Nth Degree》生猛泼辣的女主唱，重型扎实的摇滚热浪，流行电音的点缀与独树一格的风趣幽默，正是他们能够鹤立鸡群火速窜升的主因。
by Alex Henderson
New York City's Morningwood brought a delightfully trashy and hedonistic sense of fun to alternative pop/rock in the early 21st century. Led by vocalist Chantal Claret, whose colorful and sexy approach owed much to the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde and the Divinyls' Christina Amphlett, the Big Apple foursome formed in 2001, molding elements of hard rock, punk, new wave, and glam rock into a sex-driven amalgam of sound. Claret and bassist Pedro Yanowitz (an ex-member of the Wallflowers, for whom he played drums) had originally met at a birthday party, while guitarist Richard Steel (formerly of the band Spacehog) and drummer Japa Keenon O climbed aboard soon after. In 2003, Morningwood recorded their self-titled debut EP, which they released independently on their own Rockhardcock Records label; they followed its release with a four-track EP titled It's Tits. The band then signed to Capitol Records on the strength of their live show, with had earned an infamous reputation in New York for its good-natured sexuality and sweaty energy. Producer Gil Norton signed on to helm the band's debut album, Morningwood, which was released in early 2006.