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"Our music comes from the heart. Everything that we write, we believe in. That's what propels this band."
-Lillix
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| After two years of development, Lillix released their first album, Falling Uphill, which has won the quartet positive attention from everyone from Billboard to Rolling Stone. The band's single, "It's About Time," is a top 40 hit, and their version of "What I Like About You" is featured on the TV show of the same name and in the movie Freaky Friday. |
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| Considering the Lillix band members are still so young, we're struck by their knowledge and reverence of their rock 'n' roll predecessors, from the Beatles to Queen. Plus, it's nice to see Canadians who aren't ashamed to admit that they don't like hockey. |
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The three founding members of Lillix, sisters Lacey Lee Evin (born 1984) and Tasha Ray Evin (born 1986), and Louise Burns (born 1986), all grew up in the small town of Cranbrook, British Columbia, population 18,000. The Evin sisters showed an interest in music early on in their lives.
Lacey Lee was introduced to rock 'n' roll in 1991, when, after the death of Freddie Mercury, she heard Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the first time and was in awe. Tasha Ray took up the guitar when she was 8 years old, and the two girls began writing songs together.
The Evin sisters teamed up with schoolmates Louise Burns and Sierra Hills in 1997 to form a band, which they called Tigerlily. Part of the appeal of making music for the girls, explains Louise, was that it helped fight off the boredom of their isolated town. "It's a huge hockey town, not a big music town. A typical Friday night involves going to bush parties where everyone hangs around a bonfire drinking beer."
Tigerlily continued to make music in obscurity until Louise's father, Bruce Burns, placed a call to Jonathan Simkin, a Vancouver entertainment lawyer, seeking advice for the girls. Simkin, who represented Nickelback, among others, was intrigued by the group, and asked Burns to send him a demo.
When it arrived, Simkin was sold. He had the group record new demos in the summer of 2000, and sent them off to the major record companies. The first to respond was Madonna's Maverick label, and after auditioning in Los Angeles for Maverick honchos -- including the Material Girl herself -- the girls were offered a record deal.
But stardom did not follow right away, as the girls faced a few setbacks. First, they discovered that there already was a band called Tigerlily, so a new name had to be chosen. Tigerlily became Tigerlily X and then Lily X, before the girls decided on Lillix. |
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