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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Hepburn| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United Kingdom | genre = Pop rock Pop punk | years_active = 1999–2000| label = Columbia Records|Columbia | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Tasha Bayliss Jamie Benson Sarah Davies Beverley Fullen Lisa Lister Lisa Gordon| notable_instruments = Hepburn were a four-piece United Kingdom|British girl group|all-girl pop rock musical ensemble|band . The band released an album and three singles in 1999-2000, but is best known for their first single, "I Quit", which reached #8 on the UK charts,cite news | url= http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/1999/05/25/The+Argus+Archive/6799537.JAMIE_S_BORN_TO_BE_A_STAR/ | title= Jamie's born to be a star | author= | publisher= The Argus (Brighton) | date= May 25, 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010 and was best known to American audiences when it appeared on the soundtrack to the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer (although the track never actually appeared in an episode). The band was made up of Jamie Benson (vocals), Lisa Lister (guitar), Sarah Davies (bass), Beverley Fullen (drums), Lisa Gordon (Drums, replacement for Fullen), and Tasha Bayliss (drums, replacement for Gordon).
Background
The band's genesis began in 1997 when singer Jamie Benson met Lisa Lister at a party.cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60496650.html | title= Post Style: INTERVIEW Personality-wise it's a bug's life; Of all girl bands, Hepburn appear least manufactured and most likely to succeed | author= Gould, Phil | publisher= Birmingham Post | date= August 25, 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010 Drummer Fullen knew Jamie from music school, and Davies was added to complete the lineup. Their name was inspired by the actress , Audrey Hepburn .cite news | url= http://musicplace.screaming.net/Hepburn/int_fm_1099.html | title= It's Play Time: A girl band that doesn't do jerky dance routines, and can play their instruments? Here comes Hepburn... | author= Peake, Mike | publisher= FHM | date= October 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010
Their first single, "I Quit", was a song co-written by Phil Thornalley .cite news | url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-55300745/production-notes.html | title= Production notes | author= | publisher= Music Week | date= July 17, 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010 Thornalley had recently had major chart success with Torn (Natalie Imbruglia song)|Torn , which made Natalie Imbruglia a huge success, and Imbruglia reported had declined to record "I Quit." "I Quit" was released by Hepburn in May 1999 and peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart .
Though a music video accompanied the release of the single, later in the year, a new video for "I Quit" shot using scenes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer , including scenes of the band on the sets of the show, and also with the band acting like vampire s at The Bronze . The track appeared on the official Buffy soundtrack and was pushed to radio as a key track with the CD release,cite news | url= http://books.google.com/books? id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA20#v=onepage& q& f=falsel | title= Soundtracks and Film Score News | author= Olsen, Catherine Applefeld | publisher= Billboard (magazine) | date= October 23, 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010 despite the fact that the song never appeared on the show (reportedly it was supposed to appear on the show with the band playing the background scenes, some of which appear in the video, but never did). The music video also appears on the Region 2 DVD release of the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
In September 1999, drummer Beverly Fullen left and was replaced by Lisa Gordon, and then Tasha Bayliss.cite news | url= http://musicplace.screaming.net/Hepburn/int_tvh_1199.html | title= She's Quit& #33; | author= | publisher= TV Hits | date= November 1999 | accessdate=July 6, 2010 According to bassist Davies, Fullen left when her boyfriend, band co-manager Ashen Datchler, resigned. Datchler is brother of former Johnny Hates Jazz singer Clark Datchler , and friends with Thornalley, who was also a member of Johnny Hate Jazz in its later years. http://www.sarahdavies.me.uk/hepburn/default.asp Hepburn--The Story, Sarah Davies website, Retrieved July 6, 2010
Hepburn disbanded in the summer of 2000 after being dropped by their record label Columbia Records|Columbia , having released a total of three singles, all of which went top 20 in the UK, and one album .cite news | url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oh+boy!+boy!%3B+Pop+singer+Jamie+Benson+is+definitely+all+woman+-...-a087407590| title= Oh boy& #33; boy!; Pop singer Jamie Benson is definitely all woman - despite having a man's name | author= Stokes, Ali | publisher= South Wales Echo | date= June 15, 2002 | accessdate=July 6, 2010cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87001220.html | title= Article: Dropped Jamie bounces back& #33; | author= Coleman, Andy | publisher= Birmingham Mail | date= June 7, 2002 | accessdate=July 6, 2010
The Members
Jamie Benson (born 27 September 1978) from Bognor Regis , England (Singer)
Lisa Lister (born 24 July 1981) from Worlington, Suffolk|Worlington , England (Guitarist)
Lisa Gordon (born 5 January 1980) from Walsall, West Midlands, (Drums, Replacement for Fullen)
Tasha Bayliss (born 19 May 1977) from Taunton (Drums, Replacement for Gordon)
Sarah Davies (born 28 November 1978) from Bristol (Bass Guitarist)
Beverley Fullen (born 10 April 1975) from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland , England
Afterwards
After the breakup, Jamie Benson released a solo album in 2002 called 'Jamie Benson - My Confession'. The album had four singles recorded for it, but only one was released commercially being "Invincible", which was released in mid-2001, but only charted in the top 100. Her current activity is unknown, with Sarah Louise Davies also unaware of her, as reported in an update on her message board forum, which has been inactive since 2002. Davies herself, after a long time away from the public eye, appeared as a guest on the identity parade segment of Never Mind the Buzzcocks on 10 January 2008. Phil Jupitus ' team failed to correctly identify Davies, while Lauren Laverne (the guest team member), totally ruled out Davies as a possible correct answer from the beginning. Davies is now a Detective Constable with Nottinghamshire Police. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2008/01/18/hepburn_sarah_davies_video_feature.shtml BBC.co.uk
Drummer Beverley Fullen now DJs alongside Peter Gordon on 96.4 Eagle Radio's Breakfast Show, broadcast throughout Surrey and Hampshire. http://www.964eagle.co.uk/breakfastbev.php
