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Refimprove|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Poe| image = Ann_Danielewski.jpg| caption = Annie Danielewski at EdgeFest in Dayton, Ohio, 1996 (Photo by Kent Hagan)| image_size = 800 x 644| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Anne Decatur Danielewski| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|3|23| death_date =| origin = New York City , U.S.| genre = Alternative rock Pop rock Hard rock Electronica R'n'B | instrument = singing|Vocals , Guitar | occupation = Musician, songwriter| years_active = 1995present| label = Atlantic Records Anne "Annie" Decatur Danielewski (born March 23, 1967),Poe.org, Library of Congress copyright registration, http://poe.org/index.php? content=library Anne Danielewski / Annie D. Danielewski, 1967- supported by USA People Search ("Anne D. Danielewski - Birthday: 03/23/1967") professionally known as Poe , is an American singer and songwriter. She first hit the modern rock charts in the mid-1990s. Poe is the daughter of Poland|Polish film director Tad Danielewski and his second wife, Priscilla Machold. She is the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski . Poe's musical style is a blend of folk music|folk , Rock and roll|rock and electronica elements backing intimate lyrical compositions. Poe was signed to Atlantic Records from 19952001. She is currently on her own label, RePoezessed Records.
History
Poe grew up in Provo, Utah , where her father was a professor at Brigham Young University . She eventually began pursuing her undergraduate studies at Princeton University where she organized her first band. Her first album , Hello (Poe album)|Hello , was released in 1995. Her debut single, " Angry Johnny ", got much radio and MTV airplay.
Occupied by extensive small club tours, she was unable to produce a second album until 2000's Haunted (Poe album)|Haunted . Poe included her late father on Haunted after discovering cassette tapes containing his voice. Listening to them the first time proved so difficult that she was hesitant to use them in her music. "I took these tapes home and I couldn't listen to them," Poe explains. "It was too hard, so I kept finding ways to avoid it. They were sitting on my coffee table next to a boombox." The album also dovetails with themes and concepts from her brother Mark's postmodern novel House of Leaves ; the CD and the book were released simultaneously. Poe and Mark toured together across America at Borders Group|Borders Books and Music locations in support of the album and the novel.
A remix of the song, " Hey Pretty ", featured Mark reading a passage from the novel. It was released on one of the Haunted singles and became a radio hit. "Hey Pretty" was also the theme to a short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games . The show usually ended with bits of the risque video or a picture of the single's cover. In 10 Things I Hate About You the character of Kat has the Poe ball on her schoolbook. Citation needed|date=September 2009 Poe started a campaign which she referred to as the "Re-POE-Session", an attempt to gain control of her master recordings from her former record label, Atlantic Records , because they refused to re-release her albums although she was still under contract. In 2004, both albums were re-released on CD by FEI/Sheridan Square Records, and in downloadable form on various online music store s.
According to statements on her official forum, Poe started work on a third album, but details are sketchy and several years have passed since the first announcement. Her most recent work includes collaborations with Rhys Fulber 's solo project, Conjure One . She has had a part in the writing and singing of five songs on Conjure One's albums: "Center of the Sun" and "Make a Wish" on the Conjure One (album)|self-titled first album and "Endless Dream", "One Word" and "Extraordinary Way" on Extraordinary Ways . She is credited as Jane on this later album.
Poe appeared in the movie Gossip (2000 American film)|Gossip performing the song "My Lips are Sealed" (a cover of The Go-Go's ' "Our Lips Are Sealed"), and as a CGI character, Mary Magdalene/Plague, in the PlayStation game Apocalypse (video game)| Apocalypse . Apocalypse also featured an alternate version of her song "Control", later released on Haunted .
Poe provides the voice of "Single Mother" in the movie musical Repo& #33; The Genetic Opera , along with other voices. In November 2007 Poe began collecting MP3 recordings of dream accounts on her website, http://www.repoezessed.com/ Repoezessed . On January 28, 2010, Poe performed several songs live as part of a charity benefit concert in LA. Around the same time, her official website was moved to Ning (website)|Ning . She also announced that she was returning to the music scene after facing a decade of legal battles over her original major label contract, and she said that she would be setting a release date for "something new" in the near future.
The Song "Haunted" appears in the Xbox 360 game Alan Wake released in May 2010. It is also used over the closing credits of the 2000 movie Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 but is not included on the soundtrack release.
Poe lends vocals to two songs on the Real_Steel#Soundtrack|Real Steel Original Motion Picture Score ("Why We're Here" and "Parkway Hotel") composed by Danny Elfman, released November 1st, 2011. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/real-steel-original-motion/id471396091/
Discography
Albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
US
US Heat
1995
Hello (Poe album)
Release date: October 10, 1995
Label: Atlantic Records
71
4
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Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Poe& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - March 21, 2010: Poe certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2011-10-01
2000
Haunted (Poe album)
Release date: October 31, 2000
Label: Atlantic Records
115
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Singles
Year
Title
Peak chart positions
Album
US Alt Rock
US Dance
US Adult Top 40
1995
" Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By a Go-Go) "
27
Hello
" Angry Johnny "
7
1996
Hello "
13
1
1998
Today "
Great_Expectations_(1998_film)#Soundtrack
Rise and Shine "
Promo only
Control "
Haunted
2000
"Walk the Walk
2001
" Hey Pretty "
13
30
"Wild"
Unreleased/compilation
" Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer " (1996) originally on KROQ-FM 's '' Kevin and Bean|Kevin & Bean's Christmastime In The LBC and then re-released in 1997 on The Best of Kevin and Bean: A Family Christmas in Your Ass .
"A Rose is a Rose" on the various artist album, Lounge-a-palooza (1997)
" I Cain't Say No " (an Oklahoma! showtune cover) on the Welcome to Woop Woop#Soundtrack|Welcome to Woop Woop Soundtrack (1998)
"Padre Fear" (1995) Non-LP Track. Found on the CD single of Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By A Go-Go)
"Which Way to the Top? " (additional vocals) on Fastball (band)|Fastball's All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
"Strange Wind" on the Anywhere But Here (film)|Anywhere But Here Soundtrack (1999)
"My Lips are Sealed" (cover) on the Gossip (2000 American film)|Gossip soundtrack (1999)
"Center of the Sun" and "Make a Wish" with Conjure One (2002)
"Endless Dream," "One Word", and "Extraordinary Way" with Conjure One (credited as "Jane") (2005)
References
Reflist|refs=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169531|pure_url=yes Poe at Allmusic http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/poe/discography Poe discography, Rolling Stone Baltin, Steve. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/poe/articles/story/5922844/the_haunting_return_of_poe "The Haunting Return of Poe", Rolling Stone , November 2, 2000 http://realpoe.ning.com/events/drukpa-charity-benefit January 2010 performance at Poe's official website http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/28/poe-returns-after-10-years-of-legal-battles/ Poe returns after 10 years of legal battles, Spinner.com|Spinner , January 28, 2010
External links
http://www.repoezessed.com/ Official Poe Website
http://www.poe.org/ POE.ORG ::: Fan Website
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