October 9, 1998 - MTV News Online
Letters to Cleo are label-less, at least for the moment, but that hasn't kept them from popping up in almost every music industry scenario possible this month -- movie soundtracks, a tribute project, a benefit record, a vintage reissue and 'b'sides-type release, other artists' albums, production work, a movie cameo and even live theater.
Singer Kay Hanley is starring in a three-weekend
Meanwhile bassist Scott Riebling has been
producing and playing on demos for former Veruca
Salt singer Nina Gordon's new solo album. He's
been re-teamed with former drummer Stacy Jones,
who originally left Letters to Cleo to join Veruca Salt
only to depart hand-in-hand with Gordon not long after.
Letters to Cleo guitarist Mike Eisenstein is on some tracks as well.
Sources close to the band say it's a very good bet that both
Riebling and Eisenstein will join Gordon and Jones in
Hawaii next month when they record the full album
with producer Bob Rock.
On the band front, Letters To Cleo parted company
with Revolution Records in May and are currently
negotiating with several labels, according to their
spokesperson. In the interim, they'll be issuing a
record on their own label with re-released material
from a rare cassette called "Sister." The cassette was
first issued in 1992 and featured an earlier
incarnation of the band. The initial run was very
limited and the tape has been sought after by
collectors. A spokesperson confirms that the new
CD will include the seven cuts from "Sister" as well
as other previously unreleased tracks from roughly
the same era. They're hoping to have it out before Christmas.
As previously reported by MTV News, Letters To
Cleo is currently mixing their performance of the
song "Debaser" for a Pixies tribute album, due out in
March. Additionally, they've recorded a song called
"Let's Get High" for the pending pot-friendly
"Hempilation II: Free The Weed" benefit album. The
band will also be making a cameo appearance in the
movie "TEN THINGS i hate about you" with Larisa
Oleynik ("Secret World of Alex Mack").
Next up for the band is a new song to be included on
the soundtrack to "Jawbreaker," a movie starring
Rose McGowan, Carol Kane and Pam Grier.
And, reliable sources tell us they may well be
making a surprise appearance opening for Cheap
Trick in Boston on October 15.