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In her early teens, Mel played acoustic guitar, learning 60's and 70's classics and wrote tons of poetry to pass the time. It wasn't until her late teens that Mel started out playing bass with several musicians in San Francisco. Ready for action, Mel joined newly formed, all-girl trio, Stellar, with Jill Haley from The Zodiac Killers on guitar and Christa Dibiase from Girl Band on drums. Stellar was a San Francisco based band, playing Stoner Rock to bike messenger happy hours and tiny clubs in the Mission District such as The Tip Top Inn, The Covered Wagon (now The Cherry Bar), The Chatter Box AKA The Chameleon, Haight Street's Boomerang, etc. After a couple of years, Mel was itching to kick things up a notch and started high-energy bubblegum-punk Hotbox. Hotbox enjoyed modest success and released its debut, Lickity Split in 2001; followed by several tours across the states including a stint on the Van's Warped Tour. In 2002, Hotbox went on hiatus while bassist Matthew Mackenzie played in NorCal's Tsunami Bomb and Bob Simmons played in Oakland's Fracas. Mel was eager to get back to her roots playing bass, so she formed the angst-powered, all-girl group, Secret Squirrel Society. The band played High Octane, southern style RnR featuring Mel on bass and lead vox, Cat Barber on drums, Nicole Sherwood on lead guitar, and Mariah Dancing on rhythm guitar. Mel decided it was time to take a break from playing in groups and set out to record her solo album, Heart on Sleeve. The album was partially recorded in Mel's home studio, Two by Four Studios. Most of the material on the album is played by Mel, with a bit of help from Producer JJ Wiesler and Drummer Rick Carter. Heart on Sleeve is released on Mel's own record label, Roach Coach Records. Mel has a new band in the works called "The Royal Mess". Check it out at http://www.theroyalmess.com Check out the artist's website: http://www.melchappell.com Track List: 1. Blame It All On Yesterday 2. Painted Memories 3. Heart On My Sleeve 4. Little Girl 5. Misery, My Darling 6. Sorry Doesn't Cut It 7. Ty Ty's Piano 8. Lullaby 9. Bass Odyssey 10. Black & Blue 11. It Could Be Everything 12. Little Things 13. Destination Isolation Other Genres:
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