Madder Rose

Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. After a 20 year hiatus, a new album was released in September 2019. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration after Madder Rose disbanded, Coté as guest producer on Lorson's three discs with Saint Low, Lorson as guest vocalist on Coté's Jazz Cannon disc. Lorson and Coté have also created the original scores to several films, notably HBO's documentary of Sally Mann, and in 2008 released a disc with Kathy Ziegler as The Piano Creeps. The name Madder Rose came from the herb-based paint rose madder. Many of their songs were featured in major feature films, and television shows. The band released three albums on Atlantic Records, and one on Cooking Vinyl, before breaking up in 1999.
== Links to Peel ==
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Peel first got hold of the band's single in early 1993 and mentioned that their self titled track, Madder Rose, was particularly beautiful and something rather quieter, when covering for Jakki Brambles. He also praised their set when interviewing the band after their performance at the Reading Festival on his 28 August 1993 show. 
The band did two sessions for his show between 1993 and 1994. However, the group's later albums didn't appeal to Peel that much, when at the 1994 Festive Fifty, he described their Panic On track from their second album as 'I think, the first Festive Fifty entry for this year anyway that I don't remember ever playing on the radio at all on these programmes.'
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* thumb|330x330px1993 Festive Fifty: Swim #02
* 1993 Festive Fifty: Beautiful John #36 
* 1993 Festive Fifty: Lights Go Down #44 
* 1994 Festive Fifty: Car Song #19
* 1994 Festive Fifty: Panic On #35
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1993-07-04. Broadcast: 06 August 1993. Repeated: 27 November 1993
*Bring It Down / Sway / 20 Foot Red / True Religion
2. Recorded: 1994-04-08. Broadcast: 30 April 1994
*Johnny Take A Ride / In The Long Grass / Before I Sleep / Star Power
== Live ==
*thumb|330x330pxLive at Glastonbury. Broadcast: 24 June 1994
#Baby I Love You/Sleep Forever
#Panic On
#While Away
#Ultra Anxiety
#Black Eye Town
#Swim/Madder Rose
== Other Shows Played ==
;1993
*thumb|330x330px05 February 1993: Madder Rose (7") Rockville
*12 February 1993: Madder Rose (7") Rockville
*12 February 1993: I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (7") Seed
*21 February 1993 (BFBS): Madder Rose (7") Rockville
*28 February 1993 (BFBS): I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (7" Single) Seed
*13 March 1993: Waiting For Engines (album - Bring It Down) Seed
*14 March 1993 (BFBS): Madder Rose (7") Rockville
*02 April 1993: Swim (album - Bring It Down) Seed
*05 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Madder Rose (single) Rockville
*17 May 1993 (BBC World Service): Beautiful John (7") Seed SEED 03
*22 May 1993 (BFBS)): Beautiful John (7") Seed SEED 03
*18 June 1993: 'While Away (LP – Bring It Down)’ (Seed Records)
*25 June 1993: Lights Go Down (album - Bring It Down) Seed
*26 June 1993 (BFBS): Waiting For Engines (CD-Bring It Down) Seed
*20 August 1993: 'I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (7")' (Seed)
*27 August 1993 (BFBS): I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (EP - Swim) Seed
*28 August 1993: ‘Lights Go Down (LP – Bring It Down)’ (Seed)
*18 September 1993: Z (EP Swim) Seed
*25 September 1993: Swim (remix) (single - Swim) See
*September 1993 (XFM): Swim (Remix) (7") Seed
*01 October 1993 (BFBS): Swim (Remix) (12") Seed
*01 October 1993 (BFBS): Z (12" - Swim) Se
*16 October 1993: Liked You More (When You Were High) (EP - Swim) Seed
*23 October 1993: Z (EP Swim) Seed
*25 December 1993: 'Lights Go Down (CD-Bring It Down)' (Seed) FF #44
*25 December 1993: 'Beautiful John (CD-Bring It Down)' (Seed) FF #36
*25 December 1993: 'Swim (7 inch)' (Seed) FF #02
;1994
*thumb|330x330px01 April 1994: ‘Car Song (CD - Panic On)’ (Atlantic)
*09 April 1994 (BFBS): What Holly Sees (album - Panic On) Atlantic
*17 June 1994: ‘I Want To Sleep In Your Arms (CD – Swim )’ Seed
*25 June 1994 (BFBS): I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (7") Rockville
*23 December 1994: 'Panic On (LP-Panic On)' (Atlantic) FF #35
*23 December 1994: 'Car Song (CD-Panic On)' (Atlantic) FF #19
;1999
*06 July 1999: 'Lili Marlene (CD single-Overflow)' (Cooking Vinyl)
*08 July 1999 (Radio Eins): Lili Marlene (CD single – Overflow) Cooking Vinyl
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: M
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists