Formed in Los Angeles in 2004 by Lindsay 'Coco' Hames (vocals, guitar), Maria 'Poni' Silver (drums) and Jeremy 'Jem' Cohen (bass), the Ettes create a sexy mashup the best of The Yardbirds, New York Dolls, Nancy Sinatra and the Stones into a raved up sound described as 'beat-punk'. In 2006 the trio put their money where their mouth is and self-financed a trip to record with Liam Watson, engineer and mixer of White Stripes 2003 Grammy Winning album 'Elephant' at his Toerag Studios.
The result was their debut album 'Shake the Dust' released on September 2006 by Sympathy for the Record Industry. Two vinyl-only 45s followed up the album release: 'Dead and Gone' and 'From the Songbook of Greg Cartwright' a split single with fellow garage rockers The Fondas.
The trio returned to Watson and Toe Rag Studios in the summer of 2007 to record their second album 'Look at Life Again'. Since then the Ettes have uprooted themselves from their native LA to spend more of their time touring throughout the UK and Europe.
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