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Republica - Try Everything (Official Music Video) RepublicaVault 59 views Republica - Try Everything - Speed Ballads(1998) (C) 1998 BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd.
Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous (Official Music Video) RepublicaVault 122 views Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous - Republica(1996) (C) 1996 BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd. Hopefully this is a higher quality than the other copies!
Republica - Ready To Go (Original U.K. Mix) RepublicaVault 1,227 views LYRICS: You're weird, in tears, too near and too far away, He said, saw red, went home stayed in bed all day, Your t'shirt, dish dirt, Always love the one you hurt It's ...
Republica - Holly RepublicaVault 616 views LYRICS: Marilyn baby, wants to be a pop star She's seventeen, and very unhappy Frankie baby, used to be a big fish He's ethnic boy and aint got no money And Holly wouldn't...
Republica - Don't You Ever RepublicaVault 556 views LYRICS: Turn your head off, turn the music up Dont't let it push you down Out of hand get off Don't ever think of him Don't ever let him in He'll go round and round and ro...
Republica - Wrapp RepublicaVault 625 views LYRICS: Wrap your body around me so we are one Wrap your arms and your legs and your hands and your tounge Wrap your words and your life Your feelings and pain Wrap your c...
Republica - Out Of The Darkness RepublicaVault 625 views LYRICS: Get up, Alarm clock, Lip gloss, what a shock Get dressed, front door, more stress what for? Trapped in your world You know you're trappped in your world Lunch hou...
Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous RepublicaVault 11,718 views LYRICS: Backwards words, he got em Shut up, I'm talking This time, you'll listen But when I look at you you're forgiven You drive, too fast and I smoke, too much and My he...
Republica - Picture Me RepublicaVault 972 views LYRICS: Picture me, on a postcard Picture me, on a magazine Call me on my private number You've got my photograph On your bedroom wall Picture me - Coz everybody wants her...
Republica - Get Off RepublicaVault 633 views LYRICS: One more day on the roller coaster If I scream they spin me faster Everything gone backwards And I, upside down Stop me dead oh I think I'm falling One more line a...

About REPUBLICA

Republica was an English band formed in 1994. The height of their popularity spanned from 1996 to 1999. The Republica sound was described by the band as "techno-pop punk rock", although Melody Maker took to calling it "electronica", a label which stuck as a genre category.

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Republica is:

Saffron (Samantha Sprackling) - vocals

Tim Dorney - keyboards

Johnny Male - guitar

Andy Todd - keyboardist (1994-1997)

David Barbarossa - drums(1994-1997)

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Discography:

Republica (1996)
Speed Ballads (1998)

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History:

Republica was started by former Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney and Andy Todd, and quickly came to popular attention with their first single "Ready to Go" and its follow-up "Drop Dead Gorgeous". The lead singer, Saffron, was previously a lead vocalist on N-Joi's rave crossover pop hit, "Anthem", in 1990.

The band's self-titled first album was released in July 1996 and reached #4 in the album charts. However, their follow-up 1998 album Speed Ballads and its lead single, From Rush Hour With Love, reached only #37 and #20 respectively. The group is rumoured to have dissolved shortly afterwards but has never officially stated this. The last message to fans in late 1999 via their official website stated "Republica are not recording at this time".

The band suffered when their label, Deconstruction Records, folded shortly after the release of Speed Ballads. Deconstruction's back catalogue was swallowed up by BMG, who released a Best Of album. On finding out about the release of Ready To Go - the best of Republica, Saffron promptly posted a statement on her new band's website that said "To all the fans, don't be fooled by this shoddy release. It's completely unofficial, the band had no dealings whatsoever with its release, we were not even informed. The track listing isn't one we'd have picked, the cover photos are so way out of date, poor in quality and overall it won't contribute to us bringing out a brand new album".

Republica has not released any new material since the release of the "Best Of" album, and, while the bandmembers' pursuit of solo projects would imply the band has split, their official website merely states that they are "not recording at this time".

During their lifetime, the group attracted much positive press coverage. Emerging after a wave of female-fronted rock bands (such as Elastica, Lush, Sleeper, Echobelly and Kenickie), it had, like Garbage, a notably more aggressive and electronic sound.

Saffron was born in Nigeria and claims Portuguese, Chinese and English ancestry. Outside of the band, she was also the featured vocalist on The Prodigy's "Fuel My Fire", from their 1997 album The Fat of the Land.

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