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Since 2003, RIPLEY has produced a sound that downtown NYC audiences have dubbed 'The Killers in bed with Blondie' . The band's influences (Queen, The Beatles, XTC) include eccentrics from rock's classic era, but RIPLEY's sound has a decidedly 21st century ring. Songwriter Alice Ripley (formerly a member of LAME), a bona fide Broadway star, received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her performance in the cult hit SIDE SHOW. In 2001, Sh-K-Boom records released her critically acclaimed "Everything's Fine" - a mix of pop, folk and jazz that showcased haunting lyrics in a song cycle of soft-core suburban hell. With the newly sharpened edge of RIPLEY's latest offering, the music rocks hard and cuts the figure of an attention-getter with a killer voice. Ripley sings with a growl and a lilt for survivors of Susan Faludi's 'Backlash' era - the daughters of liberated women who took on the world. The result is a blazing trail of sound - Gwen Stefani's big sister who taught her everything she knows. Rock solid drummer Shannon Ford has performed, recorded and toured with a starry list of artists, including Paul Simon, Danny Gatton and Bob Dylan. Christopher Schelling is a new wave throwback whose keyboard styles range from "car alarm" to the ever-popular "Chopsticks". RIPLEY is the only band who would ever have him.