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Voice of the Beehive are an Anglo-American alternative pop rock band formed in London in 1986.

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Voice of the Beehive
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Alternative, pop rock
Years active	1986 (1986)–1996 (1996) (reunions: 2003, 2017)
Labels	Food, London, East West, Discovery
Past members	Tracey Bryn Melissa Brooke Belland Mike Jones Mark Bedford Daniel Woodgate Martin Brett Brad Nack Tom Fenner
Website	voiceofthebeehive.com

The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of The Four Preps singer Bruce Belland). They teamed with British musicians Mike Jones, Martin Brett, Mark Bedford and Daniel Woodgate, the latter two of whom were former members of Madness. Bedford left after making formative contributions to the band and did not feature again, while Woodgate stayed for most of the band's main period of activity. The band took their name from the Greek meaning of the name Melissa, meaning honey bee.[1]

Career

The band had five Top 40 singles from two albums in the UK.[2] Their biggest commercial success came with the singles "I Say Nothing", "Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels" and "I Think I Love You", taken from albums Let It Bee and Honey Lingers. Sex & Misery, a third album, was released in 1996;[3] by this point sisters Tracey and Melissa were the sole group members. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour.

The members of Voice of the Beehive have gone their separate ways. Tracey Bryn is a teacher in Laguna Beach, California. Melissa Belland runs her own company Made in Heaven, also in Laguna Beach. Martin Brett runs Brett Dempsey Music Productions in London and joined I, Ludicrous on bass guitar in 2008. In 2011, he released his first solo single "Lover's Lane" under his original punk name Brett Martini. He also trained to become a facial hair specialist for film, theatre, and television in 2010. Daniel "Woody" Woodgate still plays drums, together with Mark Bedford on bass, in Madness. Mike Jones lives in Norwich, England and still plays guitar.

In October 2017, Bryn and Belland reformed with the original line-up to play a pair of concert dates in London, including the '80s/'90s revival show Indie Daze 4.[4][5][6]

Band members

• Tracey Bryn – guitar and vocals – (born 17 May 1962, Encino, California)
• Melissa Brooke Belland or "Missy Beehive" – vocals – (born 17 February 1966, Los Angeles, California)
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Martin Brett (Brett Martini) – bass guitar
• Mike Jones – guitar
• Daniel "Woody" Woodgate – drums

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [7]	AUS [8]	NZ [9]
Let It Bee	Released: 20 June 1988 Label: London Formats: CD, LP, MC	13	53	40
Honey Lingers	Released: 12 August 1991 Label: London Formats: CD, LP, MC	17	68	—
Sex & Misery	Released: 12 February 1996 Label: East West, Discovery Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Don't Call Me Baby	Released: July 2008 Label: Secret Formats: CD
Access All Areas	Released: 25 September 2015 Label: Edsel Formats: CD+DVD, digital download

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
A Portrait	Released: 1991 Label: London Formats: CD Canada-only release
The Best of Voice of the Beehive	Released: 1997 Label: London Formats: CD
Bee-Sides	Released: 2003 Label: Self-released Formats: CD Limited release only available through the band's website

Video albums

Title	Album details
Don't Call Me Baby – Live	Released: 2004 Label: Secret Films Formats: DVD

EPs

Title	EP details
The Radio 1 Sessions – The Evening Show	Released: January 1989 Label: Strange Fruit/Nighttracks Formats: 12", CD

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Album
		UK [7]	UK Indie [10]	AUS [8]	CAN [11][12]	IRE [13]	NZ [9]	US [14]	US Alt [15]
"Just a City"	1987	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	Let It Bee
"I Say Nothing"		45	—	73	—	—	—	—	—
"I Walk the Earth"	1988	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Don't Call Me Baby"		15	—	48	—	15	25	—	—
"I Say Nothing" (reissue)		22	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
"I Walk the Earth" (reissue)		46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Man in the Moon"		93	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Monsters and Angels"	1991	17	—	72	—	—	—	74	8	Honey Lingers
"I Think I Love You"		25	—	12	—	—	—	—	—
"Perfect Place"		37	—	31	—	—	—	—	—
"Angel Come Down"	1995	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sex & Misery
"Scary Kisses"	1996	—	—	—	35	—	—	77	—
"Heavenly"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"So Hard"		—	—	—	66	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Voice of the Beehive provided harmonies on Bill Drummond's album, The Man (1986).

An early version of "Beat of Love" was featured on the London Records compilation Giant (1987).

Melissa and Tracey contributed a cover of "Five Feet High and Rising" to the Johnny Cash tribute album Til Things Are Brighter (1988), credited as "Tracey & Melissa Beehive"

In 1993, Voice of the Beehive contributed a cover version of "Gimme Shelter" with Jimmy Somerville to an EP released to raise funds for the Putting Our House in Order homeless initiative. The single, which contained different duet versions of the song on each format, peaked at No. 23 in the UK,[16] and No. 214 in Australia.[8]

Notes

References

External links

• The Beehive—Voice of the Beehive Online Archived from the original on 2 February 2011
• Voice of the Beehive at Myspace
• Voice of the Beehive at AllMusic
• Voice of the Beehive discography at Discogs
• Voice of the Beehive 1992 interview with Maynard (broadcaster)
• Melissa Belland Instagram

На других языках

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[de] Voice of the Beehive

Voice of the Beehive ist eine britisch-amerikanische Popband, die 1987 in London von den US-amerikanischen Schwestern Tracey Bryn und Melissa Brooke Belland gegründet wurde.

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- [en] Voice of the Beehive

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[ru] Voice of the Beehive

Voice of the Beehive — англо-американская группа альтернативного рока, образованная в 1986 году в Лондоне, Англия, уроженками Калифорнии сёстрами Трэйси (Брин) и Мелиссой Белланд (дочерьми Брюса Белланда, участника The Four Preps), заимствовавшими название у фильма с участием Бетт Дейвис[1]. Два альбома группы, Let it Bee (1988, #13) и Honey Lingers (#17, 1991), входили в первую двадцатку UK Albums Chart. Их наивысшее достижение в списках синглов — #15 («Don’t Call Me Baby», 1988)[2].

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