Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich, Germany in 1997, when members Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and American Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
Though Chicks on Speed reached cult status throughout the 2000s as catalysts of the musical genre electroclash, Chicks on Speed were actually founded and more broadly perform as a multidisciplinary art group working in performance art, electronic dance music, collage graphics, textile design and fashion.
Links to Peel[]
Peel's first airplay of the band was when he played their cover of Delta 5's Mind Your Own Business, after playing the original version on his 04 August 1999 show. The ensemble gained further airplay from Peel and he nominated their album, 'Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All', as one of his albums for February 2000 (Peel's Record Box) and March 2000 (Peel's Record Box).
In 2001, the group released a joint single with German electronic group, Kreidler, which was nominated by Peel as one of his singles for December 2001 (Peel's Record Box) and January 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
Electronic DJ, Dave Clarke, on Peel's show broadcast on 04 February 2004, added his 2003 track, 'What Was Her Name?', which featured the vocals of Chicks On Speed, in his live DJ set at Maida Vale.
Sessions[]
CHICKS ON SPEED John Peel 17th May 2000
1. Recorded: 2000-05-17. First Broadcast: 01 June 2000
- Peel The Orange A Eurotrash Girl / Night Of The Pedestrian Starring Florian Heck / Your Car Will Take You There / Mind Your Own Business / Night Drive
Other Shows Played[]
- 1999
- 04 August 1999: 'Mind Your Own Business' (7 inch) Go
- 05 August 1999: 'Turn Of the Century (10 inch)' (Go Records) (Peel mistakenly calls the track Glamour Girl)
- 2000
- 25 January 2000 (vs Potuznik & Bauer): 'Lisi, This Is House Music (Compilation CD-Voices In My Lunchbox)' (Plug Research)
- 30 January 2000 (BFBS) (vs Potuznik & Bauer): 'Lisi, This Is House Music (Compilation CD-Voices In My Lunchbox)' (Plug Research)
- 10 February 2000: Give Me Back My Man (LP - Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All) Chicks On Speed
- 16 February 2000: 'For All The Boys In The World' (LP - 'Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All') Chicks On Speed
- 19 February 2000 (BFBS): 'Give Me Back My Man (CD-Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All)' (Chicks On Speed)
- 22 February 2000: 'Procrastinator' (LP - 'Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All') Chicks On Speed
- 24 February 2000: Yes I Do (LP - Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All) Chicks On Speed
- 24 February 2000 (Radio Eins): 'For All The Boys In The World' (LP - 'Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All') Chicks On Speed
- February 2000 (FSK): Procrastinator (CD - Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All!) Chicks On Speed
- 01 March 2000: 'Warm Leatherette' (LP 'Chicks On Speed Will Save Us All') Chicks On Speed
- 2001
- 18 December 2001 (& Kreidler): Sliding Down Your Ribcage (EP – The Chicks On Speed / Kreidler Sessions) Chicks On Speed
- 2002
- 01 January 2002 (& Kreidler): 'Sliding Down Your Ribcage' (EP 'The Chicks On Speed/Kreidler Sessions') Chicks On Speed
- 03 January 2002 (Radio Eins) (& Kreidler): 'Sliding Down Your Ribcage' (EP 'The Chicks On Speed/Kreidler Sessions') Chicks On Speed
- 16 January 2002 (BBC World Service) (& Kreidler): 'Sliding Down Your Ribcage' (EP 'The Chicks On Speed/Kreidler Sessions') Chicks On Speed
- 27 June 2002: Fashion Rules! (Alter Ego Remix) (12") Chicks On Speed
- 2003
- 02 October 2003 (& Dave Clarke): She's In Parties (LP - Devil's Advocate) Skint
- 2004
- 04 February 2004 (& Dave Clarke): What Was Her Name? (LFO Remix) (part of Dave Clarke's mix)