Stella One Eleven were an Australian pop, rock band, which formed in September 1997. They released three studio albums, Mr Big Car (1999), In Your Hands (2000) and Stella One Eleven (October 2003). Three of the band's singles, "Go Slow Girl" (July 2001), "Out There Somewhere"/"S.S.D." (October 2003) and "She" (March 2004), reached the top 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 they were nominated for Best Independent Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album for In Your Hands. At the previous year's ceremony their single, "Only Good for Conversation" (September 1999), was nominated for Best Independent Release. The group had disbanded by October 2005 with the members undertaking solo projects.
History
1997–2002: Formation, Mr Big Car and In Your Hands
Stella One Eleven were formed in September 1997 in Sydney when singer-songwriter Cindy Ryan went into a studio to record her debut solo album. While working with her session musicians, Ryan decided to form a pop rock band with them instead. Stella One Eleven's debut single, "Hard", appeared in 1998 and was followed by their first album, Mr Big Car, in 1999 on Candle Records.
Additional singles issued from the album are "Mr Big Car" (June 1999), "Only Good for Conversation" (September) and "She Lies" (December). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, "Only Good for Conversation", was nominated for Best Independent Release.
Stella One Eleven released their second album, In Your Hands, on Wow Records in late 2000. The line-up was Hayes, Maynard and Ryan with Brian Cachia on drums and Sam Carter (ex-Dogbouy) on guitar. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 In Your Hands was nominated for Best Independent Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album.
It generated a top 40 single, "Go Slow Girl" (July 2001), on the ARIA Singles Chart, which was placed on high rotation by national youth radio station, Triple J. The album reached No. 13 on Alternative Albums Chart. The band wrote the theme song for National Youth Week in Australia and were appointed official Youth Week ambassadors for 2000. In October 2001 the group were guest programmers on rage.
They issued two singles – "Out There Somewhere"/"S.S.D. (Sweet Sweet Darling)" in October 2003 and "She" (March 2004) – the latter was produced by Paul Mac. Both singles reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 40.
Members
- Cindy Ryan – lead vocals and guitar
- Genevieve Maynard – guitar and backing vocals
- Pat Hayes – bass guitar and backing vocals
- Sam Carter – guitar
- Brian Cachia – drums
- Raphael Wittingham – drums (Mr Big Car)
- Bowden Campbell – guitar (Mr Big Car)
- Bernie Hayes – lead vocals
- Mary-Anne Cornford - bass guitar
- Stuart Robertson
Discography
Albums
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! scope="row"| Mr Big Car
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- Released: 1999
- Label: Wow (WOW311)
- Format: CD
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! scope="row"| In Your Hands
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- Released: 2000
- Label: Wow (WOW611)
- Format: CD
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! scope="row"| Stella One Eleven
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- Released: October 2003
- Label: Wow / MGM (121 1-2)
- Format: CD
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Extended plays
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br>
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! scope="row"| Jump and the Eclectic Acoustic Covers Collection
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- Released: March 2001
- Label: Wow Records/MGM (WOW911)
- Format: CD
| 93
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Singles
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />
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! scope="row"| "Hard"
| 1998
| 100
|rowspan="4"|Mr Big Car
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! scope="row"| "Mr Big Car"
|rowspan="3"| 1999
| 163
|-
! scope="row"| "Only Good for Conversation"
| 192
|-
! scope="row"| "She Lies"
| 95
|-
! scope="row"|"Loose"
| 2000
| —
| In Your Hands
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! scope="row"| "Jump"
|rowspan="2"|2001
| —
| Jump and the Eclectic Acoustic Covers Collection
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! scope="row"|"Go Slow Girl"
|align="center"| 31
|In Your Hands
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! scope="row"| "Out There Somewhere"/"S.S.D."
| 2003
| 33
|rowspan="2"|Stella One Eleven
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! scope="row"| "She"
| 2004
| 36
|}
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
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| 2000
| "Only Good for Conversation"
| Best Independent Release