Rickeyhendric wrote:Become What You Are [as The Juliana Hatfield Three] Juliana Hatfield
The Champ. She does it all: writes, sings, plays guitar, bass & piano, produces, chooses or photographs her own artwork, and now runs her own label. What really sets her apart is her amazing prolific quality songwriting. In the 2000s alone, she released 5 solo albums, a retrospective collection that included 7 new songs, a Juliana's Pony album, a Blake Babies album + EP, 2 Some Girls albums, a collaboration with the band Frank Smith, and over 50 songs on her website that she considered "extras" which any other musician would kill for. On top of that, she found the time to write & publish her memoirs! But her brilliance relies not upon sheer numbers. For nearly two decades she has carved out her own path without succumbing to commercial pressures to make her more "mainstream-friendly." Always defying expectations, she makes the music she wants to make, shrugging off pigeonholing critics who cannot understand a desire to explore the music spectrum. This trait was demonstrated most conspicuously in 2000 when she released two polar opposite albums, the softer, melodically sumptuous Beautiful Creature and the snarling, wickedly rocking Total System Failure, on the same day. There simply is no other music artist quite like Juliana. In 2010 she decided to retire, but that lasted just one year, returning with an electric band album in 2011 and a covers album in 2012. Proving my point about The Amazing Juliana, you simply can't put a cork on a volcano.
